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The 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic governor Jared Polis won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl in a landslide. Ganahl conceded on election night. [1] The primary election was held on June 28. [2]
The 2026 Colorado gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office.
The state government consists of an executive branch led by the Governor of Colorado, a bicameral Colorado General Assembly, and a judiciary headed by the Colorado Supreme Court. Colorado was a pioneer in women's suffrage, becoming the second state to grant women voting rights in 1893 and the first to do so by popular referendum. [1]
A political organization is a political party when its candidate for governor receives at least 10 percent of the vote in the latest general election. [6] Party members choose their party's nominees for the general election in a primary election. [7] Party members also elect the county central committee members at the primary election. [8]
He previously served as mayor of Parker, Colorado, and ran for Governor in 2018 and 2022. He was the Republican nominee for the 2024 special election in Colorado's 4th congressional district to replace Ken Buck, who resigned in March 2024. He will not run in the general election for a full term. [3]
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 8, 2022. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election, as well as all of Colorado's seats in the United States House of Representatives , and Colorado's U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Michael Bennet .
In Ohio, the state had to draw new legislative maps due to the Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly striking down maps prior to the 2022 elections. The state's seven-member politician commission unanimously passed new maps despite the commission's two Democratic members considering the maps to still be unfair. [12]
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Colorado: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Attorney General; State Treasurer; The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State House of Representatives; State delegation to the U.S. Senate