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| Turnout | 74.05% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2016 Colorado State Senate elections were held on November 8, 2016 to elect 18 of the 35 members ofColorado'sSenate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, includingU.S. President,U.S. Senate,U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. Theprimary election was held on June 28, 2016.
There was no change in the composition of the Senate as both Democrats and Republicans gained one seat each, winning 10 and 8 seats respectively.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[1] | Tossup | October 12, 2016 |
| Party | Candi- dates | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 17 | 697,521 | 53.44% | 10 |  | |
| Republican Party | 16 | 580,873 | 44.50% | 8 | | |
| Libertarian Party | 4 | 26,549 | 2.03% | 0 | | |
| Write-in | 1 | 352 | 0.03% | 0 | | |
| Total | 38 | 1,305,295 | 100.00% | 18 | | |
| Ballots Cast | 1,464,250 | 74.05% | ||||
| Registered Voters | 1,977,448 | |||||
Results of the 2016 Colorado Senate election by district:[2]
| District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | Ballots Cast | Regis- tered Voters | Turn- out | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| District 4 | 27,779 | 30.61% | 62,981 | 69.39% | - | - | 46,537 | 100.00% | 99,340 | 123,851 | 80.21% | Republican Hold |
| District 8 | 32,530 | 45.15% | 39,526 | 54.85% | - | - | 51,931 | 100.00% | 78,097 | 109,469 | 71.34% | Republican Hold |
| District 10 | 24,430 | 33.81% | 47,832 | 66.19% | - | - | 60,926 | 100.00% | 79,571 | 108,792 | 73.14% | Republican Hold |
| District 12 | - | - | 45,938 | 75.30% | 15,071 | 24.70% | 34,564 | 100.00% | 69,685 | 99,601 | 69.96% | Republican Hold |
| District 14 | 52,902 | 61.67% | 32,886 | 38.33% | - | - | 44,823 | 100.00% | 94,244 | 123,636 | 76.23% | Democratic Hold |
| District 17 | 57,649 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 65,292 | 100.00% | 87,334 | 113,723 | 76.80% | Democratic Hold |
| District 18 | 67,799 | 79.61% | 17,370 | 20.39% | - | - | 39,725 | 100.00% | 96,750 | 138,481 | 69.87% | Democratic Hold |
| District 19 | 39,070 | 47.78% | 37,592 | 45.97% | 5,112 | 6.25% | 50,914 | 100.00% | 86,231 | 109,881 | 78.48% | DemocraticGAIN |
| District 21 | 38,428 | 99.09% | - | - | 352 | 0.91% | 56,955 | 100.00% | 57,508 | 82,490 | 69.72% | Democratic Hold |
| District 23 | 40,281 | 42.04% | 55,528 | 57.96% | - | - | 29,633 | 100.00% | 104,675 | 130,395 | 80.28% | Republican Hold |
| District 25 | 27,678 | 47.93% | 30,074 | 52.07% | - | - | 36,863 | 100.00% | 62,734 | 87,100 | 72.03% | RepublicanGAIN |
| District 26 | 42,145 | 53.48% | 36,666 | 46.52% | - | - | 39,258 | 100.00% | 83,698 | 111,841 | 74.84% | Democratic Hold |
| District 27 | 38,489 | 46.56% | 44,169 | 53.44% | - | - | 28,336 | 100.00% | 87,965 | 110,010 | 79.96% | Republican Hold |
| District 28 | 39,143 | 55.73% | 31,096 | 44.27% | - | - | 29,380 | 100.00% | 75,265 | 103,115 | 72.99% | Democratic Hold |
| District 29 | 30,998 | 54.19% | 22,503 | 39.34% | 3,698 | 6.47% | 24,881 | 100.00% | 60,944 | 90,676 | 67.21% | Democratic Hold |
| District 31 | 57,793 | 69.58% | 25,268 | 30.42% | - | - | 60,599 | 100.00% | 93,908 | 126,671 | 74.14% | Democratic Hold |
| District 33 | 57,049 | 81.95% | 12,564 | 18.05% | - | - | 35,008 | 100.00% | 78,099 | 114,270 | 68.35% | Democratic Hold |
| District 35 | 23,358 | 35.99% | 38,880 | 59.90% | 2,668 | 4.11% | 55,927 | 100.00% | 68,202 | 93,446 | 72.99% | Republican Hold |
| Total | 697,521 | 53.44% | 580,873 | 44.50% | 26,901 | 2.06% | 1,305,295 | 100.00% | 1,464,250 | 1,977,448 | 74.05% | |
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