2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsSpecial election
2000 special election for Colorado Senate District 13
Colorado State Senate · Colorado
Joan Fitzgerald (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Terri Rayburn (R) by 4.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joan FitzgeraldDemocrat · winner
52.2%36,425
Terri RayburnRepublican
47.8%33,366
69,791 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET