2022 Colorado Senate election
2022 Colorado State Senate election
Results: Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican hold No election
The 2022 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, along with elections in the State House of Representatives , with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022.[1] Voters in 17 out of the 35 districts of the Colorado Senate elected their representative for a four-year term.[2] It coincided with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections .
Democrats gained two seats increasing their majority to 23 out of 35 seats, with one seat shy of an outright supermajority.[3] Despite winning a majority of the votes cast, the Republican Party only won 6 of the 17 seats up for election.
Background
In the previous state Senate election (2020) , the Democrats increased their majority to five seats. In August 2022, Republican Sen. Kevin Priola announced he was changing his party affiliation to Democratic.[4] Therefore, for Democrats to lose their absolute majority in the Senate in this election, Republicans and other parties needed to gain at least four more seats.
This was the first election with the districts drawn based on the 2020 census .[5] Due to this, some districts did not have incumbents, as they chose to run in other districts that were not up for election in 2022.
Incumbents not seeking re-election
One Democratic and four Republican incumbents were term-limited and prohibited from seeking a consecutive third term. Under the laws for the state Senate, for terms to be considered non-consecutive, there needs to be a gap of at least four years between them.[2]
Democrats
Republicans
Predictions
Results
Popular vote
Republican
50.27%
Democratic
49.06%
Other
0.67%
Senate seats
Democratic
65.71%
Republican
34.29%
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
Italics - Incumbent redistricted to different district
Bold - gain
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 15, 1.2% gain
District 3, 2.58%
District 11, 5.46% gain
District 30, 7.64%
District 27, 9.78%
Detailed results
District 1
District 3
District 4
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 11
District 15
District 20
District 22
District 24
District 25
District 27
District 30
District 32
District 34
District 35
References
^ "2022 Election Calendar" (PDF) . Colorado Secretary of State .
^ a b "Senate Term Limits" . Colorado General Assembly .
^ "Colorado's Democratic supermajority talks spending before session starts" . KUSA.com . January 4, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023 .
^ Edwards, Jonathan (August 23, 2022). "After decades in GOP, Colo. senator says: 'We need Democrats in charge' " . The Washington Post . Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ Verlee, Megan (November 15, 2021). "Colorado officially has new state legislative maps" . CPR News . Colorado Public Radio.
^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures" . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
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