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2024 Colorado Senate election

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18 of the 35 seats in the Colorado Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Steve Fenberg (term-limited) Paul Lundeen Party Democratic Republican Leader since February 22, 2022 January 9, 2023 Leader's seat 18th–Boulder 9th–Colorado Springs Last election 23 seats, 49.05% 12 seats, 50.27% Seats before 23 12 Seats after 23 12 Seat change Popular vote 817,303 594,858 Percentage 56.35% 41.01% Swing 7.30 pp 9.26 pp
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      No election
President of the Senate before election Steve Fenberg Democratic Elected President of the Senate TBD

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The 2024 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 5, 2024, with the primary elections being held on June 25, 2024. Voters in 18 out of the 35 districts of the state Senate elected their representative for a four-year term. This election coincided with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections.

Background

In the 2020 US Presidential Election, Joe Biden won 25 districts, while Donald Trump won 10. Republicans represented three districts where Biden had won in 2020: District 6 (Biden +2.18%), represented by Cleave Simpson; District 12 (Biden +3.61%), represented by Bob Gardner; and District 30 (Biden +1.47%), represented by Kevin Van Winkle. Additionally, one Democrat, Kevin Priola, represented District 13, which Trump won by 3.78%.

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 13: Kevin Priola is term-limited.
2. District 14: Joann Ginal is term-limited.
3. District 18: Steve Fenberg is term-limited.
4. District 19: Rachel Zenzinger is term-limited (ran for Jefferson County Commission).
5. District 28: Rhonda Fields is term-limited (ran for Arapahoe County Commission).

Republicans

1. District 2: Jim Smallwood is term-limited.
2. District 5: Perry Will retired to run for Garfield County Commission.
3. District 12: Bob Gardner is term-limited.

Predictions

Statewide

Competitive districts

Results by district

District 2

District 5

District 6

District 10

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 21

District 23

District 26

District 28

District 29

District 31

District 33

Footnotes

1. Although the Democratic Party won the majority of seats, the Republican Party won the popular vote.
2. Will was appointed to his seat following the resignation of Bob Rankin.
3. Priola switched parties in 2021 after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

References

1. "2024 Election Calendar" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.
2. "Senate Term Limits". Colorado General Assembly.
3. ^ "Term Limit Information for Members of the Colorado Senate" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
4. Goodland, Marianne (November 9, 2023). "State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger will run for Jefferson County commission". Colorado Politics. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
5. Wilson, Sara (July 20, 2023). "State Sen. Rhonda Fields running for Arapahoe County commissioner". Colorado Newsline. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
6. Wenzler, Elliott (January 26, 2024). "State Sen. Perry Will won't run for re-election, instead kicks off county commissioner bid". Glenwood Springs Post Independent. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
7. "24 CO Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
8. Jacobson, Louis (June 18, 2024). "2024's Battleground State Legislative Chambers". Retrieved July 13, 2024.
9. "24 CO Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
10. Goodland, Marianne (January 7, 2023). "Vacancy committee returns Perry Will to the General Assembly". The Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
11. "2024 General Election Official Candidate List". Colorado Secretary of State. September 24, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
12. "Results". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved November 30, 2024.

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