Colorado's 1st congressional district

Colorado's 1st congressional district
Colorado's 1st congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Diana DeGette D–Denver
Distribution	100% urban[1] 0% rural
Population (2019)	852,816[2]
Median household income	$77,507[3]
Ethnicity	57.5% White 27.5% Hispanic 8.5% Black 3.4% Asian 2.3% Two or more races 0.7% other
Cook PVI	D+24[4]

Colorado's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado based primarily in the City and County of Denver in the central part of the state. The district includes all of the City and County of Denver, and the nearby suburbs of Glendale, Englewood, Sheridan, and Cherry Hills Village in Arapahoe County. Its southern tip encompasses a small part of Jefferson County including the communities of Columbine and Ken Caryl.

The district has been represented by Democrat Diana DeGette since 1997. An urban and diverse district based in the heart of Metropolitan Denver, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+24, it is the most Democratic district in all of the Mountain West, and one of the two most Democratic districts in the American West not located on the Pacific coast (with Arizona's 7th, covering central Phoenix, having the same PVI.) ^[4] Only two Republicans have been elected to the seat since the Great Depression: Dean M. Gillespie was the district's representative from 1944 to 1947, and Mike McKevitt from 1971 to 1973, winning thanks to an ideological split among Denver Democrats. No Republican has even notched 30% of the vote in the district after 1998.

History[]

1990s[]

Following the 1990 United States Census and consequential redrawing of Colorado's congressional districts, the 1st congressional district consisted of all of the City and County of Denver and parts of Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson counties.

2000s[]

Following the 2000 United States Census and consequential redistricting of Colorado's congressional districts, the 1st congressional district consisted of all of the City and County of Denver and parts of Arapahoe County, including parts or all of the cities of Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Sheridan, Aurora, and Glendale.

2010s[]

Following the 2010 United States Census and consequential redistricting of Colorado's congressional districts, the 1st congressional district consisted of all of the City and County of Denver and parts of Arapahoe County including parts or all of the cities of Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Sheridan, Aurora, and Glendale. The 1st district also took in additional area in the southwestern suburbs which included parts of Jefferson County and the CDPs of Columbine and Ken Caryl.

Voting[]

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Election Results[5]
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 61–33%
2004	President	Kerry 68–31%
2008	President	Obama 74–24%
2012	President	Obama 69–29%
2016	President	Clinton 69–23%
	Senate	Bennet 68.8-25.9%
2018	Governor	Polis 73.0-23.7%
2020	President	Biden 76–22%
	Senate	Hickenlooper 73.7-24.4%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1893
Lafayette Pence	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
John F. Shafroth	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1894. Changed parties and re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Changed parties and re-elected in 1902 but resigned after declaring his conviction that his opponent was actually elected.
	Silver Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – February 15, 1904
Robert W. Bonynge	Republican	February 16, 1904 – March 3, 1909	58th 59th 60th	Won election contest. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
Atterson W. Rucker	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost renomination.
George Kindel	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Benjamin Hilliard	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
William Vaile	Republican	March 4, 1919 – July 2, 1927	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Died.
Vacant		July 3, 1927 – November 14, 1927
S. Harrison White	Democratic	November 15, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected to finish Vaile's term. Lost re-election.
William R. Eaton	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Lawrence Lewis	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – December 9, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Died.
Vacant		December 9, 1943 – March 7, 1944
Dean M. Gillespie	Republican	March 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947	78th 79th	Elected to finish Lewis's term. Re-elected later in 1944. Lost re-election.
John A. Carroll	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951	80th 81st	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Byron Rogers	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-nomination.
Mike McKevitt	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	Elected in 1970. Lost re-election.
Pat Schroeder	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Diana DeGette	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – present	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Election results[]

1892[]

1892 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Populist	Lafayette Pence	20,004	49.11%
	Republican	Earl B. Coe	17,609	43.23%
	Democratic	John G. Taylor	2,240	5.50%
	Prohibition	W.G. Sprague	876	2.15%
Majority			2,395	5.88%
Total votes			40,729	100%
	Populist gain from new seat

1894[]

1894 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Shafroth	47,710	55.32%
	Populist	Lafayette Pence (incumbent)	34,223	39.68%
	Prohibition	Robert H. Rhodes	2,465	2.86%
	Democratic	John T. Bottom	1,847	2.14%
Majority			13,487	15.64%
Total votes			86,245	100%
	Republican gain from Populist

1896[]

1896 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Silver Republican	John F. Shafroth (incumbent)	67,821	84.89%
	Republican	T.E. McClelland	9,625	12.05%
	Natural Prohibition	J.J. Losh	1,083	1.36%
	Prohibition	W.T. Steele	1,006	1.26%
	National	Dayton O. Gilbert	181	0.23%
	Socialist Labor	William Dye	173	0.22%
Majority			58,196	72.84%
Total votes			79,889	100%
	Silver Republican hold

1898[]

1898 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Silver Republican	John F. Shafroth (incumbent)	43,111	67.61%
	Republican	Charles Hartsell	18,580	29.14%
	Prohibition	Dayton O. Gilbert	1,410	2.21%
	Socialist Labor	Nathan L. Griest	667	1.05%
Majority			24,531	38.47%
Total votes			63,768	100%
	Silver Republican hold

1900[]

1900 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Silver Republican	John F. Shafroth (incumbent)	54,591	55.32%
	Republican	Robert W. Bonynge	41,518	42.07%
	Prohibition	S.H. Shellenger	1,924	1.95%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph Smith	326	0.33%
	Social Democratic	Charles M. Davis	320	0.32%
Majority			13,073	13.25%
Total votes			98,679	100%
	Silver Republican hold

1902[]

1902 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shafroth (incumbent)	41,440	48.98%
	Republican	Robert W. Bonynge	38,648	45.68%
	Socialist	Marshall DeWitt	2,680	3.17%
	Prohibition	Franklin Moore	1,832	2.17%
Majority			2,792	3.30%
Total votes			84,600	100%
	Democratic hold

1904[]

1904 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert W. Bonynge (incumbent)	55,940	51.74%
	Democratic	Clay B. Whitford	50,022	46.27%
	Prohibition	William C. Johnston	2,153	1.99%
Majority			5,918	5.47%
Total votes			108,115	100%
	Republican hold

1906[]

1906 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert W. Bonynge (incumbent)	47,549	55.48%
	Democratic	Charles F. Tew	31,133	36.32%
	Socialist	Luella Twining	4,989	5.82%
	Prohibition	E.E. Evans	2,039	2.38%
Majority			16,416	19.16%
Total votes			85,710	100%
	Republican hold

1908[]

1908 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Atterson W. Rucker	60,643	49.87%
	Republican	Robert W. Bonynge (incumbent)	57,597	47.37%
	Socialist	S.S. Greear	3,356	2.76%
Majority			3,046	2.50%
Total votes			121,596	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1910[]

1910 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Atterson W. Rucker (incumbent)	40,458	40.77%
	Republican	James C. Burger	37,966	38.26%
	Prohibition	George John Kindel	17,144	17.28%
	Socialist	John W. Martin	3,661	3.69%
Majority			2,492	2.51%
Total votes			99,229	100%
	Democratic hold

1912[]

1912 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George John Kindel	54,504	45.84%
	Progressive	W. J. Crank	30,121	25.33%
	Republican	Rice W. Means	24,887	20.93%
	Socialist	John W. Martin	6,757	5.68%
	Prohibition	Otto A. Reinhardt	2,642	2.22%
Majority			24,383	20.51%
Total votes			118,911	100%
	Democratic hold

1914[]

1914 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin C. Hilliard	26,169	40.56%
	Republican	Horace F. Phelps	21,569	33.43%
	Progressive	Archibald A. Lee	8,729	13.53%
	Independent	Atterson W. Rucker	5,445	8.44%
	Socialist	Benjamin Blumenberg	2,612	4.05%
Majority			4,600	7.13%
Total votes			64,524	100%
	Democratic hold

1916[]

1916 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin C. Hilliard (incumbent)	30,146	48.53%
	Republican	William N. Vaile	26,121	42.05%
	Liberal	George John Kindel	3,306	5.32%
	Socialist	Charles A. Ahlstrom	2,551	4.11%
Majority			4,025	6.48%
Total votes			62,124	100%
	Democratic hold

1918[]

1918 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William N. Vaile	27,815	54.19%
	Democratic	John L. Stack	16,364	31.88%
	Independent	Benjamin C. Hilliard (incumbent)	6,112	11.91%
	Socialist	Fred Underhill	1,039	2.02%
Majority			11,451	22.31%
Total votes			51,330	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1920[]

1920 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William N. Vaile (incumbent)	45,658	66.93%
	Democratic	Benjamin C. Hilliard	22,557	33.07%
Majority			23,101	33.86%
Total votes			68,215	100%
	Republican hold

1922[]

1922 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William N. Vaile (incumbent)	32,939	55.48%
	Democratic	Benjamin C. Hilliard	25,477	42.91%
	Farmer–Labor	Hattie K. Howard	959	1.62%
Majority			7,462	12.57%
Total votes			59,375	100%
	Republican hold

1924[]

1924 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William N. Vaile (incumbent)	47,155	54.19%
	Democratic	James G. Edgeworth	36,519	41.97%
	Farmer–Labor	Thomas O. Spacey	2,686	3.09%
	Workers	Louis A. Zetlin	654	0.75%
Majority			10,636	12.22%
Total votes			87,014	100%
	Republican hold

1926[]

1926 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William N. Vaile (incumbent)	39,909	54.86%
	Democratic	Benjamin C. Hilliard	30,337	41.70%
	Farmer–Labor	Isaac Dunn	1,972	2.71%
	Socialist	Clyde Robinson	530	0.73%
Majority			9,572	13.16%
Total votes			72,748	100%
	Republican hold

1927 (special)[]

1927 United States House of Representatives special election, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	S. Harrison White	32,171	51.52%
	Republican	Francis J. Knauss	27,456	43.97%
	Independent	George John Kindel	2,556	4.09%
	Farmer–Labor	Huston Hugh Marrs	261	0.42%
Majority			4,715	7.55%
Total votes			62,444	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1928[]

1928 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William R. Eaton	63,258	58.08%
	Democratic	S. Harrison White (incumbent)	44,713	41.05%
	Workers	William R. Dietrich	949	0.87%
Majority			18,545	17.03%
Total votes			108,920	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1930[]

1930 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William R. Eaton (incumbent)	39,907	50.33%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis	38,152	48.12%
	Farmer–Labor	W.R. Duke	813	1.03%
	Communist	Louis A. Zeitlin	411	0.52%
Majority			1,755	2.21%
Total votes			79,283	100%
	Republican hold

1932[]

1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis	70,826	54.41%
	Republican	William R. Eaton (incumbent)	56,601	43.49%
	Socialist	Bruce Lamont	1,926	1.48%
	Communist	Charles Guynn	422	0.32%
	Farmer–Labor	W. R. Duke	385	0.30%
Majority			14,225	10.92%
Total votes			130,160	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1934[]

1934 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis (incumbent)	59,744	56.04%
	Republican	William R. Eaton	34,073	31.96%
	Old Age Pension	Charles W. Varnum	9,511	8.92%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	2,540	2.38%
	Communist	George Bardwell	743	0.70%
Majority			25,671	24.08%
Total votes			106,611	100%
	Democratic hold

1936[]

1936 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis (incumbent)	100,704	68.96%
	Republican	Harry Zimmerhackel	41,574	28.47%
	Farmer–Labor	Louella Grant Shirley	2,675	1.83%
	Socialist	F. S. Kidneigh	1,073	0.73%
Majority			59,130	40.49%
Total votes			146,026	100%
	Democratic hold

1938[]

1938 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis (incumbent)	83,517	65.31%
	Republican	William I. Reilly	42,758	33.44%
	Socialist	Edgar P. Sherman	913	0.71%
	Prohibition	Oliver L. Barnes	688	0.54%
Majority			40,759	31.87%
Total votes			127,876	100%
	Democratic hold

1940[]

1940 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis (incumbent)	110,078	64.72%
	Republican	James D. Parriott	59,427	34.94%
	Socialist	Ward Rogers	577	0.34%
Majority			50,651	29.78%
Total votes			170,082	100%
	Democratic hold

1942[]

1942 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Lewis (incumbent)	58,143	53.39%
	Republican	Olaf H. Jacobson	50,083	45.99%
	Socialist	Ward Rogers	681	0.63%
Majority			8,060	7.40%
Total votes			108,907	100%
	Democratic hold

1944 (special)[]

1944 United States House of Representatives special election, Colorado's 1st district^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean M. Gillespie	41,319	51.55%
	Democratic	Carl E. Wuertele	38,394	47.90%
	Socialist	Edgar P. Sherman	230	0.29%
	Independent	George M. Phillips	160	0.20%
	Liberal	Frank H. Rice	51	0.06%
Majority			2,925	3.65%
Total votes			80,154	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1944 (general)[]

1944 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district (general)^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean M. Gillespie (incumbent)	90,151	51.75%
	Democratic	Charles A. Graham	83,253	47.79%
	Socialist	Edgar P. Sherman	798	0.46%
Majority			6,898	3.96%
Total votes			174,202	100%
	Republican hold

1946[]

1946 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Carroll	60,513	51.75%
	Republican	Dean M. Gillespie (incumbent)	55,724	47.66%
	Socialist	Edgar P. Sherman	691	0.59%
Majority			4,789	4.09%
Total votes			116,928	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1948[]

1948 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Carroll (incumbent)	106,096	64.84%
	Republican	Christopher F. Cusack	57,541	35.16%
Majority			48,555	29.68%
Total votes			163,637	100%
	Democratic hold

1950[]

1950 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers	70,165	50.31%
	Republican	Richard G. Luxford	67,436	48.35%
	Independent	Tillman H. Eeb	1,287	0.92%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	585	0.42%
Majority			2,729	1.96%
Total votes			139,473	100%
	Democratic hold

1952[]

1952 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	101,864	50.78%
	Republican	Mason K. Knuckles	97,442	48.57%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	1,307	0.65%
Majority			4,422	2.21%
Total votes			200,613	100%
	Democratic hold

1954[]

1954 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	84,745	55.62%
	Republican	Ellen G. Harris	67,210	44.11%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	415	0.27%
Majority			17,535	11.51%
Total votes			152,370	100%
	Democratic hold

1956[]

1956 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	116,487	57.78%
	Republican	Robert S. McCollum	85,127	42.22%
Majority			31,360	15.56%
Total votes			201,614	100%
	Democratic hold

1958[]

1958 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	107,567	66.66%
	Republican	John L. Harpel	53,801	33.34%
Majority			53,766	33.32%
Total votes			161,368	100%
	Democratic hold

1960[]

1960 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	121,610	60.01%
	Republican	Robert D. Rolander	81,042	39.99%
Majority			40,568	20.02%
Total votes			202,652	100%
	Democratic hold

1962[]

1962 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	94,680	56.00%
	Republican	William B. Chenoweth	74,392	44.00%
Majority			20,288	12.00%
Total votes			169,072	100%
	Democratic hold

1964[]

1964 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	138,475	67.52%
	Republican	Glenn R. Jones	65,423	31.90%
	Socialist Workers	Allen D. Taplin	1,183	0.58%
Majority			73,052	35.62%
Total votes			205,081	100%
	Democratic hold

1966[]

1966 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	92,688	56.03%
	Republican	Greg Perason	72,732	43.97%
Majority			19,956	12.06%
Total votes			165,420	100%
	Democratic hold

1968[]

1968 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron G. Rogers (incumbent)	91,199	45.74%
	Republican	Frank A. Kemp, Jr.	82,677	41.47%
	American Independent	Gordon G. Barnwall	25,499	12.79%
Majority			8,522	4.27%
Total votes			199,375	100%
	Democratic hold

1970[]

1970 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike McKevitt	84,643	51.50%
	Democratic	Craig S. Barnes	74,444	45.30%
	Raza Unida	Salvadore Carpio, Jr.	5,257	3.20%
Majority			10,199	6.20%
Total votes			164,344	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1972[]

1972 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder	101,832	51.56%
	Republican	Mike McKevitt (incumbent)	93,733	47.46%
	Raza Unida	Maria Pauline Serna	1,629	0.82%
	Socialist Workers	Fern Gapin	301	0.15%
Majority			8,099	4.10%
Total votes			197,495	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1974[]

1974 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	94,583	58.48%
	Republican	Frank Southworth	66,046	40.84%
	American	Elmer B. Sachs	1,105	0.68%
Majority			27,637	17.64%
Total votes			161,734	100%
	Democratic hold

1976[]

1976 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	103,037	53.22%
	Republican	Don Friedman	89,384	46.17%
	Socialist Workers	Priscilla Schenk	681	0.35%
	U.S. Labor	Lann Meyers	508	0.26%
Majority			13,653	7.05%
Total votes			193,610	100%
	Democratic hold

1978[]

1978 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	82,742	61.46%
	Republican	Gene Hutcheson	49,845	37.02%
	Socialist Workers	Susan Lorraine Adley	2,043	1.52%
Majority			32,897	24.44%
Total votes			134,630	100%
	Democratic hold

1980[]

1980 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	107,364	59.77%
	Republican	Naomi Bradford	67,804	37.75%
	Libertarian	John Mason	3,888	2.16%
	Socialist Workers	Harold Sudmeyer	566	0.32%
Majority			52,355	25.68%
Total votes			179,622	100%
	Democratic hold

1982[]

1982 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	94,969	60.26%
	Republican	Arch Decker	59,009	37.44%
	Libertarian	Robin White	3,619	2.30%
Majority			35,960	22.82%
Total votes			157,597	100%
	Democratic hold

1984[]

1984 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	126,348	61.97%
	Republican	Mary Downs	73,993	36.29%
	Socialist Workers	Cathy Emminizer	1,846	0.91%
	Libertarian	Dwight Filley	1,686	0.83%
Majority			52,355	25.68%
Total votes			203,873	100%
	Democratic hold

1986[]

1986 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	106,113	68.37%
	Republican	Joy Wood	49,095	31.63%
Majority			57,018	36.74%
Total votes			155,208	100%
	Democratic hold

1988[]

1988 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	133,922	69.93%
	Republican	Joy Wood	57,587	30.07%
Majority			76,335	39.86%
Total votes			191,509	100%
	Democratic hold

1990[]

1990 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	82,176	63.71%
	Republican	Gloria Gonzales Roemer	46,802	36.29%
Majority			35,374	27.42%
Total votes			128,978	100%
	Democratic hold

1992[]

1992 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	156,629	68.84%
	Republican	Raymond Diaz Aragon	70,902	31.16%
Majority			85,727	37.68%
Total votes			227,531	100%
	Democratic hold

1994[]

1994 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Schroeder (incumbent)	93,123	59.98%
	Republican	William F. Eggert	61,978	39.92%
	Write-in	Write-ins	154	0.10%
Majority			31,145	20.06%
Total votes			155,255	100%
	Democratic hold

1996[]

1996 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette	112,631	56.93%
	Republican	Joe Rogers	79,540	40.20%
	Libertarian	Richard Combs	5,668	2.86%
Majority			33,091	16.73%
Total votes			197,839	100%
	Democratic hold

1998[]

1998 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	116,628	66.91%
	Republican	Nancy McClanahan	52,452	30.09%
	Libertarian	Richard Combs	5,225	3.00%
Majority			64,176	36.82%
Total votes			174,305	100%
	Democratic hold

2000[]

2000 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	141,831	68.71%
	Republican	Jesse L. Thomas	56,291	27.27%
	Libertarian	Richard Combs	5,852	2.83%
	Reform	Lyle Nasser	2,452	1.19%
	Write-in	Write-ins	8	0.00%
Majority			85,540	41.44%
Total votes			206,434	100%
	Democratic hold

2002[]

2002 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	111,718	66.28%
	Republican	Ken Chlouber	49,884	29.59%
	Green	Ken Seaman	3,209	1.90%
	Libertarian	Kent Leonard	2,584	1.53%
	Constitution	George C. Lilly	1,169	0.69%
Majority			61,834	36.69%
Total votes			168,564	100%
	Democratic hold

2004[]

2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	177,077	73.50%
	Republican	Roland Chicas	58,659	24.35%
	Constitution	George C. Lilly	5,193	2.16%
Majority			118,418	49.15%
Total votes			240,929	100%
	Democratic hold

2006[]

2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	129,446	79.77%
	Green	Thomas D. Kelly	32,825	20.23%
Majority			96,621	59.54%
Total votes			162,271	100%
	Democratic hold

2008[]

2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	203,756	71.94%
	Republican	George C. Lilly	67,346	23.78%
	Libertarian	Martin L. Buchanan	12,136	4.28%
Majority			136,410	48.16%
Total votes			283,249	100%
	Democratic hold

2010[]

2010 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	140,073	67.42%
	Republican	Mike Fallon	59,747	28.76%
	Green	Gary Swing	2,923	1.41%
	Libertarian	Clint Jones	2,867	1.38%
	Constitution	Chris Styskal	2,141	1.03%
Majority			80,326	38.66%
Total votes			207,751	100%
	Democratic hold

2012[]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	237,579	68.23%
	Republican	Danny Stroud	93,217	26.77%
	Libertarian	Frank Atwood	12,585	3.61%
	Green	Gary Swing	4,829	1.39%
Majority			144,362	41.46%
Total votes			348,228	100%
	Democratic hold

2014[]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	183,281	65.81%
	Republican	Martin Walsh	80,682	28.97%
	Libertarian	Frank Atwood	9,292	3.34%
	Independent	Danny Stroud	5,236	1.88%
Majority			102,599	36.84%
Total votes			278,494	100%
	Democratic hold

2016[]

2016 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	257,254	67.87%
	Republican	Casper Stockham	105,030	27.71%
	Libertarian	Frank Atwood	16,752	4.42%
Majority			152,224	40.16%
Total votes			379,036	100%
	Democratic hold

2018[]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	272,886	73.81%
	Republican	Casper Stockham	85,207	23.05%
	Libertarian	Raymon Doane	11,600	3.14%
Majority			187,679	50.76%
Total votes			369,693	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020[]

2020 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado's 1st district^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	331,621	73.65%
	Republican	Shane Bolling	105,955	23.53%
	Libertarian	Kyle Furey	8,749	1.94%
	Unity	Paul Noel Fiorino	2,524	0.56%
	Approval Voting	Jan Kok	1,441	0.32%
Majority			225,666	50.12%
Total votes			450,290	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries[]

See also[]

• Colorado's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References[]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 39°43′56″N 104°54′32″W / 39.73222°N 104.90889°W / 39.73222; -104.90889