2012 Colorado Senate election

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2012 Colorado Senate election
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20 out of 35 seats in the Colorado Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Brandon Shaffer
(Term-limited)		 Bill Cadman
(Redistricted)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since May 6, 2009 October 21, 2011
Leader's seat District 17 District 10
Last election 20 15
Seats after 20 15
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 714,492 587,261
Percentage 52.64% 43.27%
President before election

Brandon Shaffer
Democratic

 Elected President

John Morse
Democratic

The 2012 Colorado Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to determine which party would control the Colorado Senate for the following two years in the 69th Colorado General Assembly. Twenty out of 35 seats in the Colorado Senate were up for election and the primary was held on June 26, 2012. Prior to the election, 20 seats were held by Democrats and 15 seats were held by Republicans. This was the first election following the redistricting of Colorado's legislative seats in 2011. The general election saw neither party lose nor gain any seats, meaning that the Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate.[1][2]

Source Ranking As of
Governing[3] Lean D October 24, 2012

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 14: Bob Bacon was term-limited.
  2. District 17: Brandon Shaffer was term-limited.
  3. District 21: Betty Boyd was term-limited.
  4. District 30: Suzanne Williams was term-limited.
  5. District 35: Joyce Foster retired.

Republicans

  1. District 7: Shawn Mitchell was term-limited.
  2. District 12: Keith King retired.
  3. District 22: Tim Neville retired.
  4. District 27: Nancy Spence was term-limited.

Defeated incumbents

Primary

Republicans

  1. District 8: Jean White lost renomination to Randy Baumgardner.

Closest races

Results

References

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