2014 Colorado Senate election

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18 of the 35 seats in theColorado Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bill Cadman Lucía Guzmán Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat District 12 District 34 Last election 17 18 Seats won 18 17 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 578,797 347,145 Percentage 59.81% 35.87% Seats up 10 8 Races won 11 7
Results:      Republican gain     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Democratic hold      No election
President before election Morgan Carroll Democratic ElectedPresident Bill Cadman Republican

The2014 Colorado Senate elections were held on November 4, 2014 to elect 18 of the 35 members of theColorado Senate. The election coincided withColorado House of Representatives elections and otherstate andfederal elections.Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. Republicans gained control of the chamber for the first time since 2005, gaining one seat.^[1]

In the previous state Senate election in 2012, Democrats held the chamber with a 5-seat majority of 20 Democratic seats and 15 Republican seats. However, Democrats had their majority reduced to one seat after the2013 Colorado recall election, where SenatorAngela Giron and Senate PresidentJohn Morse were successfully recalled and replaced by Republicans.^[2] Because of this, Republicans only needed a net gain of one seat in order to claim control of the chamber. Democratic senatorEvie Hudak was also targeted in the recall election, however she chose to resign instead, triggering an off-cycle election indistrict 19.^[3]

Results of the 2014 Colorado Senate election by district:^[1]

Bold - Gain

Italicize - Hold, new member

Five incumbent senators (including three Republicans and two Democrats) are term-limited, and unable to seek a third term.

• Greg Brophy (R), District 1
• Gail Schwartz (D), District 5
• Scott Renfroe (R), District 13
• Lois Tochtrop (D), District 24
• Ted Harvey (R), District 30

One incumbent Republican is not seeking re-election, despite being able to do so.

• Steve King (R), District 7

1. District 20, 0.61%
2. District 19, 1.06% gain
3. District 24, 1.74% gain
4. District 22, 2.24%
5. District 5, 2.32%
6. District 16, 2.73% gain
7. District 3, 9.87% gain

Sources:^[5][6]

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