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2000 election for Colorado Senate District 35

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Ken Gordon (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Dorothy Gotlieb (R) by 11.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ken GordonDemocrat · winner
54.4%26,077
Dorothy GotliebRepublican
43.4%20,793
Jeff TatonLibertarian
2.1%1,028
47,898 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+25.81988R+18.61992R+29.31996D+11.02000D+29.32004D+36.12008

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

The candidates

Ken Gordon (D)Dorothy Gotlieb (R)

Also on the ballot: Jeff Taton (Libertarian), 2.1%