Colorado's 32nd Senate district

Colorado's 32nd State Senate district
From 2022 onward From 2012 to 2022
Senator	Robert Rodriguez D–Denver
Registration	44.6% Democratic 14.0% Republican 39.9% No party preference
Demographics	58% White 3% Black 32% Hispanic 5% Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	164,301[1]
Registered voters	115,372[2]

Colorado's 32nd Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Robert Rodriguez since 2019, succeeding fellow Democrat Irene Aguilar.[3][4]

Geography

District 32 covers southern and southwestern Denver.[5]

The district is located entirely within Colorado's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 9th districts of the Colorado House of Representatives.[6]

Recent election results

Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms; under normal circumstances, the 32nd district holds elections in midterm years. The 2022 election will be the first held under the state's new district lines.

2022

2022 Colorado State Senate election, District 32[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Rodriguez (incumbent)	44,619	76.0
	Republican	Dean Flanders	14,089	24.0
Total votes			58,708	100

Historical election results

2018

2018 Colorado State Senate election, District 32[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Rodriguez	10,636	39.8
	Democratic	Zach Neumann	8,616	32.3
	Democratic	Hazel Gibson	7,458	27.9
Total votes			26,710	100
General election
	Democratic	Robert Rodriguez	53,307	72.0
	Republican	Mark Calonder	17,294	23.4
	Independent	Peter Smith	3,446	4.7
Total votes			74,047	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Colorado State Senate election, District 32[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Irene Aguilar (incumbent)	35,852	64.3
	Republican	Dawne Murray	17,356	31.1
	Libertarian	Darrell Dinges	2,560	4.6
Total votes			55,768	100
	Democratic hold

2012

Following the resignation of Chris Romer in 2011, appointed incumbent Irene Aguilar ran in an off-cycle election to represent the remainder of his term.

2012 Colorado State Senate election, District 32[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Irene Aguilar (incumbent)	47,995	70.1
	Republican	Roger Logan	20,505	29.9
Total votes			68,500	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[11]
2020	President	Biden 77.0 – 20.5%
2018	Governor	Polis 74.0 – 22.8%
2016	President	Clinton 70.3 – 21.7%
2014	Senate	Udall 66.4 – 28.8%
	Governor	Hickenlooper 70.7 – 25.1%
2012	President	Obama 69.0 – 28.7%

References

1. "State Senate District 32, CO". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. "Total Registered Voters by State Senate District, Party, and Status" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
3. "Senator Robert Rodriguez". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
4. "Colorado State Senate District 32". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
5. "Final Plans Approved by the Court". Colorado Redistricting - General Assembly. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
6. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
7. "2022 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
8. "2018 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
9. "2014 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
10. "2012 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
11. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved May 5, 2020.