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2012Final results

2012 election for Colorado Senate District 4

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Mark Scheffel (R) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Holly Gorman (D) by 32.1 points.

Mark ScheffelRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.9%50,173
Holly GormanDemocrat
31.8%24,968
Chris GrundemannLibertarian
4.4%3,437
78,578 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+23.92000R+38.62004R+37.02008R+32.12012R+38.82016R+27.22020

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

The candidates

Mark Scheffel (R)Holly Gorman (D)

Also on the ballot: Chris Grundemann (Libertarian), 4.4%