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Election 1888 Results

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1888 Colorado governor election

Job A. Cooper (Republican) beat Thomas M. Patterson (Democrat) in Colorado in 1888, 53.8% to 42.6%, a margin of 11.2 points and 10,293 votes.

Colorado changed party: in 1886 it went Democratic, for Alva Adams.

Republicans led in 40 of the 42 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Arapahoe, cast 20,383 votes and went to the Republican by 12.8 points. The closest was Huerfano, where 1 vote separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Job A. Cooper won Republican 49,490 53.8%
Thomas M. Patterson Democratic 39,197 42.6%
All other candidates 3,233 3.5%
Total91,920

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Arapahoe 8,616 42.3% 11,220 55.0% 547 20,383 R+12.8
Las Animas 2,800 50.2% 2,705 48.5% 77 5,582 D+1.7
Lake 2,514 46.9% 2,798 52.2% 52 5,364 R+5.3
Pueblo 2,071 46.4% 2,259 50.7% 129 4,459 R+4.2
El Paso 1,298 36.3% 2,156 60.2% 125 3,579 R+24.0
Weld 1,113 33.0% 1,884 55.9% 371 3,368 R+22.9
Boulder 1,280 42.9% 1,558 52.2% 144 2,982 R+9.3
Pitkin 1,356 48.7% 1,390 49.9% 37 2,783 R+1.2
Bent 1,106 42.6% 1,317 50.7% 173 2,596 R+8.1
Chaffee 998 43.8% 1,230 54.0% 48 2,276 R+10.2
Larimer 827 36.5% 1,255 55.4% 184 2,266 R+18.9
Fremont 804 35.7% 1,090 48.4% 356 2,250 R+12.7
Clear Creek 734 35.5% 1,224 59.2% 108 2,066 R+23.7
Garfield 860 44.0% 1,066 54.6% 28 1,954 R+10.5
Logan 756 39.7% 1,060 55.6% 89 1,905 R+16.0
Jefferson 796 43.3% 949 51.7% 92 1,837 R+8.3
Gilpin 719 40.1% 927 51.6% 149 1,795 R+11.6
Ouray 793 45.6% 914 52.5% 33 1,740 R+7.0
La Plata 803 48.2% 829 49.8% 34 1,666 R+1.6
Conejos 681 40.9% 980 58.9% 3 1,664 R+18.0
Gunnison 681 41.8% 867 53.3% 80 1,628 R+11.4
Huerfano 714 49.1% 713 49.0% 28 1,455 D+0.1
Elbert 581 42.0% 787 56.9% 16 1,384 R+14.9
Washington 526 38.3% 798 58.1% 49 1,373 R+19.8
Park 608 44.6% 749 55.0% 5 1,362 R+10.4
Summit 619 49.2% 636 50.6% 3 1,258 R+1.4
Saguache 428 41.5% 598 58.0% 5 1,031 R+16.5
Eagle 444 44.0% 561 55.7% 3 1,008 R+11.6
Custer 374 39.2% 574 60.2% 6 954 R+21.0
San Miguel 412 44.0% 518 55.3% 6 936 R+11.3
Montrose 384 41.7% 508 55.2% 28 920 R+13.5
Costilla 386 43.0% 503 56.0% 9 898 R+13.0
Mesa 389 44.3% 429 48.8% 61 879 R+4.6
Rio Grande 264 35.6% 457 61.7% 20 741 R+26.0
Douglas 304 41.8% 388 53.3% 36 728 R+11.5
San Juan 305 43.0% 395 55.7% 9 709 R+12.7
Routt 222 37.9% 361 61.7% 2 585 R+23.8
Delta 236 40.6% 259 44.6% 86 581 R+4.0
Hinsdale 123 44.9% 151 55.1% 274 R+10.2
Grand 86 34.3% 163 64.9% 2 251 R+30.7
Dolores 106 43.1% 140 56.9% 246 R+13.8
Archuleta 80 39.2% 124 60.8% 204 R+21.6

Counties as they stood in 1888; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Colorado governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Jared Polis (D) D+19.1
2018 Jared Polis (D) D+10.6
2014 John Hickenlooper (D) D+3.3
2010 John Hickenlooper (D) D+39.9
2006 Bill Ritter (D) D+16.8
2002 Bill Owens (R) R+29.0
1998 Bill Owens (R) R+0.6
1994 Roy Romer (D) D+16.8
1990 Roy Romer (D) D+26.5
1986 Roy Romer (D) D+17.2
1982 Richard D. Lamm (D) D+34.0
1978 Richard D. Lamm (D) D+20.2
1974 Richard D. Lamm (D) D+7.5
1970 John A. Love (R) R+7.2
1966 John A. Love (R) R+10.5
1962 John A. Love (R) R+14.0
1958 Stephen L.R. McNichols (D) D+16.8
1956 Stephen L.R. McNichols (D) D+2.7
1954 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+7.1
1952 Dan Thornton (R) R+14.7
1950 Dan Thornton (R) R+5.2
1948 William Lee Knous (D) D+32.7
1946 William Lee Knous (D) D+4.2
1944 John C. Vivian (R) R+4.8
1942 John C. Vivian (R) R+12.8
1940 Ralph L. Carr (R) R+9.4
1938 Ralph L. Carr (R) R+12.2
1936 Teller Ammons (D) D+10.9
1934 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+18.2
1932 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+16.5
1930 William H. Adams (D) D+22.3
1928 Billy Adams (D) D+35.2
1926 William H. Adams (D) D+21.7
1924 Clarence J. Morley (R) R+7.9
1922 William E. Sweet (D) D+1.3
1920 Oliver H. Shoup (R) R+22.4
1918 Oliver H. Shoup (R) R+4.7
1916 Julius C. Gunter (D) D+12.0
1914 George Alfred Carlson (R) R+14.5
1912 Elias M. Ammons (D) D+19.2
1910 John F. Shafroth (D) D+7.6
1908 John F. Shafroth (D) D+4.2
1906 Henry Augustus Buchtel (R) R+9.0
1904 Alva Adams (D) D+3.8
1902 James H. Peabody (R) R+3.7
1900 James Bradley Orman (D) D+10.3
1898 Charles S. Thomas (D) D+28.7
1896 Alva Adams (D) D+34.0
1894 Albert McIntire (R) R+47.3
1892 Davis Hanson Waite (other)
1890 John L. Routt (R) R+7.8
1888 Job A. Cooper (R) R+11.2
1886 Alva Adams (D) D+4.1
1884 Benjamin H. Eaton (R) R+4.7
1882 James B. Grant (D) D+4.2
1880 Frederick W. Pitkin (R) R+9.2
1878 Frederick W. Pitkin (R) R+9.7
1876 John L. Routt (R) R+3.1