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Election 1944 Results

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1944 Colorado governor election

John C. Vivian (Republican) beat Roy Best (Democrat) in Colorado in 1944, 52.4% to 47.6%, a margin of 4.8 points and 23,776 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1942, when John C. Vivian also won.

Republicans led in 50 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Denver, cast 172,998 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.2 points. The closest was San Miguel, where 5 votes 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
John C. Vivian won Republican 259,862 52.4%
Roy Best Democratic 236,086 47.6%
Total495,948

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 89,304 51.6% 83,694 48.4% 172,998 D+3.2
Pueblo 17,623 53.5% 15,296 46.5% 32,919 D+7.1
El Paso 12,290 44.1% 15,559 55.9% 27,849 R+11.7
Weld 8,705 38.6% 13,833 61.4% 22,538 R+22.8
Boulder 8,056 46.3% 9,325 53.7% 17,381 R+7.3
Jefferson 7,343 43.1% 9,686 56.9% 17,029 R+13.8
Arapahoe 8,015 49.0% 8,339 51.0% 16,354 R+2.0
Larimer 5,583 37.3% 9,388 62.7% 14,971 R+25.4
Mesa 7,268 54.1% 6,174 45.9% 13,442 D+8.1
Las Animas 6,253 58.3% 4,467 41.7% 10,720 D+16.7
Adams 4,178 46.8% 4,742 53.2% 8,920 R+6.3
Otero 4,073 46.3% 4,718 53.7% 8,791 R+7.3
Fremont 3,549 45.7% 4,224 54.3% 7,773 R+8.7
Logan 2,493 38.8% 3,927 61.2% 6,420 R+22.3
Delta 2,445 42.3% 3,338 57.7% 5,783 R+15.4
Morgan 2,095 36.6% 3,631 63.4% 5,726 R+26.8
Huerfano 3,164 59.5% 2,154 40.5% 5,318 D+19.0
Montrose 2,205 42.9% 2,937 57.1% 5,142 R+14.2
La Plata 2,057 41.7% 2,870 58.3% 4,927 R+16.5
Prowers 1,948 41.2% 2,783 58.8% 4,731 R+17.6
Garfield 1,959 44.7% 2,425 55.3% 4,384 R+10.6
Yuma 1,410 33.2% 2,842 66.8% 4,252 R+33.7
Rio Grande 1,515 38.5% 2,420 61.5% 3,935 R+23.0
Routt 1,960 52.2% 1,794 47.8% 3,754 D+4.4
Alamosa 1,843 49.7% 1,862 50.3% 3,705 R+0.5
Conejos 1,566 43.7% 2,014 56.3% 3,580 R+12.5
Chaffee 1,781 52.3% 1,623 47.7% 3,404 D+4.6
Kit Carson 1,066 32.0% 2,269 68.0% 3,335 R+36.1
Washington 1,162 35.5% 2,114 64.5% 3,276 R+29.1
Bent 1,463 49.8% 1,477 50.2% 2,940 R+0.5
Lake 1,669 58.0% 1,210 42.0% 2,879 D+15.9
Lincoln 1,286 45.8% 1,520 54.2% 2,806 R+8.3
Montezuma 1,220 44.0% 1,555 56.0% 2,775 R+12.1
Gunnison 1,333 51.3% 1,264 48.7% 2,597 D+2.7
Baca 1,090 44.6% 1,356 55.4% 2,446 R+10.9
Moffat 863 36.8% 1,484 63.2% 2,347 R+26.5
Costilla 1,350 59.6% 917 40.4% 2,267 D+19.1
Phillips 758 35.0% 1,408 65.0% 2,166 R+30.0
Elbert 731 35.9% 1,305 64.1% 2,036 R+28.2
Crowley 774 40.0% 1,159 60.0% 1,933 R+19.9
Saguache 722 38.6% 1,149 61.4% 1,871 R+22.8
Douglas 708 38.2% 1,143 61.8% 1,851 R+23.5
Eagle 927 50.2% 920 49.8% 1,847 D+0.4
Sedgwick 589 33.5% 1,171 66.5% 1,760 R+33.1
Teller 825 51.3% 783 48.7% 1,608 D+2.6
Cheyenne 666 43.9% 850 56.1% 1,516 R+12.1
Grand 565 37.3% 948 62.7% 1,513 R+25.3
Kiowa 680 45.2% 826 54.8% 1,506 R+9.7
Clear Creek 637 44.9% 782 55.1% 1,419 R+10.2
Rio Blanco 445 33.4% 886 66.6% 1,331 R+33.1
San Miguel 582 49.8% 587 50.2% 1,169 R+0.4
Park 442 39.9% 667 60.1% 1,109 R+20.3
Archuleta 400 41.9% 554 58.1% 954 R+16.1
Custer 357 38.0% 582 62.0% 939 R+24.0
Ouray 277 34.5% 526 65.5% 803 R+31.0
Jackson 235 33.3% 471 66.7% 706 R+33.4
Pitkin 354 50.6% 345 49.4% 699 D+1.3
Dolores 301 43.7% 388 56.3% 689 R+12.6
San Juan 257 44.9% 316 55.1% 573 R+10.3
Summit 248 44.8% 306 55.2% 554 R+10.5
Gilpin 214 44.3% 269 55.7% 483 R+11.4
Mineral 152 47.9% 165 52.1% 317 R+4.1
Hinsdale 57 31.3% 125 68.7% 182 R+37.4

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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