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2000Final results

2000 election for Colorado House District 40

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Debbie Stafford (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Douglas Rodriguez (D) by 21.0 points.

Debbie StaffordRepublican · winner
58.7%14,521
37.7%9,330
Jay BloomfieldLibertarian
3.5%868
24,719 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+23.81994R+24.51996R+14.41998R+21.02000R+26.22004R+19.62006

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

The candidates

Debbie Stafford (R)Douglas Rodriguez (D)

Also on the ballot: Jay Bloomfield (Libertarian), 3.5%