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:Colorado Democratic Party

{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}

| logo = Colorado Democratic Party.png

| headquarters = Denver, Colorado

| chairperson = Shad Murib

| leader1_title = Governor

| leader1_name = Jared Polis

| leader2_title = Lieutenant Governor

| leader2_name = Dianne Primavera

| leader4_title = House Speaker

| leader4_name = Julie McCluskie

| leader3_title = Senate President

| leader3_name = James Coleman

| seats1_title = U.S. Senate

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|2|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| seats2_title = U.S. House

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|4|8|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| seats3_title = Statewide offices

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|5|5|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| seats4_title = Colorado Senate

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|23|35|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| seats5_title = Colorado House of Representatives

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|43|65|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| seats6_title = Colorado State Board of Education

| seats6 = {{Composition bar|5|9|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| seats7_title = University of Colorado Board of Regents

| seats7 = {{Composition bar|5|9|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}}

| foundation =

| national = Democratic Party

| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}}} Blue

| website = {{URL|http://www.coloradodems.org}}

| country = Colorado

| membership_year = 2024

| membership = {{gain}} 1,046,870{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/VoterRegNumbers.html |title=Total Registered Voters By Party Affiliation}}

| ideology = Modern liberalism

| symbol = 100px

}}

The Colorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. Shad Murib serves as its chair.{{Cite web |last=Fish |first=Sandra |date=2023-04-01 |title=Shad Murib elected Colorado Democratic Party chairman in three-way contest |url=http://coloradosun.com/2023/04/01/shad-murib-elected-colorado-democratic-party-chairman/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}

The governing body of the party is the State Central Committee, which consists of the chair and vice chair of the county Democratic Party in each of Colorado's 64 counties and "bonus" members for larger counties. In each odd-numbered year, county parties elect officers in February followed by the state party which elects its officers in March.

It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and all statewide executive offices, including the governorship. The Democrats also have a supermajority in the Colorado House of Representatives, and hold half of its U.S. House districts.

Responsibilities

The Colorado Democratic Party manages and oversees statewide coordinated campaigns and is responsible for arranging and staging the state convention in Presidential years and the state assembly every two years. The state convention selects delegates to the Democratic National Convention and Colorado's Presidential electors. The state's assemblies designate candidates for statewide, congressional, district attorneys, state legislative and county offices, including the offices of Governor, Attorney-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, C.U. Regent At-Large, Board of Education Director At Large, and United States Senator. The party also adopts its platform at the state convention.

Current elected officials

Democrats hold all of the state's five statewide offices, a majority in the Colorado House of Representatives and a majority in the Colorado Senate. The party also holds both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and four of its eight U.S. House of Representatives seats.

=Members of Congress=

==U.S. Senate==

File:John Hickenlooper, official portrait, 117th Congress (cropped).jpeg|Junior U.S. Senator {{Sortname|last=Hickenlooper|first=John}}

File:Senator Mike Bennett 2022 (cropped).jpg |Senior U.S. Senator {{Sortname|last=Bennet|first=Michael}}

==U.S. House of Representatives==

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!District

!Member

!Photo

1st

|{{Sortname|first=Diana|last=DeGette}}

|File:Diana DeGette official photo (cropped).jpg

2nd

|{{Sortname|first=Joe|last=Neguse}}

|File:Joe Neguse, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg

6th

|{{Sortname|first=Jason|last=Crow}}

|File:Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), 119th Congress.jpg

7th

|{{Sortname|first=Brittany|last=Pettersen}}

|File:Rep. Brittany Pettersen 118th Congress.jpg

=Statewide offices=

File:Jared Polis official photo (cropped).jpg|Governor {{Sortname|last=Polis|first=Jared}}

File:2010 Official Picture of Representative Dianne Primavera (cropped).jpg|Lieutenant Governor {{Sortname|last=Primavera|first=Dianne}}

File:AG Phil Weiser.jpg|Attorney General {{Sortname|last=Weiser|first=Phil}}

File:Jena Griswold (cropped).JPG|Secretary of State {{Sortname|last=Griswold|first=Jena}}

File:Dave Young (Colorado politician) (cropped).JPG|Treasurer {{Sortname|last=Young|first=Dave|dab=Colorado politician}}

=Legislative leadership=

=Municipal=

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Colorado:

Election results

= Presidential =

class="wikitable"

|+Colorado Democratic Party presidential election results

!Election

!Presidential ticket

!Votes

!Vote %

!Electoral votes

!Result

1876

|Samuel J. Tilden/Thomas A. Hendricks

| colspan="2" |No popular vote

|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1880

|Winfield S. Hancock/William H. English

|24,647

|46.03%

|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1884

|Grover Cleveland/Thomas A. Hendricks

|27,723

|41.68%

|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1888

|Grover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman

|37,549

|40.84%

|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1892

|State party endorsed James B. Weaver/James G. Field (Populist)

|N/A

|N/A

|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1896

|William Jennings Bryan/Arthur Sewall

|161,005

|84.95%

|{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1900

|William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson

|122,733

|55.43%

|{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1904

|Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis

|100,105

|41.08%

|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1908

|William Jennings Bryan/John W. Kern

|126,644

|48.00%

|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1912

|Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall

|114,232

|42.80%

|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1916

|Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall

|178,816

|60.74%

|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1920

|James M. Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt

|104,936

|35.93%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1924

|John W. Davis/Charles W. Bryan

|75,238

|21.98%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1928

|Al Smith/Joseph T. Robinson

|156,319

|33.94%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1932

|Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner

|250,877

|54.81%

|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1936

|Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner

|295,021

|60.37%

|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1940

|Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace

|265,554

|48.37%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1944

|Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman

|234,331

|46.40%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1948

|Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley

|267,288

|51.88%

|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1952

|Adlai Stevenson/John Sparkman

|245,504

|38.96%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1956

|Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver

|263,997

|39.81%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1960

|John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson

|330,629

|44.91%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1964

|Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey

|476,024

|61.27%

|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1968

|Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie

|335,174

|41.32%

|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1972

|George McGovern/Sargent Shriver

|329,980

|34.59%

|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1976

|Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale

|460,353

|42.58%

|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1980

|Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale

|367,973

|31.07%

|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1984

|Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro

|454,974

|35.12%

|{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1988

|Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen

|621,453

|45.28%

|{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

1992

|Bill Clinton/Al Gore

|629,681

|40.13%

|{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

1996

|Bill Clinton/Al Gore

|671,152

|44.43%

|{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

2000

|Al Gore/Joe Lieberman

|738,227

|42.39%

|{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

2004

|John Kerry/John Edwards

|1,001,732

|47.02%

|{{Composition bar|0|9|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

2008

|Barack Obama/Joe Biden

|1,288,633

|53.66%

|{{Composition bar|9|9|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

2012

|Barack Obama/Joe Biden

|1,323,101

|51.49%

|{{Composition bar|9|9|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

2016

|Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine

|1,338,870

|48.16%

|{{Composition bar|9|9|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

2020

|Joe Biden/Kamala Harris

|1,804,352

|55.40%

|{{Composition bar|9|9|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Won}}

2024

|Kamala Harris/Tim Walz

|1,728,159

|54.13%

|{{Composition bar|10|10|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}

|{{Lost}}

= Gubernatorial =

class="wikitable"

|+Colorado Democratic Party gubernatorial election results

!Election

!Gubernatorial candidate/ticket

!Votes

!Vote %

!Result

1876

|Bela M. Hughes

|13,316

|48.47%

|Lost {{N}}

1878

|William A. H. Loveland

|11,535

|40.30%

|Lost {{N}}

1880

|John S. Hough

|23,547

|44.08%

|Lost {{N}}

1882

|James Benton Grant

|31,375

|51.07%

|Won {{Y}}

1884

|Alva Adams

|30,743

|46.09%

|Lost {{N}}

1886

|Alva Adams

|29,234

|49.66%

|Won {{Y}}

1888

|Thomas M. Patterson

|39,197

|42.64%

|Lost {{N}}

1890

|Caldwell Yeaman

|35,359

|42.36%

|Lost {{N}}

1892

|Joseph H. Maupin

|8,944

|9.63%

|Lost {{N}}

1894

|Charles S. Thomas

|8,337

|4.63%

|Lost {{N}}

1896

|Alva Adams

|87,387

|46.22%

|Won {{Y}}

1898

|Charles S. Thomas

|93,966

|62.89%

|Won {{Y}}

1900

|James Bradley Orman

|118,647

|53.78%

|Won {{Y}}

1902

|E. C. Stimson

|80,727

|43.21%

|Lost {{N}}

1904

|Alva Adams

|123,092

|50.64%

|Won {{Y}}

1906

|Alva Adams

|74,416

|36.63%

|Lost {{N}}

1908

|John F. Shafroth

|130,141

|49.41%

|Won {{Y}}

1910

|John F. Shafroth

|114,676

|51.04%

|Won {{Y}}

1912

|Elias M. Ammons

|114,044

|42.91%

|Won {{Y}}

1914

|Thomas M. Patterson

|90,640

|34.17%

|Lost {{N}}

1916

|Julius Caldeen Gunter

|151,912

|53.27%

|Won {{Y}}

1918

|Thomas J. Tynan

|102,397

|46.47%

|Lost {{N}}

1920

|James M. Collins

|108,738

|37.11%

|Lost {{N}}

1922

|William Ellery Sweet

|138,098

|49.64%

|Won {{Y}}

1924

|William Ellery Sweet

|151,041

|44.04%

|Lost {{N}}

1926

|Billy Adams

|183,342

|59.84%

|Won {{Y}}

1928

|Billy Adams

|240,160

|67.05%

|Won {{Y}}

1930

|Billy Adams

|197,067

|60.41%

|Won {{Y}}

1932

|Edwin C. Johnson

|257,188

|57.23%

|Won {{Y}}

1934

|Edwin C. Johnson

|237,026

|58.11%

|Won {{Y}}

1936

|Teller Ammons

|263,311

|54.57%

|Won {{Y}}

1938

|Teller Ammons

|199,562

|40.02%

|Lost {{N}}

1940

|George E. Saunders

|245,292

|44.96%

|Lost {{N}}

1942

|Homer Bedford

|149,402

|43.41%

|Lost {{N}}

1944

|Roy Phelix Best

|236,086

|47.60%

|Lost {{N}}

1946

|William Lee Knous

|174,604

|52.11%

|Won {{Y}}

1948

|William Lee Knous

|332,752

|66.33%

|Won {{Y}}

1950

|Walter Walford Johnson

|212,976

|47.22%

|Lost {{N}}

1952

|John W. Metzger

|260,044

|42.42%

|Lost {{N}}

1954

|Edwin C. Johnson

|262,205

|53.56%

|Won {{Y}}

1956

|Stephen McNichols

|331,283

|51.34%

|Won {{Y}}

1958

|Stephen McNichols

|321,165

|58.41%

|Won {{Y}}

1962

|Stephen McNichols

|262,890

|42.64%

|Lost {{N}}

1966

|Robert Lee Knous

|287,132

|43.50%

|Lost {{N}}

1970

|Mark Anthony Hogan/Charles Grant

|302,432

|45.24%

|Lost {{N}}

1974

|Richard Lamm/George Brown

|441,199

|53.22%

|Won {{Y}}

1978

|Richard Lamm/Nancy Dick

|483,985

|58.76%

|Won {{Y}}

1982

|Richard Lamm/Nancy Dick

|627,960

|65.69%

|Won {{Y}}

1986

|Roy Romer/Mike Callihan

|616,325

|58.20%

|Won {{Y}}

1990

|Roy Romer/Mike Callihan

|626,032

|61.89%

|Won {{Y}}

1994

|Roy Romer/Gail Schoettler

|619,205

|55.47%

|Won {{Y}}

1998

|Gail Schoettler/Bernie Buescher

|639,905

|48.43%

|Lost {{N}}

2002

|Rollie Heath/Bill Thiebaut

|475,373

|33.65%

|Lost {{N}}

2006

|Bill Ritter/Barbara O'Brien

|888,095

|56.99%

|Won {{Y}}

2010

|John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia

|915,436

|51.05%

|Won {{Y}}

2014

|John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia

|1,006,433

|49.30%

|Won {{Y}}

2018

|Jared Polis/Dianne Primavera

|1,348,888

|53.42%

|Won {{Y}}

2022

|Jared Polis/Dianne Primavera

|1,468,481

|58.53%

|Won {{Y}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

Further reading

  • {{cite journal |author=Alan Ware |title=The End of Party Politics? Activist-Officeseeker Relationships in the Colorado Democratic Party |journal= British Journal of Political Science |volume= 9 |year= 1979 |issue=2 |pages=237–250 |doi=10.1017/S0007123400001745 |jstor=193433 |s2cid=154641763 }}
  • {{cite book|author1=Thomas E. Cronin|author2=Robert D. Loevy|author2-link=Robert D. Loevy|title=Colorado Politics & Government: Governing the Centennial State |year= 1993|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-1451-0}}

External links

  • [http://www.coloradodems.org/ Colorado Democratic Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412132255/https://coloradodems.org/ |date=2021-04-12 }}

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