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2012Final results

2012 election for Colorado Senate District 26

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Linda Newell (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Dave Kerber (R) by 8.2 points.

Linda NewellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.1%38,744
Dave KerberRepublican
45.9%32,890
71,634 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+2.72004D+0.32008D+8.22012D+7.02016D+23.82020D+26.42024

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