Federal politics Colorado



treemap of popular vote county, 2016 presidential election.


colorado considered swing state in both state , federal elections. coloradans have elected 17 democrats , 12 republicans governorship in last 100 years. in presidential politics, colorado considered reliably republican state during post-world war ii era, voting democratic candidate in 1948, 1964, , 1992. however, became competitive swing state turn of century, , voted consecutively democrat barack obama in 2008 , 2012, democrat hillary clinton in 2016.


colorado politics has contrast of conservative cities such colorado springs , liberal cities such boulder , denver. democrats strongest in metropolitan denver, college towns of fort collins , boulder, southern colorado (including pueblo), , few western ski resort counties. republicans strongest in eastern plains, colorado springs, greeley, , far western colorado near grand junction.


the state of colorado represented 2 united states senators:



united states senate class 2 – cory gardner (republican) 2015–
united states senate class 3 – michael bennet (democratic) 2009–

colorado represented 7 representatives united states house of representatives:



colorado s 1st congressional district – diana degette (democratic) 1997–
colorado s 2nd congressional district – jared polis (democratic) 2009–
colorado s 3rd congressional district – scott tipton (republican) 2011–
colorado s 4th congressional district – ken buck (republican) 2015–
colorado s 5th congressional district – doug lamborn (republican) 2007–
colorado s 6th congressional district – mike coffman (republican) 2009–
colorado s 7th congressional district – ed perlmutter (democratic) 2007–








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