2024 Colorado Senate election

2024 Colorado Senate election
November 5, 2024
18 of the 35 seats in the Colorado Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Robert Rodriguez Paul Lundeen
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 8, 2023 January 9, 2023
Leader's seat 32nd–Denver 9th–Colorado Springs
Last election 11 seats, 49.05% 6 seats, 50.27%
Seats before 23 12
Seats won 12 6
Seats after 23 12
Seat change
Popular vote 817,303 594,858
Percentage 56.35% 41.01%
Swing 7.30 pp 9.26 pp

     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      >90%
President of the Senate before election

Steve Fenberg
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

James Coleman
Democratic

The 2024 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 5, 2024, with the primary elections being held on June 25, 2024.[1] Voters in 18 out of the 35 districts of the state Senate elected their representative for a four-year term.[2] 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.[3]
  2. District 14: Joann Ginal is term-limited.[3]
  3. District 18: Steve Fenberg is term-limited.[3]
  4. District 19: Rachel Zenzinger is term-limited (ran for Jefferson County Commission).[3][4]
  5. District 28: Rhonda Fields is term-limited (ran for Arapahoe County Commission).[3][5]

Republicans

  1. District 2: Jim Smallwood is term-limited.[3]
  2. District 5: Perry Will retired to run for Garfield County Commission.[6]
  3. District 12: Bob Gardner is term-limited.[3]

Predictions

Statewide

Source Ranking As of
CNalysis[7] Solid D August 10, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe D June 18, 2024

Competitive districts

District Incumbent Last Result CNalysis[9]
October 13, 2024
5th Perry Will N/A[a] Tilt R
6th Cleave Simpson 60.12% R Tossup
12th Bob Gardner 58.35% R Lean D (flip)
13th Kevin Priola 50.84% R[b] Very Likely R (flip)

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 12, 1.35% (flip)
  2. District 21, 2.22%
  3. District 16, 4.31%
  4. District 5, 4.46%

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[11][12]

District 2

2024 Colorado Senate election, 2nd District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Frizell 63,181 60.68%
Democratic Jennifer Brady 38,261 36.75%
Libertarian Caryn Ann Harlos 2,672 2.57%
Total votes 104,114 100%
Republican hold

District 5

2024 Colorado Senate election, 5th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marc Catlin 46,310 52.23%
Democratic Cole Buerger 42,357 47.77%
Total votes 88,667 100%
Republican hold

District 6

2024 Colorado Senate election, 6th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cleave Simpson (incumbent) 52,131 55.91%
Democratic Vivian Smotherman 41,108 44.09%
Total votes 93,239 100%
Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Cleave Simpson was re-elected with an 11.8% margin and carried Saguache County by 6.4%.[13]

District 10

2024 Colorado Senate election, 10th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry Liston (incumbent) 49,886 57.05%
Democratic Ryan Howard Lucas 34,352 39.29%
Libertarian John Hjersman 3,198 3.66%
Total votes 87,436 100%
Republican hold

District 12

2024 Colorado Senate election, 12th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marc Snyder 36,971 48.90%
Republican Stan VanderWerf 35,872 47.45%
Libertarian John Michael Angle 2,755 3.64%
Total votes 75,598 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

2024 Colorado Senate election, 13th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Bright 34,045 56.64%
Democratic Matt Johnston 26,060 43.36%
Total votes 60,105 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

2024 Colorado Senate election, 14th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cathy Kipp 58,742 68.24%
Republican Phoebe McWilliams 24,085 27.98%
Libertarian Jeffrey Brosius 3,259 3.79%
Total votes 86,086 100%
Democratic hold

District 16

2024 Colorado Senate election, 16th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Kolker (incumbent) 53,740 52.15%
Republican Robyn Carnes 49,302 47.84%
Libertarian Bennett Rutledge (write-in) 12 0.01%
Total votes 103,054 100%
Democratic hold

District 17

2024 Colorado Senate election, 17th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sonya Jaquez Lewis (incumbent) 63,308 66.77%
Republican Tom Van Lone 31,509 33.23%
Total votes 94,817 100%
Democratic hold

District 18

2024 Colorado Senate election, 18th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Judy Amabile 73,150 90.47%
Unity Gary Swing 7,704 9.53%
Total votes 80,854 100%
Democratic hold

District 19

2024 Colorado Senate election, 19th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lindsey Daugherty 54,900 56.13%
Republican Sam Bandimere 40,596 41.51%
Libertarian Ryan VanGundy 2,305 2.36%
Total votes 97,801 100%
Democratic hold

District 21

2024 Colorado Senate election, 21st District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dafna Michaelson Jenet (incumbent) 33,438 51.11%
Republican Frederick Alfred Jr 31,982 48.89%
Total votes 65,420 100%
Democratic hold

District 23

2024 Colorado Senate election, 23rd District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer (incumbent) 75,608 97.76%
Democratic Joseph Bobko (write-in) 1,731 2.24%
Total votes 77,339 100%
Republican hold

District 26

2024 Colorado Senate election, 26th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Bridges (incumbent) 48,296 62.03%
Republican Bob Lane 27,756 35.65%
Unity Meredith Ryan 1,806 2.32%
Total votes 77,858 100%
Democratic hold

District 28

2024 Colorado Senate election, 28th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Weissman 35,064 63.51%
Republican Pedro Espinoza 20,143 36.49%
Total votes 55,207 100%
Democratic hold

District 29

2024 Colorado Senate election, 29th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Janet Buckner (incumbent) 45,658 100%
Total votes 45,658 100%
Democratic hold

District 31

2024 Colorado Senate election, 31st District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Hansen (incumbent) 75,769 83.92%
Libertarian David Aitken 14,515 16.08%
Total votes 90,284 100%
Democratic hold

District 33

2024 Colorado Senate election, 33rd District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Coleman (incumbent) 56,129 81.84%
Republican Max Minnig 12,452 18.16%
Total votes 68,581 100%
Democratic hold

Footnotes

  1. ^ Will was appointed to his seat following the resignation of Bob Rankin.[10]
  2. ^ 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. ^ a b c d e f g "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.
  13. ^ "2024 Nov 5 • General • State Senate • State Senate District 6 | State of Colorado". State of Colorado Elections Database. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
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