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Election 1950 Results

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1950 Colorado governor election

Dan Thornton (Republican) beat Walter W. Johnson (Democrat) in Colorado in 1950, 52.4% to 47.2%, a margin of 5.2 points and 23,496 votes.

Colorado changed party: in 1948 it went Democratic, for William Lee Knous.

Republicans led in 46 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Denver, cast 142,824 votes and went to the Republican by 3.1 points. The closest was Eagle, where 16 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
Dan Thornton won Republican 236,472 52.4%
Walter W. Johnson Democratic 212,976 47.2%
All other candidates 1,546 0.3%
Total450,994

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 69,015 48.3% 73,392 51.4% 417 142,824 R+3.1
Pueblo 17,433 64.0% 9,658 35.5% 129 27,220 D+28.6
El Paso 10,349 39.9% 15,547 59.9% 58 25,954 R+20.0
Jefferson 8,797 42.8% 11,694 56.9% 64 20,555 R+14.1
Weld 8,352 41.6% 11,698 58.2% 50 20,100 R+16.6
Boulder 7,625 43.5% 9,819 56.0% 91 17,535 R+12.5
Larimer 5,274 36.6% 9,086 63.1% 32 14,392 R+26.5
Mesa 6,655 48.6% 6,989 51.1% 46 13,690 R+2.4
Arapahoe 6,065 44.5% 7,432 54.5% 141 13,638 R+10.0
Las Animas 6,821 66.5% 3,359 32.8% 72 10,252 D+33.8
Adams 4,728 50.4% 4,612 49.2% 39 9,379 D+1.2
Fremont 3,109 39.5% 4,725 60.1% 28 7,862 R+20.6
Otero 3,555 49.6% 3,603 50.2% 16 7,174 R+0.7
Logan 2,994 50.8% 2,890 49.1% 6 5,890 D+1.8
Delta 2,322 40.9% 3,343 58.9% 11 5,676 R+18.0
Huerfano 3,410 64.3% 1,881 35.5% 13 5,304 D+28.8
La Plata 2,443 47.1% 2,734 52.7% 15 5,192 R+5.6
Prowers 2,468 48.5% 2,607 51.2% 16 5,091 R+2.7
Morgan 1,993 39.6% 3,036 60.3% 6 5,035 R+20.7
Garfield 1,974 42.5% 2,665 57.3% 10 4,649 R+14.9
Montrose 1,761 38.3% 2,820 61.4% 13 4,594 R+23.1
Rio Grande 1,558 40.0% 2,319 59.6% 14 3,891 R+19.6
Alamosa 1,809 47.2% 2,004 52.3% 19 3,832 R+5.1
Yuma 1,529 42.4% 2,066 57.3% 13 3,608 R+14.9
Conejos 1,666 47.8% 1,798 51.5% 24 3,488 R+3.8
Chaffee 1,562 47.0% 1,750 52.7% 10 3,322 R+5.7
Routt 1,811 54.9% 1,479 44.9% 7 3,297 D+10.1
Bent 1,639 53.2% 1,437 46.7% 4 3,080 D+6.6
Montezuma 1,278 43.2% 1,676 56.6% 6 2,960 R+13.4
Kit Carson 1,022 37.5% 1,701 62.4% 5 2,728 R+24.9
Baca 1,191 44.3% 1,491 55.4% 8 2,690 R+11.2
Washington 980 38.1% 1,583 61.5% 11 2,574 R+23.4
Moffat 1,140 46.4% 1,315 53.5% 4 2,459 R+7.1
Gunnison 831 33.9% 1,615 65.9% 5 2,451 R+32.0
Costilla 1,370 56.3% 1,056 43.4% 9 2,435 D+12.9
Lincoln 1,022 44.6% 1,267 55.3% 1 2,290 R+10.7
Lake 1,343 62.5% 774 36.0% 31 2,148 D+26.5
Crowley 897 43.9% 1,142 55.9% 3 2,042 R+12.0
Phillips 836 42.9% 1,110 57.0% 3 1,949 R+14.1
Sedgwick 931 48.3% 993 51.5% 3 1,927 R+3.2
Elbert 678 35.6% 1,218 64.0% 6 1,902 R+28.4
Rio Blanco 647 34.6% 1,223 65.3% 2 1,872 R+30.8
Saguache 853 46.2% 987 53.5% 6 1,846 R+7.3
Douglas 654 36.4% 1,132 63.0% 10 1,796 R+26.6
Eagle 874 50.3% 858 49.4% 4 1,736 D+0.9
Clear Creek 648 39.7% 976 59.8% 8 1,632 R+20.1
Teller 718 51.0% 678 48.2% 11 1,407 D+2.8
Grand 627 45.0% 760 54.5% 7 1,394 R+9.5
Cheyenne 548 41.5% 771 58.4% 1 1,320 R+16.9
Kiowa 556 43.6% 716 56.1% 4 1,276 R+12.5
Ouray 481 42.8% 636 56.6% 6 1,123 R+13.8
Park 446 40.3% 661 59.7% 1 1,108 R+19.4
San Miguel 627 58.1% 447 41.4% 5 1,079 D+16.7
Archuleta 525 57.0% 392 42.6% 4 921 D+14.4
Custer 324 37.9% 532 62.1% 856 R+24.3
Dolores 405 50.9% 389 48.9% 1 795 D+2.0
San Juan 383 50.7% 365 48.3% 7 755 D+2.4
Summit 342 52.0% 313 47.6% 3 658 D+4.4
Pitkin 296 45.5% 352 54.1% 3 651 R+8.6
Jackson 270 42.3% 368 57.6% 1 639 R+15.3
Gilpin 257 46.6% 294 53.3% 1 552 R+6.7
Mineral 181 61.6% 112 38.1% 1 294 D+23.5
Hinsdale 78 38.0% 126 61.5% 1 205 R+23.4

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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