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2010 governor elections · Colorado history

Colorado governor election 2010

John Wright Hickenlooper DEM +14.7 · held 11/2/10

Votes counted
1,793,148
Margin
14.7 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld

General election 11/2/10

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
John Wright Hickenlooper WonDEM915,43651.05%
Tom TancredoCON652,37636.38%
Dan MaesREP199,79211.14%
Jaimes BrownLIB13,3650.75%
Jason R. ClarkUN8,6010.48%
Paul FiorinoUN3,4920.20%
Holly CremeensW430.00%
Willie Travis ChambersW240.00%
Michael R. MooreW180.00%
Peter J. CarrW10.00%
Total1,793,148

Official source: 2010AbstractBook.pdf

Other Colorado governor races

YearWinnerMargin
2022Jared Polis19.4
2018Jared Polis10.6
2014John Wright Hickenlooper3.3
2010John Wright Hickenlooper14.7
2006Bill Ritter Jr.16.8
2002William F. Owens29.0
1998William F. Owens0.6

Full Colorado governor history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2010 Colorado governor race?

John Wright Hickenlooper (DEM) won with 51.1% of the vote, ahead of Tom Tancredo (36.4%), a margin of 14.7 points.

Did the Colorado governor seat change party in 2010?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2010 Colorado governor race?

1,793,148 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.