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2008Final results

2008 election for Colorado House District 18

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Michael Merrifield (D) won with 63.3% of the vote, defeating Katherine Szot (R) by 26.6 points.

Michael MerrifieldDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.3%17,231
Katherine SzotRepublican
36.7%9,980
27,211 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

EvenD+0.62002D+13.32004D+21.62006D+26.62008D+9.42010D+12.42012

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