- Lead
- 8,730
- Total
- 24,936
- vs nation
- D+36.5
Colorado 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,382
- Total
- 29,629
- vs nation
- D+44.1
- Lead
- 10,784
- Total
- 26,064
- vs nation
- D+39.3
- Lead
- 9,687
- Total
- 24,185
- vs nation
- D+36.2
- Lead
- 9,610
- Total
- 22,944
- vs nation
- D+34.6
- Lead
- 5,304
- Total
- 18,888
- vs nation
- D+30.5
- Lead
- 3,487
- Total
- 15,214
- vs nation
- D+22.4
- Lead
- 2,749
- Total
- 13,024
- vs nation
- D+12.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 90,4102024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,009 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 12.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,8622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 43.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.7 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 36, CO · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 42nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1880) · 37 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
92.9%
4,626 votes · D+87.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 83.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
58.3%
2,949 votes · R+18.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 58.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
21,632votes
73.0% of the vote · D+48.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 17,419 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,702votes
30.9% of the vote · D+35.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,250 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
+93.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+87.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +66.1 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+38.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.7 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · +3.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+35, this district ranks among the most partisan in the state legislative map. Turnout patterns and candidate recruitment here reflect a constituency with consistently lopsided electoral outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.0 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 36.7 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 13.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.0 points.
A population of 90,410, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,862 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 36 and State House District 7.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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