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The 1970 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Republican John Arthur Love defeated Democratic nominee Mark Anthony Hogan with 52.46% of the vote. This would be the last time until 1998 that Colorado elected a Republican as Governor and also the last time Denver County, Boulder County, and San Miguel County voted for the Republican candidate.
Primary elections were held on September 8, 1970. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mark Anthony Hogan | 103,239 | 100.00 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Arthur Love (incumbent) | 104,642 | 100.00 | |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Arthur Love (incumbent) | 350,690 | 52.46% | -1.59% | |
| Democratic | Mark Anthony Hogan | 302,432 | 45.24% | +1.74% | |
| Raza Unida | Albert Gurule | 12,179 | 1.82% | N/A | |
| American Independent | Walter R. Plankinton | 2,052 | 0.31 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | James Lauderdale | 1,143 | 0.17% | ||
| Majority | 48,258 | 7.22% | -3.33% | ||
| Turnout | 668,496 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| County | John A. Love | Mark Hogan | Albert L. Gurule | Walter R. Plankinton | James Lauderdale | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 20,666 | 45.45% | 23,475 | 51.63% | 2,061 | 2.33% | 279 | 0.39% | 86 | 0.19% | 45,467 |
| Alamosa | 1,909 | 54.57% | 2,464 | 41.85% | 209 | 3.12% | 26 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,498 |
| Arapahoe | 30,329 | 63.19% | 17,064 | 35.55% | 433 | 0.90% | 131 | 0.27% | 43 | 0.09% | 48,000 |
| Archuleta | 334 | 41.29% | 456 | 56.37% | 17 | 2.10% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 809 |
| Baca | 1,006 | 54.38% | 825 | 44.59% | 3 | 0.16% | 15 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,850 |
| Bent | 1,126 | 48.89% | 1,124 | 48.81% | 45 | 1.95% | 6 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,303 |
| Boulder | 23,617 | 57.90% | 16,299 | 39.96% | 618 | 1.52% | 121 | 0.30% | 135 | 0.33% | 40,790 |
| Chaffee | 1,583 | 48.50% | 1,627 | 49.85% | 41 | 1.26% | 7 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.18% | 3,264 |
| Cheyenne | 643 | 55.24% | 515 | 44.24% | 1 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,164 |
| Clear Creek | 971 | 55.90% | 728 | 41.91% | 26 | 1.50% | 10 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.12% | 1,737 |
| Conejos | 1,242 | 51.05% | 971 | 39.91% | 214 | 8.80% | 4 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.08% | 2,433 |
| Costilla | 457 | 34.46% | 771 | 58.14% | 82 | 6.18% | 9 | 0.68% | 7 | 0.53% | 1,326 |
| Crowley | 657 | 46.90% | 728 | 51.96% | 14 | 1.00% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,401 |
| Custer | 384 | 58.45% | 272 | 41.40% | 1 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 657 |
| Delta | 2,511 | 49.13% | 2,558 | 50.05% | 9 | 0.18% | 29 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.08% | 5,111 |
| Dolores | 285 | 44.88% | 347 | 54.65% | 1 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 635 |
| Douglas | 1,872 | 62.84% | 1,072 | 35.99% | 7 | 0.23% | 27 | 0.91% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,979 |
| Eagle | 887 | 49.78% | 864 | 48.48% | 25 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,782 |
| El Paso | 25,312 | 53.67% | 21,254 | 45.07% | 309 | 0.66% | 226 | 0.48% | 60 | 0.13% | 47,161 |
| Elbert | 730 | 52.44% | 654 | 46.98% | 7 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,392 |
| Fremont | 3,524 | 45.81% | 4,113 | 53.46% | 27 | 0.35% | 26 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.04% | 7,693 |
| Garfield | 2,398 | 48.62% | 2,519 | 51.07% | 5 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,932 |
| Gilpin | 360 | 55.13% | 281 | 43.03% | 6 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 653 |
| Grand | 977 | 64.66% | 530 | 35.08% | 1 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,511 |
| Gunnison | 1,075 | 52.98% | 938 | 46.23% | 9 | 0.44% | 6 | 0.30% | 1 | 0.05% | 2,029 |
| Hinsdale | 107 | 64.46% | 59 | 35.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 |
| Huerfano | 963 | 33.55% | 1,749 | 60.94% | 150 | 5.23% | 6 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,870 |
| Jackson | 398 | 59.23% | 274 | 40.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 672 |
| Jefferson | 46,003 | 61.87% | 27,370 | 36.81% | 747 | 1.00% | 195 | 0.26% | 34 | 0.05% | 74,349 |
| Kiowa | 572 | 53.16% | 500 | 46.47% | 1 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,076 |
| Kit Carson | 1,463 | 55.95% | 1,139 | 43.56% | 9 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,615 |
| La Plata | 3,558 | 55.20% | 2,777 | 43.08% | 69 | 1.07% | 36 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.09% | 6,446 |
| Lake | 773 | 33.67% | 1,480 | 64.46% | 28 | 1.22% | 11 | 0.48% | 4 | 0.17% | 2,296 |
| Larimer | 14,133 | 61.06% | 8,674 | 37.48% | 255 | 1.10% | 50 | 0.22% | 33 | 0.14% | 23,145 |
| Las Animas | 2,602 | 38.89% | 3,785 | 56.57% | 284 | 4.24% | 11 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.13% | 6,691 |
| Lincoln | 1,092 | 52.25% | 992 | 47.46% | 6 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,090 |
| Logan | 3,269 | 51.23% | 3,082 | 48.30% | 16 | 0.25% | 8 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.09% | 6,381 |
| Mesa | 8,411 | 47.07% | 9,277 | 51.92% | 74 | 0.41% | 76 | 0.43% | 30 | 0.17% | 17,868 |
| Mineral | 156 | 50.65% | 148 | 48.05% | 3 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 308 |
| Moffat | 1,297 | 54.50% | 1,072 | 45.04% | 8 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,380 |
| Montezuma | 1,944 | 49.97% | 1,920 | 49.36% | 10 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.13% | 3,890 |
| Montrose | 2,652 | 48.48% | 2,694 | 49.25% | 60 | 1.10% | 39 | 0.71% | 25 | 0.46% | 5,470 |
| Morgan | 3,403 | 56.57% | 2,592 | 43.09% | 11 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.07% | 6,016 |
| Otero | 3,718 | 50.90% | 3,460 | 47.36% | 101 | 1.38% | 17 | 0.23% | 9 | 0.12% | 7,305 |
| Ouray | 314 | 51.64% | 290 | 47.70% | 1 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 608 |
| Park | 570 | 55.99% | 438 | 43.03% | 2 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,018 |
| Phillips | 914 | 47.88% | 990 | 51.86% | 4 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,909 |
| Pitkin | 1,378 | 49.84% | 1,307 | 47.27% | 53 | 1.92% | 17 | 0.61% | 10 | 0.36% | 2,765 |
| Prowers | 2,379 | 52.85% | 2,078 | 46.17% | 35 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,501 |
| Pueblo | 13,130 | 33.46% | 24,478 | 62.38% | 1,412 | 3.60% | 127 | 0.32% | 91 | 0.23% | 39,238 |
| Rio Blanco | 871 | 54.88% | 698 | 43.98% | 2 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,587 |
| Rio Grande | 2,091 | 60.50% | 1,257 | 36.37% | 98 | 2.84% | 7 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,456 |
| Routt | 1,389 | 49.22% | 1,425 | 50.50% | 4 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,822 |
| Saguache | 732 | 51.22% | 643 | 45.00% | 53 | 3.71% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,429 |
| San Juan | 172 | 45.03% | 204 | 53.40% | 3 | 0.79% | 3 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 |
| San Miguel | 393 | 50.32% | 386 | 49.42% | 2 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 781 |
| Sedgwick | 819 | 54.38% | 673 | 44.69% | 13 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,506 |
| Summit | 479 | 54.81% | 388 | 44.39% | 6 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 874 |
| Teller | 639 | 50.43% | 621 | 49.01% | 2 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,267 |
| Washington | 1,200 | 53.05% | 1,047 | 46.29% | 4 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,262 |
| Weld | 13,757 | 57.09% | 9,841 | 40.84% | 373 | 1.55% | 74 | 0.31% | 53 | 0.22% | 24,098 |
| Yuma | 1,783 | 52.44% | 1,610 | 47.35% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,400 |
| Totals | 350,690 | 52.46% | 302,432 | 45.24% | 12,179 | 1.82% | 2,052 | 0.31% | 1,143 | 0.17% | 668,496 |
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The 1984 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican William L. Armstrong defeated Democrat nominee Nancy E. Dick with 64.25% of the vote. Armstrong carried all but three counties in the state, and to date is the last Republican Senate candidate to carry normally heavily Democratic Denver.
The 1990 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democrat Roy Romer defeated Republican nominee John Andrews with 61.89% of the vote.
The 1982 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democrat Richard Lamm defeated Republican nominee John Fuhr with 65.69% of the vote.
The 1978 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democrat Richard Lamm defeated Republican nominee Ted L. Strickland with 58.76% of the vote.
The 1974 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Democratic nominee Richard Lamm defeated incumbent Republican John D. Vanderhoof with 53.22% of the vote.
The 1966 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican John Arthur Love defeated Democratic nominee Robert Lee Knous with 54.05% of the vote.
The 1962 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Republican nominee John Arthur Love defeated Democratic incumbent Stephen McNichols with 56.67% of the vote. As of 2022, this was the last time Pueblo County voted for the Republican candidate.
The 1952 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Republican Daniel I. J. Thornton defeated Democratic nominee John W. Metzger with 57.08% of the vote.
The 1950 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Republican nominee Daniel I. J. Thornton defeated Democratic incumbent Walter Walford Johnson with 52.43% of the vote.
The 1942 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. Republican nominee John Charles Vivian defeated Democratic nominee Homer Bedford with 56.23% of the vote.
The 1940 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Republican Ralph Lawrence Carr defeated Democratic nominee George E. Saunders with 54.37% of the vote.
The 1930 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. Incumbent Democrat Billy Adams defeated Republican nominee Robert F. Rockwell with 60.41% of the vote.
The 1928 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Democrat Billy Adams defeated Republican nominee William L. Boatright with 67.05% of the vote.
The 1924 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924. Republican nominee Clarence Morley defeated Democratic incumbent William Ellery Sweet with 51.92% of the vote.
The 1920 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican Oliver Henry Shoup defeated Democratic nominee James M. Collins with 59.55% of the vote.
The 1916 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Democratic nominee Julius Caldeen Gunter defeated incumbent Republican George Alfred Carlson with 53.27% of the vote.
The 1904 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.
The 2022 Colorado Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorney general of Colorado. Incumbent Democrat Phil Weiser won re-election to a second term.
