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Election 1986 Results

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1986 US Senate election in Colorado

Timothy E. Wirth (Democrat) beat Ken Kramer (Republican) in Colorado in 1986, 49.9% to 48.4%, a margin of 1.6 points and 16,455 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1980, when Gary Hart won.

Republicans led in 43 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 20. The largest, Denver, cast 169,820 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.5 points. The closest was Logan, where 3 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Timothy E. Wirth won Democratic 529,449 49.9%
Ken Kramer Republican 512,994 48.4%
All other candidates 18,322 1.7%
Total1,060,765

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 109,103 64.2% 57,315 33.8% 3,402 169,820 D+30.5
Jefferson 69,274 48.3% 71,598 49.9% 2,524 143,396 R+1.6
Arapahoe 51,327 43.3% 65,346 55.1% 1,998 118,671 R+11.8
El Paso 31,823 31.4% 68,414 67.5% 1,164 101,401 R+36.1
Boulder 50,425 60.4% 32,078 38.4% 1,023 83,526 D+22.0
Adams 40,234 56.9% 29,177 41.2% 1,358 70,769 D+15.6
Larimer 28,857 48.8% 29,161 49.3% 1,123 59,141 R+0.5
Pueblo 26,912 60.5% 17,050 38.3% 556 44,518 D+22.2
Weld 18,385 48.8% 18,490 49.1% 821 37,696 R+0.3
Mesa 13,333 43.8% 16,463 54.1% 636 30,432 R+10.3
Douglas 4,512 33.4% 8,774 64.9% 228 13,514 R+31.5
Fremont 4,600 41.6% 6,331 57.3% 124 11,055 R+15.7
La Plata 4,836 44.0% 6,030 54.9% 126 10,992 R+10.9
Garfield 3,879 44.1% 4,756 54.0% 167 8,802 R+10.0
Montrose 3,637 42.2% 4,784 55.5% 193 8,614 R+13.3
Delta 3,332 41.2% 4,592 56.8% 156 8,080 R+15.6
Logan 3,640 48.6% 3,637 48.6% 213 7,490 level
Morgan 3,555 47.6% 3,736 50.1% 172 7,463 R+2.4
Otero 3,096 44.1% 3,781 53.9% 143 7,020 R+9.8
Montezuma 2,084 36.4% 3,576 62.5% 59 5,719 R+26.1
Las Animas 3,297 61.1% 2,009 37.3% 87 5,393 D+23.9
Eagle 2,709 51.0% 2,475 46.6% 124 5,308 D+4.4
Routt 2,673 51.1% 2,463 47.1% 98 5,234 D+4.0
Pitkin 2,922 60.0% 1,871 38.4% 75 4,868 D+21.6
Prowers 2,008 42.1% 2,642 55.4% 118 4,768 R+13.3
Chaffee 2,098 44.2% 2,575 54.3% 69 4,742 R+10.1
Alamosa 2,079 48.5% 2,142 49.9% 69 4,290 R+1.5
Teller 1,340 31.4% 2,855 66.9% 74 4,269 R+35.5
Yuma 1,999 47.1% 2,134 50.3% 107 4,240 R+3.2
Summit 2,356 57.7% 1,658 40.6% 69 4,083 D+17.1
Rio Grande 1,490 37.1% 2,457 61.2% 65 4,012 R+24.1
Moffat 1,588 40.2% 2,265 57.4% 93 3,946 R+17.2
Gunnison 1,667 46.4% 1,863 51.8% 65 3,595 R+5.5
Grand 1,451 43.0% 1,868 55.4% 52 3,371 R+12.4
Elbert 1,265 38.9% 1,935 59.5% 52 3,252 R+20.6
Conejos 1,613 50.9% 1,502 47.4% 51 3,166 D+3.5
Kit Carson 1,183 37.6% 1,910 60.8% 50 3,143 R+23.1
Huerfano 1,803 63.5% 1,013 35.7% 25 2,841 D+27.8
Clear Creek 1,395 51.1% 1,273 46.6% 62 2,730 D+4.5
Park 1,074 40.8% 1,495 56.8% 63 2,632 R+16.0
Washington 1,021 43.5% 1,260 53.7% 67 2,348 R+10.2
Rio Blanco 848 36.1% 1,375 58.6% 124 2,347 R+22.5
Archuleta 713 33.7% 1,381 65.3% 22 2,116 R+31.6
Phillips 1,057 50.6% 998 47.8% 32 2,087 D+2.8
Lake 1,271 61.3% 745 35.9% 58 2,074 D+25.4
Lincoln 729 35.8% 1,264 62.0% 45 2,038 R+26.3
Baca 764 38.2% 1,200 59.9% 38 2,002 R+21.8
Bent 970 49.5% 949 48.4% 42 1,961 D+1.1
Saguache 896 50.7% 856 48.4% 16 1,768 D+2.3
Costilla 939 65.1% 483 33.5% 21 1,443 D+31.6
Crowley 604 43.7% 764 55.3% 14 1,382 R+11.6
Sedgwick 648 47.5% 694 50.8% 23 1,365 R+3.4
Gilpin 780 57.6% 526 38.9% 47 1,353 D+18.8
San Miguel 753 59.2% 501 39.4% 18 1,272 D+19.8
Cheyenne 402 35.1% 721 63.0% 21 1,144 R+27.9
Ouray 374 33.3% 738 65.7% 12 1,124 R+32.4
Kiowa 414 37.4% 685 61.9% 8 1,107 R+24.5
Custer 322 30.3% 725 68.1% 17 1,064 R+37.9
Jackson 326 37.2% 535 61.1% 15 876 R+23.9
Dolores 295 38.8% 456 59.9% 10 761 R+21.2
Mineral 158 40.5% 225 57.7% 7 390 R+17.2
San Juan 183 47.9% 190 49.7% 9 382 R+1.8
Hinsdale 128 35.7% 229 63.8% 2 359 R+28.1

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Michael Bennet (D) D+14.6
2020 John W Hickenlooper (D) D+9.3
2016 Michael F. Bennet (D) D+5.7
2014 Cory Gardner (R) R+1.9
2010 Michael F. Bennet (D) D+1.6
2008 Mark Udall (D) D+10.3
2004 Ken Salazar (D) D+4.8
2002 Wayne Allard (R) R+4.9
1998 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) R+27.5
1996 Wayne Allard (R) R+5.7
1992 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) D+9.1
1990 Hank Brown (R) R+14.0
1986 Timothy E. Wirth (D) D+1.6
1984 William L. Armstrong (R) R+29.6
1980 Gary Hart (D) D+1.6
1978 William L. Armstrong (R) R+18.4
1974 Gary Hart (D) D+17.7
1972 Floyd K. Haskell (D) D+1.0
1968 Peter H. Dominick (R) R+17.1
1966 Gordon Allott (R) R+16.1
1962 Peter H. Dominick (R) R+8.0
1960 Gordon Allott (R) R+7.5
1956 John A. Carroll (D) D+0.4
1954 Gordon Allott (R) R+2.6
1950 Eugene D. Millikin (R) R+6.5
1948 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+34.4
1944 Eugene Millikin (R) R+12.7
1942 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+1.0
1938 Alva B. Adams (D) D+18.1
1936 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+28.2
1932 Alva B. Adams (D) D+6.4
1930 Edward P. Costigan (D) D+13.2
1926 Charles W. Waterman (R) R+3.9
1924 Lawrence C. Phipps (R) R+6.3
1920 Samuel D. Nicholson (R) R+15.2
1918 Lawrence C. Phipps (R) R+1.6
1914 Charles S. Thomas (D) D+1.3