Colorado Democratic Party

The Colorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. Shad Murib serves as its chair.

The governing body of the party is the State Central Committee, which consists of the chair and vice chair of the county Democratic Party in each of Colorado's 64 counties and "bonus" members for larger counties. In each odd-numbered year, county parties elect officers in February followed by the state party which elects its officers in March.

The party once held weak power in the state, but growing support increased its popularity. Currently, It is the dominant party in the state, controlling both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and all statewide executive offices, including the governorship. The Democrats also have a supermajority in the Colorado House of Representatives, and hold half of its U.S. House districts.

Responsibilities The Colorado Democratic Party manages and oversees statewide coordinated campaigns and is responsible for arranging and staging the state convention in Presidential years and the state assembly every two years. The state convention selects delegates to the Democratic National Convention and Colorado's Presidential electors. The state's assemblies designate candidates for statewide, congressional, district attorneys, state legislative and county offices, including the offices of Governor, Attorney-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, C.U. Regent At-Large, Board of Education Director At Large, and United States Senator. The party also adopts its platform at the state convention.

Current elected officials Democrats hold all of the state's five statewide offices, a majority in the Colorado House of Representatives and a majority in the Colorado Senate. The party also holds both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and four of its eight U.S. House of Representatives seats.

Members of Congress U.S. Senate

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Statewide offices

Legislative leadership President of the Senate: James Coleman Senate Majority Leader: Robert Rodriguez Speaker of the House: Julie McCluskie House Majority Leader: Monica Duran

Municipal The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Colorado:

Denver: Mike Johnston (1) Fort Collins: Jennifer Arndt (4) Boulder: Aaron Brockett

Election results

Presidential +Colorado Democratic Party presidential election resultsElectionPresidential ticketVotesVote %Electoral votesResult1876Samuel J. Tilden/Thomas A. HendricksNo popular vote1880Winfield S. Hancock/William H. English24,64746.03%1884Grover Cleveland/Thomas A. Hendricks27,72341.68%1888Grover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman37,54940.84%1892State party endorsed James B. Weaver/James G. Field (Populist)N/AN/A1896William Jennings Bryan/Arthur Sewall161,00584.95%1900William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson122,73355.43%1904Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis100,10541.08%1908William Jennings Bryan/John W. Kern126,64448.00%1912Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall114,23242.80%1916Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall178,81660.74%1920James M. Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt104,93635.93%1924John W. Davis/Charles W. Bryan75,23821.98%1928Al Smith/Joseph T. Robinson156,31933.94%1932Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner250,87754.81%1936Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner295,02160.37%1940Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace265,55448.37%1944Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman234,33146.40%1948Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley267,28851.88%1952Adlai Stevenson/John Sparkman245,50438.96%1956Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver263,99739.81%1960John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson330,62944.91%1964Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey476,02461.27%1968Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie335,17441.32%1972George McGovern/Sargent Shriver329,98034.59%1976Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale460,35342.58%1980Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale367,97331.07%1984Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro454,97435.12%1988Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen621,45345.28%1992Bill Clinton/Al Gore629,68140.13%1996Bill Clinton/Al Gore671,15244.43%2000Al Gore/Joe Lieberman738,22742.39%2004John Kerry/John Edwards1,001,73247.02%2008Barack Obama/Joe Biden1,288,63353.66%2012Barack Obama/Joe Biden1,323,10151.49%2016Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine1,338,87048.16%2020Joe Biden/Kamala Harris1,804,35255.40%2024Kamala Harris/Tim Walz1,728,15954.13%

Gubernatorial +Colorado Democratic Party gubernatorial election resultsElectionGubernatorial candidate/ticketVotesVote %Result1876Bela M. Hughes13,31648.47%Lost 1878William A. H. Loveland11,53540.30%Lost 1880John S. Hough23,54744.08%Lost 1882James Benton Grant31,37551.07%Won 1884Alva Adams30,74346.09%Lost 1886Alva Adams29,23449.66%Won 1888Thomas M. Patterson39,19742.64%Lost 1890Caldwell Yeaman35,35942.36%Lost 1892Joseph H. Maupin8,9449.63%Lost 1894Charles S. Thomas8,3374.63%Lost 1896Alva Adams87,38746.22%Won 1898Charles S. Thomas93,96662.89%Won 1900James Bradley Orman118,64753.78%Won 1902E. C. Stimson80,72743.21%Lost 1904Alva Adams123,09250.64%Won 1906Alva Adams74,41636.63%Lost 1908John F. Shafroth130,14149.41%Won 1910John F. Shafroth114,67651.04%Won 1912Elias M. Ammons114,04442.91%Won 1914Thomas M. Patterson90,64034.17%Lost 1916Julius Caldeen Gunter151,91253.27%Won 1918Thomas J. Tynan102,39746.47%Lost 1920James M. Collins108,73837.11%Lost 1922William Ellery Sweet138,09849.64%Won 1924William Ellery Sweet151,04144.04%Lost 1926Billy Adams183,34259.84%Won 1928Billy Adams240,16067.05%Won 1930Billy Adams197,06760.41%Won 1932Edwin C. Johnson257,18857.23%Won 1934Edwin C. Johnson237,02658.11%Won 1936Teller Ammons263,31154.57%Won 1938Teller Ammons199,56240.02%Lost 1940George E. Saunders245,29244.96%Lost 1942Homer Bedford149,40243.41%Lost 1944Roy Phelix Best236,08647.60%Lost 1946William Lee Knous174,60452.11%Won 1948William Lee Knous332,75266.33%Won 1950Walter Walford Johnson212,97647.22%Lost 1952John W. Metzger260,04442.42%Lost 1954Edwin C. Johnson262,20553.56%Won 1956Stephen McNichols331,28351.34%Won 1958Stephen McNichols321,16558.41%Won 1962Stephen McNichols262,89042.64%Lost 1966Robert Lee Knous287,13243.50%Lost 1970Mark Anthony Hogan/Charles Grant302,43245.24%Lost 1974Richard Lamm/George Brown441,19953.22%Won 1978Richard Lamm/Nancy Dick483,98558.76%Won 1982Richard Lamm/Nancy Dick627,96065.69%Won 1986Roy Romer/Mike Callihan616,32558.20%Won 1990Roy Romer/Mike Callihan626,03261.89%Won 1994Roy Romer/Gail Schoettler619,20555.47%Won 1998Gail Schoettler/Bernie Buescher639,90548.43%Lost 2002Rollie Heath/Bill Thiebaut475,37333.65%Lost 2006Bill Ritter/Barbara O'Brien888,09556.99%Won 2010John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia915,43651.05%Won 2014John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia1,006,43349.30%Won 2018Jared Polis/Dianne Primavera1,348,88853.42%Won 2022Jared Polis/Dianne Primavera1,468,48158.53%Won

See also Buie Seawell, former CDP chair Colorado Republican Party Political party strength in Colorado Politics of Colorado Elections in Colorado Government of Colorado

References

Further reading

External links Colorado Democratic Party