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2000 election for Colorado House District 31

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Pam Rhodes (R) won with 49.7% of the vote, defeating Paul Zimmerman (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Pam RhodesRepublican · winner
49.7%17,210
Paul ZimmermanDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%16,370
W. Earl AllenLibertarian
3.1%1,078
34,658 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+7.01994D+1.91996D+0.61998R+2.42000R+4.42002D+3.52004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Pam Rhodes (R)Paul Zimmerman (D)

Also on the ballot: W. Earl Allen (Libertarian), 3.1%