2008Final resultsSpecial election
2008 special election for Colorado Senate District 16
Colorado State Senate · Colorado
Dan Gibbs (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Don Ytterberg (R) by 18.1 points.
Dan GibbsDemocrat · winner
59.0%45,248
Don YtterbergRepublican
41.0%31,407
76,655 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)