The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Colorado: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Treasurer
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Pre-statehood (1861–1875) YearExecutive officesTerritorial AssemblyU.S. CongressGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerTerritorial CouncilHouseDelegate1861William Gilpin Lewis Ledyard Weld James E. Dalliba George T. Clark Hiram Pitt Bennet ()18621863John Evans Samuel Hitt Elbert Samuel E. Brown 1864Alexander W. Atkins 1865Allen Alexander Bradford 1866Alexander Cummings Frank Hall George W. Chamberlain Alexander Cameron Hunt 1867John Wanless George M. Chilcott 1868Alexander Cameron Hunt Columbus Nuckolls 1869Allen Alexander Bradford 1870Edward M. McCook Henry C. Thatcher George T. Clark 1871Jerome B. Chaffee 18721873Samuel Hitt Elbert vacant1874Edward M. McCook John W. Jenkins David H. Moffat 1875John Long Routt John Taffe Thomas M. Patterson
1876–present
YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLieutenantGovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralTreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator(Class II)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S. House1876John Long Routt Lafayette Head William Clark vacantFred Z. Solomon 19R, 7D31R, 18DHenry M. Teller Jerome B. Chaffee James B.Belford Hayes/Wheeler 1877A. J. Sampson George C. Corning Thomas M.Patterson 18781879Frederick Walker Pitkin Horace Tabor Norman H. Meldrum Charles W. Wright Nathan C. Culver 36R, 12D, 1GBNathaniel P. Hill James B.Belford 1880Garfield/Arthur 1881Charles H. Toll W. C. Sanders 23R, 3D36R, 13D1882George M. Chilcott 1883James Benton Grant William H. Meyer Melvin Edwards David F. Urmy Fred Walsen 17R, 9DHorace Tabor Thomas M. Bowen 1884Blaine/Logan 1885Benjamin Harrison Eaton Peter W. Breene Theodore H. Thomas George R. Swallow 19R, 7D35R, 13D, 1IHenry M. Teller George G.Symes 18861887Alva Adams Norman H. Meldrum James Rice Alvin Marsh Peter W. Breene 18R, 8D25R, 23D, 1I1888Harrison/Morton 1889Job Adams Cooper William Grover Smith Samuel W. Jones William Brisbane 20R, 6D43R, 6DEdward O. Wolcott HoseaTownsend 18901891John Long Routt William Story Edward J. Eaton Joseph H. Maupin James N. Carlile 16R, 10D32R, 17D1892Weaver/Field 1893Davis Hanson Waite David H. Nichols Nelson O. McCless Eugene Engley Albert Nance 15R, 12Pop, 8D33R, 27Pop, 5D2P18941895Albert McIntire Jared L. Brush Albert B. McGaffey Byron L. Carr Harry E. Mulnix 18Pop, 16R, 1D41R, 14Pop, 10D1Pop, 1R1896Bryan/Sewall 1897Alva Adams Charles H.S. Whipple George W. Kephart 16R, 14Pop, 4D, 1SvR33Pop, 20D, 11R, 1SvRHenry M. Teller 1Pop, 1SvR18981899Charles S. Thomas Francis Patrick Carney Elmer F. Beckwith David M. Campbell John H. Fesler 15SvR, 9Pop, 9D, 2R21D, 20Pop, 16SvR, 6R1900Bryan/Stevenson 1901James Bradley Orman David C. Coates David A. Mills Charles C. Post James N. Chipley 19D, 7Pop, 6SvR, 2R, 137D, 13Pop, 8SvR, 7RThomas M. Patterson 1902Warren A. Haggott 1903James Hamilton Peabody Jesse Fuller McDonald James Cowie Nathan C. Miller Whitney Newton 24D, 11R36R, 29DHenry M. Teller 2R, 1D19043RRoosevelt/Fairbanks 1905Alva Adams Arthur Cornforth John A. Holmbert 19R, 16DJames Hamilton Peabody Jesse Fuller McDonald Jesse Fuller McDonald Fred W. Parks 19061907Henry Augustus Buchtel Erastus Harper Timothy O'Connor William H. Dickson Alfred E. Bent 24R, 11D46R, 19DSimon Guggenheim 1908Bryan/Kern 1909John F. Shafroth Stephen R. Fitzgarrald James B. Pearce John T. Barnett W. J. Galligan 20D, 15R53D, 12RCharles J. Hughes Jr. 3D19101911Benjamin Griffith Roady Kenehan 26D, 9R40D, 25Rvacant1912Wilson/Marshall 1913Elias M. Ammons Fred Farrar M. A. Leddy 24D, 11R48D, 17RJohn F. Shafroth Charles S. Thomas 4D19141915George Alfred Carlson Moses E. Lewis John E. Ramer Allison Stocker 18R, 17D36R, 29D3D, 1R19161917Julius Caldeen Gunter James Pulliam James R. Noland Leslie E. Hubbard Robert H. Higgins 18D, 17R45D, 20R19181919Oliver Henry Shoup George Stephan Victor E. Keyes Harry E. Mulnix 21D, 14R41R, 24DLawrence C. Phipps 3R, 1D1920Harding/Coolidge 1921Earl Cooley Carl Miliken Arthur Strong 24R, 11D58R, 7DSamuel D. Nicholson 19221923William Ellery Sweet Robert F. Rockwell Russel W. Fleming Harry E. Mulnix 33R, 32DAlva B. Adams 1924Wayne C. Williams Rice W. Means Coolidge/Dawes 1925Clarence Morley Sterling Byrd Lacy William Boatright W. D. MacGinnis 21R, 14D53R, 12D19261927Billy Adams George Milton Corlett Charles Armstrong Harry E. Mulnix 20R, 15D43R, 22DCharles W. Waterman 2R, 2D1928Herbert Fairall Hoover/Curtis 1929Robert E. Winbourn W. D. MacGinnis 24R, 11D46R, 19D3R, 1D1930John S. Underwood 1931Edwin C. Johnson Clarence L. Ireland John M. Jackson 22R, 13D34D, 31REdward P. Costigan 1932Walter Walker Roosevelt/Garner 1933Edwin C. Johnson Ray Herbert Talbot Paul P. Prosser Homer Bedford 26D, 9R54D, 11RKarl C. Schuyler 4D1934Alva B. Adams 1935James Carr Charles Armstrong 29D, 6R50D, 15R1936George Saunders Byron G. Rogers 1937Ray Herbert Talbot vacantHomer Bedford Edwin C. Johnson Teller Ammons Frank J. Hayes 19381939Ralph Lawrence Carr John Charles Vivian Charles Armstrong 23D, 12R37R, 28D1940Willkie/McNary 1941Walter Morrison Gail L. Ireland Homer Bedford 18D, 17REugene Millikin 3R, 1D19421943John Charles Vivian William Eugene Higby Leon Lavington 23R, 12D55R, 10D4R1944Dewey/Bricker 1945H. Lawrence Hinkley Homer Bedford 27R, 8D46R, 19D19461947William Lee Knous Homer Pearson Rodney Anderson 3R, 1D1948Truman/Barkley 1949Walter Walford Johnson George Baker John W. Metzger Homer Bedford 19R, 16D39D, 26R3D, 1R1950Walter Walford Johnson Charles P. Murphy 1951Daniel I. J. Thornton Gordon Allott Duke W. Dunbar Earl E. Ewing 20R, 15D47R, 18D2D, 2R1952Eisenhower/Nixon 1953Homer Bruce Homer Bedford 23R, 12D45R, 20D19541955Edwin C. Johnson Stephen McNichols George Baker Earl E. Ewing 20R, 15D38R, 27DGordon Allott 19561957Stephen McNichols Frank L. Hays Homer Bedford 21D, 14R38D, 27RJohn A. Carroll 19581959Robert Lee Knous Tim Armstrong 22D, 13R44D, 21R3D, 1R1960Nixon/Lodge 196119D, 16R33D, 32R2D, 2R19621963John Arthur Love Bryon A. Anderson Homer Bedford 20R, 15D41R, 24DPeter H. Dominick 1964Johnson/Humphrey 196542D, 23R4D19661967Mark Anthony Hogan Virginia Neal Blue 37R, 28D3D, 1R1968Nixon/Agnew 196924R, 11D38R, 27D1970Julia Swearingen 1971John D. Vanderhoof Palmer Burch 21R, 14D2D, 2R1972197322R, 13D37R, 28DFloyd Haskell 3R, 2DJohn D. Vanderhoof Ted L. Strickland John P. Moore 1974Mary Estill Buchanan 1975Richard Lamm George L. Brown J.D. MacFarlane Sam Brown 19R, 16D39D, 26RGary Hart 3D, 2R1976Ford/Dole 1977Roy Romer 18R, 17D35R, 30D19781979Nancy Dick 22R, 13D38R, 27DWilliam L. Armstrong 1980Reagan/Bush 198139R, 26D19821983Natalie Meyer Duane Woodard 40R, 25D3D, 3R1984198524R, 11D48R, 17D4R, 2D19861987Roy Romer Mike Callihan Duane Woodard Gail Schoettler 25R, 10D41R, 24DTim Wirth 3R, 3D1988Bush/Quayle 198924R, 11D40R, 25D19901991Gale Norton 23R, 12D38R, 27DHank Brown 1992Clinton/Gore 199319R, 16D34R, 31DBen NighthorseCampbell 4R, 2D1994Samuel H. Cassidy 1995Gail Schoettler Victoria Buckley Bill Owens 41R, 24DBen NighthorseCampbell 1996Dole/Kemp 199720R, 15DWayne Allard 19981999Bill Owens Joe Rogers Ken Salazar Mike Coffman 21R, 14D39R, 26DDonetta Davidson 2000Bush/Cheney 200118D, 17R38R, 27D20022003Jane Norton 18R, 17D37R, 28D5R, 2D20042005John Suthers 18D, 17R35D, 30RKen Salazar 4R, 3DGigi Dennis Mark Hillman 2006Mike Coffman 2007Bill Ritter Barbara O'Brien Mike Coffman Cary Kennedy 20D, 15R39D, 26R4D, 3R2008Obama/Biden 2009Bernie Buescher 21D, 14R38D, 27RMark Udall Michael Bennet 5D, 2R20102011John Hickenlooper Joseph Garcia Scott Gessler Walker Stapleton 20D, 15R33R, 32D4R, 3D2012201337D, 28R201418D, 17R2015Wayne W. Williams Cynthia Coffman 18R, 17D34D, 31RCory Gardner 2016Clinton/Kaine Donna Lynne 201737D, 28R20182019Jared Polis Dianne Primavera Jena Griswold Phil Weiser Dave Young 19D, 16R41D, 24R4D, 3R2020Biden/Harris 202120D, 15RJohn Hickenlooper 202221D, 14R202323D, 12R46D, 19R5D, 3R2024Harris/Walz 202543D, 22R4D, 4R2026
See also Elections in Colorado Politics of Colorado Colorado Democratic Party Colorado Republican Party Government of Colorado
References
Further reading Martin, Curtis. “The 1962 Election in Colorado.” The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, 1963, pp. 421–425.