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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Colorado governor election

Richard D. Lamm (Democrat) beat John D. Vanderhoof (Republican) in Colorado in 1974, 53.2% to 45.7%, a margin of 7.5 points and 62,292 votes.

Colorado changed party: in 1970 it went Republican, for John A. Love.

Republicans led in 32 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 31. The largest, Denver, cast 189,655 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.2 points. The closest was Conejos, where 7 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
Richard D. Lamm won Democratic 441,199 53.2%
John D. Vanderhoof Republican 378,907 45.7%
All other candidates 8,862 1.1%
Total828,968

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 106,152 56.0% 81,053 42.7% 2,450 189,655 D+13.2
Jefferson 50,757 47.9% 53,940 51.0% 1,168 105,865 R+3.0
Arapahoe 31,676 45.2% 37,665 53.8% 686 70,027 R+8.6
Boulder 35,600 57.3% 25,904 41.7% 653 62,157 D+15.6
El Paso 33,237 54.4% 27,113 44.4% 693 61,043 D+10.0
Adams 35,865 60.9% 22,346 37.9% 699 58,910 D+22.9
Pueblo 25,139 67.8% 11,525 31.1% 403 37,067 D+36.7
Larimer 18,185 50.9% 17,342 48.5% 205 35,732 D+2.4
Weld 14,263 50.3% 13,819 48.7% 293 28,375 D+1.6
Mesa 9,253 44.7% 11,197 54.1% 232 20,682 R+9.4
Fremont 5,767 64.8% 2,999 33.7% 135 8,901 D+31.1
La Plata 3,629 48.8% 3,726 50.1% 87 7,442 R+1.3
Otero 3,962 54.0% 3,273 44.6% 101 7,336 D+9.4
Morgan 3,232 47.0% 3,587 52.1% 60 6,879 R+5.2
Delta 3,041 44.9% 3,675 54.3% 58 6,774 R+9.4
Las Animas 4,663 69.3% 2,027 30.1% 35 6,725 D+39.2
Logan 2,994 46.0% 3,476 53.4% 40 6,510 R+7.4
Montrose 3,178 49.0% 3,241 49.9% 72 6,491 R+1.0
Garfield 2,714 42.5% 3,628 56.8% 43 6,385 R+14.3
Douglas 2,264 41.8% 3,115 57.5% 34 5,413 R+15.7
Montezuma 2,062 51.1% 1,933 47.9% 39 4,034 D+3.2
Prowers 2,014 50.1% 1,967 48.9% 38 4,019 D+1.2
Pitkin 2,490 64.1% 1,376 35.4% 19 3,885 D+28.7
Routt 2,024 52.6% 1,810 47.0% 17 3,851 D+5.6
Gunnison 2,248 59.4% 1,520 40.2% 16 3,784 D+19.2
Yuma 1,578 41.8% 2,166 57.4% 30 3,774 R+15.6
Chaffee 1,876 51.3% 1,748 47.8% 33 3,657 D+3.5
Alamosa 1,730 48.7% 1,798 50.6% 24 3,552 R+1.9
Rio Grande 1,391 41.4% 1,943 57.9% 23 3,357 R+16.4
Kit Carson 1,288 43.1% 1,687 56.5% 12 2,987 R+13.4
Moffat 1,370 46.3% 1,578 53.3% 12 2,960 R+7.0
Huerfano 1,920 68.1% 883 31.3% 16 2,819 D+36.8
Eagle 1,322 47.2% 1,463 52.2% 18 2,803 R+5.0
Conejos 1,274 49.0% 1,281 49.3% 44 2,599 R+0.3
Lake 1,288 49.8% 1,237 47.9% 59 2,584 D+2.0
Bent 1,434 60.5% 925 39.0% 11 2,370 D+21.5
Grand 942 42.1% 1,280 57.2% 15 2,237 R+15.1
Clear Creek 1,086 48.6% 1,117 50.0% 32 2,235 R+1.4
Lincoln 961 43.6% 1,232 55.9% 12 2,205 R+12.3
Washington 853 39.0% 1,314 60.1% 20 2,187 R+21.1
Phillips 1,039 48.6% 1,087 50.8% 12 2,138 R+2.2
Teller 1,090 52.3% 971 46.5% 25 2,086 D+5.7
Baca 1,016 51.1% 967 48.6% 6 1,989 D+2.5
Summit 1,063 55.5% 829 43.2% 25 1,917 D+12.2
Saguache 803 43.9% 1,012 55.4% 13 1,828 R+11.4
Elbert 764 42.0% 1,043 57.4% 10 1,817 R+15.4
Rio Blanco 655 36.3% 1,134 62.9% 15 1,804 R+26.6
Sedgwick 636 43.1% 834 56.6% 4 1,474 R+13.4
Crowley 756 51.6% 702 47.9% 7 1,465 D+3.7
Park 629 47.4% 687 51.7% 12 1,328 R+4.4
San Miguel 859 67.2% 413 32.3% 6 1,278 D+34.9
Costilla 965 75.6% 283 22.2% 28 1,276 D+53.4
Cheyenne 586 46.7% 657 52.3% 13 1,256 R+5.7
Kiowa 541 45.0% 656 54.6% 5 1,202 R+9.6
Archuleta 598 53.4% 509 45.5% 12 1,119 D+8.0
Gilpin 509 58.1% 357 40.8% 10 876 D+17.4
Ouray 406 50.9% 389 48.8% 2 797 D+2.1
Custer 329 45.4% 389 53.7% 7 725 R+8.3
Jackson 271 40.9% 389 58.7% 3 663 R+17.8
Dolores 356 55.4% 282 43.9% 5 643 D+11.5
Mineral 258 62.3% 153 37.0% 3 414 D+25.4
San Juan 247 65.5% 130 34.5% 377 D+31.0
Hinsdale 101 44.3% 125 54.8% 2 228 R+10.5

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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