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Election 1952 Results

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1952 Colorado governor election

Dan Thornton (Republican) beat John W. Metzger (Democrat) in Colorado in 1952, 57.1% to 42.4%, a margin of 14.7 points and 89,881 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when Dan Thornton also won.

Republicans led in 56 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Denver, cast 202,417 votes and went to the Republican by 8.0 points. The closest was Mineral, where 35 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 349,925 57.1%
John W. Metzger Democratic 260,044 42.4%
All other candidates 3,066 0.5%
Total613,035

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 92,485 45.7% 108,582 53.6% 1,350 202,417 R+8.0
Pueblo 19,675 51.2% 18,561 48.3% 205 38,441 D+2.9
El Paso 13,715 37.4% 22,822 62.3% 89 36,626 R+24.9
Jefferson 12,872 41.8% 17,869 58.0% 86 30,827 R+16.2
Weld 10,204 37.8% 16,667 61.8% 102 26,973 R+24.0
Arapahoe 11,075 44.7% 13,504 54.5% 209 24,788 R+9.8
Boulder 8,081 36.7% 13,779 62.5% 173 22,033 R+25.9
Larimer 6,318 31.6% 13,600 68.0% 70 19,988 R+36.4
Mesa 7,751 41.1% 11,030 58.5% 59 18,840 R+17.4
Adams 8,308 50.6% 8,071 49.1% 48 16,427 D+1.4
Las Animas 6,054 56.2% 4,659 43.3% 52 10,765 D+13.0
Otero 4,407 42.6% 5,900 57.1% 32 10,339 R+14.4
Fremont 3,702 40.1% 5,491 59.5% 36 9,229 R+19.4
Logan 2,814 36.3% 4,924 63.5% 12 7,750 R+27.2
Morgan 2,648 34.5% 5,014 65.3% 20 7,682 R+30.8
Delta 2,728 36.2% 4,773 63.4% 27 7,528 R+27.2
La Plata 2,413 36.4% 4,206 63.4% 17 6,636 R+27.0
Montrose 2,303 36.0% 4,058 63.4% 36 6,397 R+27.4
Prowers 2,344 38.6% 3,708 61.0% 25 6,077 R+22.4
Garfield 2,029 35.3% 3,689 64.2% 26 5,744 R+28.9
Huerfano 2,874 56.0% 2,233 43.5% 22 5,129 D+12.5
Rio Grande 1,455 31.3% 3,170 68.1% 30 4,655 R+36.8
Yuma 1,580 34.1% 3,039 65.6% 12 4,631 R+31.5
Alamosa 1,578 37.7% 2,596 62.0% 13 4,187 R+24.3
Chaffee 1,647 43.0% 2,176 56.8% 9 3,832 R+13.8
Routt 1,670 44.2% 2,098 55.5% 9 3,777 R+11.3
Conejos 1,536 41.3% 2,144 57.6% 39 3,719 R+16.3
Montezuma 1,049 28.9% 2,560 70.6% 17 3,626 R+41.7
Kit Carson 1,136 31.5% 2,449 68.0% 19 3,604 R+36.4
Washington 1,262 36.8% 2,158 62.8% 14 3,434 R+26.1
Bent 1,422 43.2% 1,856 56.4% 14 3,292 R+13.2
Baca 1,215 37.3% 2,033 62.4% 9 3,257 R+25.1
Lake 1,764 60.8% 1,121 38.6% 17 2,902 D+22.2
Lincoln 1,030 37.1% 1,746 62.9% 2,776 R+25.8
Moffat 949 34.6% 1,793 65.3% 4 2,746 R+30.7
Gunnison 764 29.3% 1,833 70.4% 8 2,605 R+41.0
Phillips 937 37.6% 1,551 62.2% 4 2,492 R+24.6
Costilla 1,257 52.7% 1,117 46.9% 10 2,384 D+5.9
Eagle 1,089 46.8% 1,235 53.0% 5 2,329 R+6.3
Crowley 901 39.0% 1,397 60.4% 14 2,312 R+21.5
Rio Blanco 645 28.3% 1,622 71.3% 9 2,276 R+42.9
Sedgwick 804 36.2% 1,413 63.6% 3 2,220 R+27.4
Elbert 754 34.4% 1,427 65.2% 9 2,190 R+30.7
Saguache 708 33.7% 1,380 65.7% 11 2,099 R+32.0
Douglas 763 36.9% 1,295 62.7% 8 2,066 R+25.8
Grand 581 30.6% 1,309 68.9% 10 1,900 R+38.3
Clear Creek 695 40.9% 998 58.7% 8 1,701 R+17.8
Teller 718 43.9% 908 55.5% 9 1,635 R+11.6
Cheyenne 575 37.9% 937 61.8% 4 1,516 R+23.9
Kiowa 571 38.6% 903 61.0% 7 1,481 R+22.4
San Miguel 628 52.1% 573 47.5% 5 1,206 D+4.6
Park 409 35.5% 740 64.3% 2 1,151 R+28.8
Ouray 419 36.9% 715 62.9% 3 1,137 R+26.0
Archuleta 370 35.1% 678 64.4% 5 1,053 R+29.2
Dolores 354 36.6% 610 63.1% 3 967 R+26.5
Custer 344 37.6% 568 62.1% 2 914 R+24.5
Jackson 326 37.2% 546 62.3% 4 876 R+25.1
Pitkin 326 37.8% 529 61.3% 8 863 R+23.5
San Juan 306 39.8% 458 59.6% 4 768 R+19.8
Summit 317 44.6% 387 54.5% 6 710 R+9.9
Gilpin 198 33.4% 394 66.6% 592 R+33.1
Mineral 137 44.1% 172 55.3% 2 311 R+11.3
Hinsdale 55 26.6% 151 72.9% 1 207 R+46.4

Counties as they stood in 1952; 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