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Colorado Democratic Party

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Political party in Colorado

Colorado Democratic Party

Chairperson	Shad Murib
Governor	Jared Polis
Lieutenant Governor	Dianne Primavera
Senate President	James Coleman
House Speaker	Julie McCluskie
Headquarters	Denver,Colorado
Membership(2025)	1,039,477^[1]
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
U.S. House	4 / 8
Statewide offices	5 / 5
Colorado Senate	23 / 35
Colorado House of Representatives	43 / 65
Colorado State Board of Education	5 / 9
University of Colorado Board of Regents	5 / 9
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Website
www.coloradodems.org
Politics of Colorado Elections

TheColorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of theDemocratic Party in theU.S. state ofColorado. Shad Murib serves as its chair.^[2]

The governing body of the party is the State Central Committee, which consists of the chair and vice chair of the county Democratic Party in each of Colorado's 64 counties and "bonus" members for larger counties. In each odd-numbered year, county parties elect officers in February followed by the state party which elects its officers in March.

The party once held weak power in the state, but growing support increased its popularity. Currently, It is the dominant party in the state, controlling both of the state'sU.S. Senate seats and all statewide executive offices, includingthe governorship. The Democrats also have a supermajority in theColorado House of Representatives, and hold half of itsU.S. House districts.

Responsibilities

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The Colorado Democratic Party manages and oversees statewide coordinated campaigns and is responsible for arranging and staging the state convention in Presidential years and the state assembly every two years. The state convention selects delegates to theDemocratic National Convention and Colorado'sPresidential electors. The state's assemblies designate candidates for statewide, congressional, district attorneys, state legislative and county offices, including the offices ofGovernor,Attorney-General,Secretary of State,Treasurer, C.U. Regent At-Large, Board of Education Director At Large, andUnited States Senator. The party also adopts itsplatform at the state convention.

Current elected officials

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Democrats hold all of the state's five statewide offices, a majority in the Colorado House of Representatives and a majority in the Colorado Senate. The party also holds both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and four of its eight U.S. House of Representatives seats.

Members of Congress

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U.S. Senate

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Junior U.S. SenatorJohn Hickenlooper
Senior U.S. SenatorMichael Bennet

U.S. House of Representatives

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District	Member	Photo
1st	Diana DeGette
2nd	Joe Neguse
6th	Jason Crow
7th	Brittany Pettersen

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Colorado:

Election results

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Presidential

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Colorado Democratic Party presidential election results
Election	Presidential ticket	Votes	Vote %	Electoral votes	Result
1876	Samuel J. Tilden/Thomas A. Hendricks	No popular vote		0 / 3	Lost
1880	Winfield S. Hancock/William H. English	24,647	46.03%	0 / 3	Lost
1884	Grover Cleveland/Thomas A. Hendricks	27,723	41.68%	0 / 3	Won
1888	Grover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman	37,549	40.84%	0 / 3	Lost
1892	State party endorsedJames B. Weaver/James G. Field (Populist)	N/A	N/A	0 / 4	Won
1896	William Jennings Bryan/Arthur Sewall	161,005	84.95%	4 / 4	Lost
1900	William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson	122,733	55.43%	4 / 4	Lost
1904	Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis	100,105	41.08%	0 / 5	Lost
1908	William Jennings Bryan/John W. Kern	126,644	48.00%	5 / 5	Lost
1912	Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall	114,232	42.80%	6 / 6	Won
1916	Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall	178,816	60.74%	6 / 6	Won
1920	James M. Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt	104,936	35.93%	0 / 6	Lost
1924	John W. Davis/Charles W. Bryan	75,238	21.98%	0 / 6	Lost
1928	Al Smith/Joseph T. Robinson	156,319	33.94%	0 / 6	Lost
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner	250,877	54.81%	6 / 6	Won
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner	295,021	60.37%	6 / 6	Won
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace	265,554	48.37%	0 / 6	Won
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman	234,331	46.40%	0 / 6	Won
1948	Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley	267,288	51.88%	6 / 6	Won
1952	Adlai Stevenson/John Sparkman	245,504	38.96%	0 / 6	Lost
1956	Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver	263,997	39.81%	0 / 6	Lost
1960	John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson	330,629	44.91%	0 / 6	Won
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey	476,024	61.27%	6 / 6	Won
1968	Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie	335,174	41.32%	0 / 6	Lost
1972	George McGovern/Sargent Shriver	329,980	34.59%	0 / 7	Lost
1976	Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale	460,353	42.58%	0 / 7	Won
1980	Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale	367,973	31.07%	0 / 7	Lost
1984	Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro	454,974	35.12%	0 / 8	Lost
1988	Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen	621,453	45.28%	0 / 8	Lost
1992	Bill Clinton/Al Gore	629,681	40.13%	8 / 8	Won
1996	Bill Clinton/Al Gore	671,152	44.43%	0 / 8	Won
2000	Al Gore/Joe Lieberman	738,227	42.39%	0 / 8	Lost
2004	John Kerry/John Edwards	1,001,732	47.02%	0 / 9	Lost
2008	Barack Obama/Joe Biden	1,288,633	53.66%	9 / 9	Won
2012	Barack Obama/Joe Biden	1,323,101	51.49%	9 / 9	Won
2016	Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine	1,338,870	48.16%	9 / 9	Lost
2020	Joe Biden/Kamala Harris	1,804,352	55.40%	9 / 9	Won
2024	Kamala Harris/Tim Walz	1,728,159	54.13%	10 / 10	Lost

Gubernatorial

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Colorado Democratic Party gubernatorial election results
Election	Gubernatorial candidate/ticket	Votes	Vote %	Result
1876	Bela M. Hughes	13,316	48.47%	LostN
1878	William A. H. Loveland	11,535	40.30%	LostN
1880	John S. Hough	23,547	44.08%	LostN
1882	James Benton Grant	31,375	51.07%	WonY
1884	Alva Adams	30,743	46.09%	LostN
1886	Alva Adams	29,234	49.66%	WonY
1888	Thomas M. Patterson	39,197	42.64%	LostN
1890	Caldwell Yeaman	35,359	42.36%	LostN
1892	Joseph H. Maupin	8,944	9.63%	LostN
1894	Charles S. Thomas	8,337	4.63%	LostN
1896	Alva Adams	87,387	46.22%	WonY
1898	Charles S. Thomas	93,966	62.89%	WonY
1900	James Bradley Orman	118,647	53.78%	WonY
1902	E. C. Stimson	80,727	43.21%	LostN
1904	Alva Adams	123,092	50.64%	WonY
1906	Alva Adams	74,416	36.63%	LostN
1908	John F. Shafroth	130,141	49.41%	WonY
1910	John F. Shafroth	114,676	51.04%	WonY
1912	Elias M. Ammons	114,044	42.91%	WonY
1914	Thomas M. Patterson	90,640	34.17%	LostN
1916	Julius Caldeen Gunter	151,912	53.27%	WonY
1918	Thomas J. Tynan	102,397	46.47%	LostN
1920	James M. Collins	108,738	37.11%	LostN
1922	William Ellery Sweet	138,098	49.64%	WonY
1924	William Ellery Sweet	151,041	44.04%	LostN
1926	Billy Adams	183,342	59.84%	WonY
1928	Billy Adams	240,160	67.05%	WonY
1930	Billy Adams	197,067	60.41%	WonY
1932	Edwin C. Johnson	257,188	57.23%	WonY
1934	Edwin C. Johnson	237,026	58.11%	WonY
1936	Teller Ammons	263,311	54.57%	WonY
1938	Teller Ammons	199,562	40.02%	LostN
1940	George E. Saunders	245,292	44.96%	LostN
1942	Homer Bedford	149,402	43.41%	LostN
1944	Roy Phelix Best	236,086	47.60%	LostN
1946	William Lee Knous	174,604	52.11%	WonY
1948	William Lee Knous	332,752	66.33%	WonY
1950	Walter Walford Johnson	212,976	47.22%	LostN
1952	John W. Metzger	260,044	42.42%	LostN
1954	Edwin C. Johnson	262,205	53.56%	WonY
1956	Stephen McNichols	331,283	51.34%	WonY
1958	Stephen McNichols	321,165	58.41%	WonY
1962	Stephen McNichols	262,890	42.64%	LostN
1966	Robert Lee Knous	287,132	43.50%	LostN
1970	Mark Anthony Hogan/Charles Grant	302,432	45.24%	LostN
1974	Richard Lamm/George Brown	441,199	53.22%	WonY
1978	Richard Lamm/Nancy Dick	483,985	58.76%	WonY
1982	Richard Lamm/Nancy Dick	627,960	65.69%	WonY
1986	Roy Romer/Mike Callihan	616,325	58.20%	WonY
1990	Roy Romer/Mike Callihan	626,032	61.89%	WonY
1994	Roy Romer/Gail Schoettler	619,205	55.47%	WonY
1998	Gail Schoettler/Bernie Buescher	639,905	48.43%	LostN
2002	Rollie Heath/Bill Thiebaut	475,373	33.65%	LostN
2006	Bill Ritter/Barbara O'Brien	888,095	56.99%	WonY
2010	John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia	915,436	51.05%	WonY
2014	John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia	1,006,433	49.30%	WonY
2018	Jared Polis/Dianne Primavera	1,348,888	53.42%	WonY
2022	Jared Polis/Dianne Primavera	1,468,481	58.53%	WonY

References

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^"Total Registered Voters By Party Affiliation".
^Fish, Sandra (2023-04-01)."Shad Murib elected Colorado Democratic Party chairman in three-way contest".The Colorado Sun. Retrieved2023-04-11.

External links

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Colorado Democratic Party Archived 2021-04-12 at theWayback Machine

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Political party strength in Colorado

Democratic Party

History

National
conventions,
presidential
tickets,
and
presidential
primaries

Presidential
administrations

Jackson (1829–1837)
Van Buren (1837–1841)
Polk (1845–1849)
Pierce (1853–1857)
Buchanan (1857–1861)
A. Johnson (1868–1869)
Cleveland (1885–1889;1893–1897)
Wilson (1913–1921)
Roosevelt (1933–1941;1941–1945)
Truman (1945–1953)
Kennedy (1961–1963)
L. B. Johnson (1963–1969)
Carter (1977–1981)
Clinton (1993–2001)
Obama (2009–2017)
Biden (2021–2025)

U.S. House
leaders,
Speakers,
and
Caucus
chairs

A. Stevenson (1827–1834)
Bell (1834–1835)
Polk (1835–1839)
J. W. Jones (1843–1845)
Davis (1845–1847)
Cobb (1849–1851)
Boyd (1851–1855)
G. W. Jones (1855–1857)
Orr (1857–1859)
Houston (1859–1861)
Niblack/Randall (1869–1871)
Niblack (1873–1875)
Kerr (1875–1876)
Randall (1876–1881)
Carlisle (1883–1889)
Holman (1889–1891)
Crisp (1891–1895)
D. B. Culberson (1895–1897)
Richardson (1897–1903)
Williams (1903–1909)
Clark (1909–1921)
Kitchin (1921–1923)
Garrett (1923–1929)
Garner (1929–1933)
Rainey (1933–1934)
Byrns (1935–1936)
Bankhead (1936–1940)
Rayburn (1940–1961)
McCormack (1962–1971)
Albert (1971–1977)
O'Neill (1977–1987)
Wright (1987–1989)
Foley (1989–1995)
Gephardt (1995–2003)
Pelosi (2003–2023)
Jeffries (2023–present)

U.S. Senate
leaders
and
Caucus
chairs

J. W. Stevenson (1873–1877)
Wallace (1877–1881)
Pendleton (1881–1885)
Beck (1885–1890)
Gorman (1890–1898)
Turpie (1898–1899)
J. K. Jones (1899–1903)
Gorman (1903–1906)
Blackburn (1906–1907)
C. A. Culberson (1907–1909)
Money (1909–1911)
Martin (1911–1913)
Kern (1913–1917)
Martin (1917–1919)
Hitchcock (1919–1920)
Underwood (1920–1923)
Robinson (1923–1937)
Barkley (1937–1949)
Lucas (1949–1951)
McFarland (1951–1953)
Johnson (1953–1961)
Mansfield (1961–1977)
Byrd (1977–1989)
Mitchell (1989–1995)
Daschle (1995–2005)
Reid (2005–2017)
Schumer (2017–present)

Chairs of
theDNC

State and
territorial
parties

Affiliated
groups

Congress	Senate Caucus Policy Committee Steering and Outreach Committee House Caucus Factions Blue Dog Coalition Congressional Progressive Caucus Squad Justice Democrats New Democrat Coalition Problem Solvers Caucus
Campaign committees	Democratic Attorneys General Association Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Democratic Governors Association Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee National Conference of Democratic Mayors
Constituency groups	College Democrats of America Democrats Abroad National Federation of Democratic Women Stonewall Democrats Stonewall Young Democrats Young Democrats of America High School Democrats of America
Strategic groups	National Democratic Redistricting Committee National Democratic Training Committee