2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Colorado House District 59
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
J. Paul Brown (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Mike McLachlan (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. Paul BrownRepublican · winner
50.2%17,280
Mike McLachlanDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%17,110
34,390 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET