2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Colorado election results
Every race on Colorado's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races93
Changed party6
Unopposed12%11 races
Incumbents defeated1
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | Barack H. Obama (D) | 9.0 |
U.S. Senate
D 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | Mark Udall (D) | 10.3 | Flipped |
U.S. House
D 5 · R 2 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO-1 | Diana DeGette (D) | 48.2 | |
| CO-2 | Jared Polis (D) | 28.7 | |
| CO-3 | John Salazar (D) | 23.2 | |
| CO-4 | Betsy Markey (D) | 12.4 | Flipped |
| CO-5 | Doug Lamborn (R) | 23.0 | |
| CO-6 | Mike Coffman (R) | 21.3 | |
| CO-7 | Ed Perlmutter (D) | 27.0 |
Colorado State Senate
D 13 · R 6 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-4 | Mark Scheffel (R) | 37.0 | |
| SD-8 | Al White (R) | 9.8 | |
| SD-10 | Bill Cadman (R) | 30.0 | |
| SD-12 | Keith C. King (R) | 11.7 | |
| SD-14 | Bob Bacon (D) | 25.4 | |
| SD-16 | Dan Gibbs (D) | 18.1 | |
| SD-17 | Brandon C. Shaffer (D) | 23.7 | |
| SD-18 | Rollie Heath (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Evie Hudak (D) | 2.0 | |
| SD-21 | Betty Boyd (D) | 18.9 | |
| SD-23 | Shawn Mitchell (R) | 7.3 | |
| SD-25 | Mary Hodge (D) | 9.9 | |
| SD-26 | Linda Newell (D) | 0.3 | Flipped |
| SD-27 | Nancy Spence (R) | 16.1 | |
| SD-28 | Suzanne Williams (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-29 | Morgan Carroll (D) | 38.0 | |
| SD-31 | Jennifer L. Veiga (D) | 50.1 | |
| SD-33 | Peter C. Groff (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 | Joyce Foster (D) | 36.1 |
Colorado House of Representatives
D 38 · R 27 · 3 changed party
Colorado
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab