2020 Colorado General Election Story (Senate)

2020 Colorado General Election Story (Senate)

A head to head comparison of the Colorado 2020 General Election gives us an idea of the break down of the voters.


John Hickenlooper received 1.7M (54.8 %) votes, beating Cory Gardner who gained 1.4M (45.2 %) by 301.6k votes in Colorado.

John Hickenlooper won 23 counties out of the 64 counties that make up Colorado. The record shows that Cory Gardner won 41 counties.

During the 2020 general elections, over 3M total number of votes were cast. Cory Gardner got 1,429,492 (1M) over John Hickenlooper 1,731,114 (2M). He won the popular vote by 1,429,492 (1M). His victory in the State of Colorado (with 1,429,492 votes) represents 50.0% of his popular vote victory.

Top 15 Counties in General Elections

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These 15 counties play an important role in these Primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in the largest counties (Denver, Jefferson and Arapahoe), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties without voter outreach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Counties Comparison in General Elections

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John Hickenlooper

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Cory Gardner

Denver, Jefferson and Arapahoe, three of the larger counties voted in favor of John Hickenlooper, giving him a 213k vote advantage.

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