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2000 election for Colorado Senate District 19

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Sue Windels (D) won with 49.3% of the vote, defeating Jim Congrove (R) by 1.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Sue WindelsDemocrat · winner
49.3%23,482
Jim CongroveRepublican · incumbent
47.5%22,585
Bud MartinLibertarian
3.2%1,517
47,584 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+23.91992R+10.11996D+1.92000D+7.42004D+2.02008D+0.82012

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

The candidates

Sue Windels (D)Jim Congrove (R)

Also on the ballot: Bud Martin (Libertarian), 3.2%