Colorado Republican Party

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Colorado Republican Party
Chairperson Dave Williams
Senate Leader Paul Lundeen
House Leader Rose Pugliese
Headquarters Greenwood Village, Colorado
Membership (2024)Increase2.svg 936,583 [1]
Ideology Conservatism
Trumpism
Anti-LGBTIQA+ [2] [3]
Factions:
LGBTIQA+-affirming [4]
Political position Right-wing to far-right [5] [6]
National affiliation Republican Party
Colors Red
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Statewide offices
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Colorado Senate
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Colorado House of Representatives
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Colorado State Board of Education
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University of Colorado Board of Regents
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Election symbol
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Website
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The Colorado Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. The party's headquarters is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Contents

The Republican Party was dominant in the state as recently as the mid-2000s, however it has declined over the subsequent decades. After the 2020 elections, Republicans held the smallest amount of political power in the state government since World War II. This decline has been attributed to various factors, including the party moving too far right for the state, changing demographics, mismanaged campaign money, internal party divisions, a better organized Democratic Party, and the unpopularity of Donald Trump in the state. [7]

The party fared even poorer in the 2022 elections, in which Democrats swept every statewide office by a double-digit margin, expanded their majority in the state's U.S. House delegation, and further expanded their supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature. [8] Since 2023, the party has faced further revenue loss and party infighting, with the party veering further towards the far-right after the election of Dave Williams as party chair, and an overall further decline of influence in the state. [9] [10]

Recent history

Since 2016, the Colorado GOP has shifted more rightward in their political positions and have subsequently embraced Trumpism and far-right ideologies. [11] [12] [13] Starting in the early 2010s, active voter registrations with the Colorado GOP has seen a decline and fell behind the Democratic Party in 2016. [14] In the 2018 elections, Republicans lost much power in the state, suffering significant losses in the aftermath of the election. [14] After the 2020 Colorado elections, Republicans lost even more influence within the state, holding the smallest amount of political power in the state government since World War II. [7]

Since Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, elements of the Colorado GOP and its voter base have espoused support for Trump's false claims of election fraud. [15] [16] [13] While top Colorado Republicans have defended Colorado's local elections, they have cast doubt on the validity of the election results in other states or stayed silent on Trump's allegations of fraud. [17] On December 7, 2020, a group of Republicans requested to the Speaker of the House KC Becker that a committee be formed on "election integrity" to conduct an audit of the Dominion Voting Systems used in Colorado in spite of no evidence of issues. The request was rejected, with Becker criticizing it as "a dangerous stunt" and a promotion of "debunked conspiracy theories." [18] [19]

Also in December, Colorado congressional Republicans supported a lawsuit aimed to overturn the election results. [20] On January 6, 2021, congressional Republicans from Colorado objected to certification of the results, with Lauren Boebert and Doug Lamborn objecting to certification of the results. [21] [22]

The party performed poorly in the 2022 elections; Democrats won every statewide office by double digits, expanded their numbers in the state's U.S. House delegation, and further expanded their majorities in both chambers of the legislature. [8] In the aftermath of the heavily lopsided results, Republican state representative Colin Larson lamented that "Colorado Republicans need to take this and learn the lesson that the party is dead. This was an extinction-level event." [8]

In 2023, former state representative Dave Williams was elected to chair the state's Republican Party; he has been noted for promoting false claims of election fraud. [6] [23] Since 2023, the party has faced a significant loss of funding, an increase in infighting and party division, controversial leadership, the party veering further to the right, and a further decrease of influence within the state. [24] [9] [10] [25]

In 2024, USA Today reported that Republicans in the state consistently voted against certifying local elections, often due to election denialism and false claims of fraud. [26]

2024 internal crisis

In 2024, the Colorado Republican Party called on parents to remove their children from public schools in Colorado, arguing that the schools "turn more kids trans.” [27] At the beginning of Pride Month, the party referred to LGBT people as groomers, made reference to the infamous Westboro Baptist Church slogan "God hates fags", and called for the burning of all pride flags.

The mailer and social media posts provoked widespread bipartisan condemnation, and triggered a crisis within the Colorado GOP. Log Cabin Republican Valdamar Archuleta renounced the party's endorsement of him in the Colorado's 1st congressional district election as a result. [2] Aurora city counsellor Curtis Gardner renounced his affiliation with the Colorado GOP, saying that their rhetoric on LGBTQ issues demonstrated that "[the party] no longer stands for the issues that I care about - individual rights, fiscal responsibility, restraint of government, limited foreign intervention, and encouraging economic mobility." [28] [29] The Jefferson County Republican Party, speaking on behalf of “numerous Colorado Republican County Chairs, other county party officers, members of the Colorado State Central Committee in all 64 Counties, and many Republican candidates” called for Dave Williams to resign immediately. [4]

The leadership of the Colorado GOP has so far stood by its actions. The state vice-chair responded to a request for an interview with the Colorado State GOP chairman with the following:

We make no apologies for standing against pride month as it's a destructive agenda that harms children and undermines parental authority and if certain weak Republicans like [Jefferson County GOP chairwoman] Nancy Pallozzi want to side with a movement that promotes transgender chemical castration and genital mutilation then we look forward to notifying their base membership of that disgraceful act.

— Colorado Republican Party vice-chair Hope Scheppelman, [30]

Dave Williams lost the primary election for Colorado's 5th congressional district to Republican Jeff Crank. This race was characterized as a "battle" for the "soul" of the GOP in Colorado, [31] [32] with Williams representing the far-right, election-denying side of the party, and Crank representing the a more traditional conservative version of the party. On August 24, 2024, Williams was removed as Colorado Republican Party chairman during a meeting in Brighton, Colorado. [33] On September 26, 2024, El Paso County Judge Eric Bentley ruled that the August 24, 2024 meeting was illegitimate and the vote to remove Williams as chairman was voided. [34]

Current elected officials

After the 2022 Colorado elections, the Colorado Republican Party controls none of the statewide offices and holds minorities in the Colorado Senate and House of Representatives. Republicans currently hold a 3-5 minority in the state's U.S. House delegation.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

  • None

Both of Colorado's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 2021. Cory Gardner was the last Republican to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate. First elected in 2014, Gardner lost his bid for a second term in 2020 to John Hickenlooper who has held the seat since.

U.S. House of Representatives

DistrictMemberPhoto
3rd Lauren Boebert
Lauren Boebert, official portrait, 117th Congress (cropped).jpg
4th Greg Lopez
Greg Lopez 118th Congress portrait.jpg
5th Doug Lamborn
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Statewide offices

Republicans have not won a statewide office since 2016, when Heidi Ganahl narrowly won the at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents. [36]

Legislative leadership

Election results

Presidential

Colorado Republican Party presidential election results
ElectionPresidential ticketVotesVote %Electoral votesResult
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes/William A. Wheeler No popular vote
3 / 3
Won
1880 James A. Garfield/Chester A. Arthur 27,45051.26%
3 / 3
Won
1884 James G. Blaine/John A. Logan 39,51454.25%
3 / 3
Lost
1888 Benjamin Harrison/Levi P. Morton 50,77255.22%
3 / 3
Won
1892 Benjamin Harrison/Whitelaw Reid 38,62041.13%
0 / 4
Lost
1896 William McKinley/Garret Hobart 26,27113.86%
0 / 4
Won
1900 William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt 93,07242.04%
0 / 4
Won
1904 Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks 134,66155.26%
5 / 5
Won
1908 William Howard Taft/James S. Sherman 123,69346.88%
0 / 5
Won
1912 William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler 58,38621.88%
0 / 6
Lost
1916 Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks 102,30834.75%
0 / 6
Lost
1920 Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge 173,24859.32%
6 / 6
Won
1924 Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes 195,17157.02%
6 / 6
Won
1928 Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 253,87264.72%
6 / 6
Won
1932 Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 189,61741.43%
0 / 6
Lost
1936 Alf Landon/Frank Knox 181,26737.09%
0 / 6
Lost
1940 Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary 279,57650.92%
6 / 6
Lost
1944 Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker 268,73153.21%
6 / 6
Lost
1948 Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren 239,71446.52%
0 / 6
Lost
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 379,78260.27%
6 / 6
Won
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 394,47959.49%
6 / 6
Won
1960 Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 402,24254.63%
6 / 6
Lost
1964 Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller 296,76738.19%
0 / 6
Lost
1968 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 409,34550.46%
6 / 6
Won
1972 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 597,18962.61%
7 / 7
Won
1976 Gerald Ford/Bob Dole 584,36754.05%
7 / 7
Lost
1980 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 652,26455.07%
7 / 7
Won
1984 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 821,81863.44%
8 / 8
Won
1988 George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 728,17753.06%
8 / 8
Won
1992 George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 562,85035.87%
0 / 8
Lost
1996 Bob Dole/Jack Kemp 691,84845.80%
8 / 8
Lost
2000 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney 883,74550.75%
8 / 8
Won
2004 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney 1,101,25551.69%
9 / 9
Won
2008 John McCain/Sarah Palin 1,073,62944.71%
0 / 9
Lost
2012 Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 1,185,24346.13%
0 / 9
Lost
2016 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 1,202,48443.25%
0 / 9
Won
2020 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 1,364,60741.90%
0 / 9
Lost
2024 Donald Trump/JD Vance 1,377,44143.14%
0 / 10
Won

Gubernatorial

Colorado Republican Party gubernatorial election results
ElectionGubernatorial candidate/ticketVotesVote %Result
1876 John Long Routt 14,15451.53%WonGreen check.svg
1878 Frederick Walker Pitkin 14,30849.98%WonGreen check.svg
1880 Frederick Walker Pitkin 28,46553.28%WonGreen check.svg
1882 E. L. Campbell28,82046.91%LostRed x.svg
1884 Benjamin Harrison Eaton 33,84550.74%WonGreen check.svg
1886 William H. Meyer 26,81645.55%LostRed x.svg
1888 Job Adams Cooper 49,49053.84%WonGreen check.svg
1890 John Long Routt 41,82750.11%WonGreen check.svg
1892 Joseph Helm 38,80641.79%LostRed x.svg
1894 Albert McIntire 93,50251.95%WonGreen check.svg
1896 G. H. Allen23,94512.66%LostRed x.svg
1898 Henry R. Wolcott51,05134.17%LostRed x.svg
1900 Frank C. Goudy96,02743.53%LostRed x.svg
1902 James Hamilton Peabody 87,68446.94%WonGreen check.svg
1904 James Hamilton Peabody 113,75446.80%LostRed x.svg
1906 Henry Augustus Buchtel 92,60245.59%WonGreen check.svg
1908 Jesse Fuller McDonald 118,95345.16%LostRed x.svg
1910 John B. Stephen97,69143.48%LostRed x.svg
1912 Clifford C. Parks 63,06123.73%LostRed x.svg
1914 George Alfred Carlson 129,09648.67%WonGreen check.svg
1916 George Alfred Carlson 117,72341.28%LostRed x.svg
1918 Oliver Henry Shoup 112,69351.15%WonGreen check.svg
1920 Oliver Henry Shoup 174,48859.55%WonGreen check.svg
1922 Benjamin Griffith134,35348.29%LostRed x.svg
1924 Clarence Morley 178,07851.92%WonGreen check.svg
1926 Oliver Henry Shoup 116,75638.11%LostRed x.svg
1928 William L. Boatright114,06731.85%LostRed x.svg
1930 Robert F. Rockwell 124,16438.06%LostRed x.svg
1932 James D. Parriott183,25840.78%LostRed x.svg
1934 Nathan C. Warren162,79139.91%LostRed x.svg
1936 Charles M. Armstrong210,61443.65%LostRed x.svg
1938 Ralph Lawrence Carr 296,67159.50%WonGreen check.svg
1940 Ralph Lawrence Carr 296,67154.37%WonGreen check.svg
1942 John Charles Vivian 193,50156.23%WonGreen check.svg
1944 John Charles Vivian 259,86252.40%WonGreen check.svg
1946 Leon Lavington 160,48347.89%LostRed x.svg
1948 David A. Hamil 168,92833.67%LostRed x.svg
1950 Daniel I. J. Thornton 236,47252.43%WonGreen check.svg
1952 Daniel I. J. Thornton 349,92457.08%WonGreen check.svg
1954 Donald G. Brotzman 227,33546.44%LostRed x.svg
1956 Donald G. Brotzman 313,95048.66%LostRed x.svg
1958 Palmer Burch 228,64341.59%LostRed x.svg
1962 John Arthur Love 349,34256.67%WonGreen check.svg
1966 John Arthur Love 356,73054.05%WonGreen check.svg
1970 John Arthur Love/John D. Vanderhoof 350,69052.46%WonGreen check.svg
1974 John D. Vanderhoof/Ted L. Strickland 378,90745.71%LostRed x.svg
1978 Ted L. Strickland/Hank Brown 317,29238.53%LostRed x.svg
1982 John Fuhr/Robert E. Denier302,74031.67%LostRed x.svg
1986 Ted L. Strickland/Kathy Arnold434,42041.03%LostRed x.svg
1990 John Andrews/Lillian Bickel358,40335.43%LostRed x.svg
1994 Bruce D. Benson/Bob Schaeffer432,04238.70%LostRed x.svg
1998 Bill Owens/Joe Rogers 648,20249.06%WonGreen check.svg
2002 Bill Owens/Jane E. Norton 884,58362.62%WonGreen check.svg
2006 Bob Beauprez/Janet Rowland625,88640.2%LostRed x.svg
2010 Dan Maes/Tambor Williams 199,79211.1%LostRed x.svg
2014 Bob Beauprez/Jill Repella938,19545.95%LostRed x.svg
2018 Walker Stapleton/Lang Sias 1,080,80142.80%LostRed x.svg
2022 Heidi Ganahl/Danny Moore983,04039.2%LostRed x.svg

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