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2006 election for Colorado Senate District 5

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Gail Schwartz (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Lewis H. Entz (R) by 2.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Gail SchwartzDemocrat · winner
51.0%24,677
Lewis H. EntzRepublican · incumbent
49.0%23,691
48,368 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+10.41994R+30.11998R+20.92002D+2.02006D+2.12010D+2.32014

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