2008Final results
2008 election for Colorado Senate District 23
Colorado State Senate · Colorado
Shawn Mitchell (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Joseph A. Whitcomb (D) by 7.3 points.
Shawn MitchellRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.6%45,001
Joseph A. WhitcombDemocrat
46.4%38,896
83,897 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET