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{{short description|Colorado affiliate of the Republican Party}}
{{Infobox political party
| logo             = Colorado Republican Party logo.svg
| headquarters     = [[Greenwood Village, Colorado]]
| chairperson      = Brita Horn
| leader1_title    = Senate Leader
| leader1_name     = [[Paul Lundeen]]
| leader2_title    = House Leader
| leader2_name     = [[Rose Pugliese]]
| seats1_title     = [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex=#A33E3E}}
| seats2_title     = [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|4|8|hex=#A33E3E}}
| seats3_title     = [[Government of Colorado|Statewide offices]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|5|hex=#A33E3E}}
| seats4_title     = [[Colorado Senate]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|11|35|hex=#A33E3E}}
| seats5_title     = [[Colorado House of Representatives]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|22|65|hex=#A33E3E}}
| seats6_title     = [[Colorado State Board of Education]]
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|4|9|hex=#A33E3E}}
| seats7_title     = [[Regents of the University of Colorado|University of Colorado Board of Regents]]
| seats7           = {{Composition bar|4|9|hex=#A33E3E}}
| membership_year  = 2025
| membership       = {{loss}} 940,271<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/VoterRegNumbers.html|title=2024 Voter Registration Statistics|website=www.sos.state.co.us}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatism]]<br>[[Trumpism]]<br>[[Christian right]]<br>[[Anti-LGBT|Anti-LGBTIQA+]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/colorado-gop-call-burn-gay-pride-flags/73-e5156582-2888-46d2-b535-d5981c149817 |title=Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags |date=June 4, 2024 |work=9 News |first=Kyle |last=Clark}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Coffey |first1=Emily |title="We make no apologies:" Colorado GOP Vice Chair doubles down on anti-LGBTQ+ statements |url=https://krdo.com/news/2024/06/09/we-make-no-apologies-colorado-gop-vice-chair-doubles-down-on-anti-lgbtq-statements/ |website=KRDO |date=10 June 2024}}</ref><br>'''Factions:'''<br>[[LGBTIQA+]]-affirming<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=Fallout from Colo. GOP's anti-LGBTQ+ messages continues as state Republican leaders call on chairman to resign |url=https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/fallout-from-colo-gops-anti-lgbtq-messages-continues-as-state-republican-leaders-call-on-chairman-to-resign |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH) |language=en}}</ref>
| position         = [[right-wing politics|Right-wing]]{{sfn|Burness|2021}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-11 |title=Colorado GOP selects combative, election-denying new leader |url=https://apnews.com/article/republican-party-election-deniers-colorado-trump-biden-d57a4683080ee4de5afd2e76fa8dd619 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
| national         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| colors           = [[Red]]
| website          = {{URL|https://www.cologop.org/}}
| footnotes        = 
| colorcode        = #AB3E3F
| country          = the United States
| symbol           = [[File:Republican Party Disc (alternate).svg|100px]]
}}

The '''Colorado Republican Party''' is the state affiliate of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the U.S. state of [[Colorado]]. The party's headquarters is located in [[Greenwood Village, Colorado]].

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 Colorado elections|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 [[Colorado Democratic Party|Democratic Party]], and the unpopularity of [[Donald Trump]] in the state.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=What happened to the Colorado Republican Party?|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/|access-date=2020-12-20|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

The party fared even poorer in the [[2022 Colorado elections|2022 elections]], in which Democrats swept every statewide office by a double-digit margin, expanded their majority in the state's [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] delegation, and further expanded their supermajorities in both chambers of the [[Colorado General Assembly|legislature]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=14 November 2022 |title='An extinction level event': Colorado Republicans react to deep election losses |url=https://www.cpr.org/2022/11/14/colorado-republicans-election-losses/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=[[Colorado Public Radio]] |language=en}}</ref> 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 (Colorado politician)|Dave Williams]] as party chair, and an overall further decline of influence in the state.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title=Colorado Republican party sees cashflow, spending plummet with election losses and leadership change |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/21/colorado-republican-party-sees-cashflow-spending-plummet-with-election-losses-and-leadership-change/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=John |date=26 June 2023 |title=Colorado GOP Marred by Infighting Under New Leader Dave Williams |url=https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2023/06/26/colorado-gop-infighting-dave-williams-chairman |website=Axios Denver}}</ref>

==History==
===2010s===
[[Ted Cruz]] won all of Colorado's delegates during the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries|2016 presidential primaries]]. Colorado's delegation to the [[2016 Republican National Convention]] stagged a walkout as part of the [[Never Trump movement]]. However, [[Ken Buck]] and other members of the delegation later became Trump supporters after initially opposing him.{{sfn|Frank|2016}}{{sfn|Frank|2020}}

[[Frank McNulty (Colorado politician)|Frank McNulty]] stated that fringe candidates winning in safe Republican seats in the 2010s.{{sfn|Swanson|Burness|2020}} Republicans in Colorado shifted rightward following the election of Trump. During Trump's tenure as president the Republicans lost all of their statewide offices except for the at-large Board of Regents seat held by [[Heidi Ganahl]].{{sfn|Paul|2020}}{{sfn|Burness|2021}} Between 1984 and 2016, the Republicans had more registered voters than the Democrats.{{sfn|Paul|Frank|2018}} In 2020, the Republicans lost controlled of the [[Regents of the University of Colorado]] for the first time in 41 years.{{sfn|Swanson|Burness|2020}}

[[Patrick Neville]] was elected minority leader in the state house in 2016, which gave him control of the caucus' bank account. Neville renamed the account to Values First Colorado and registered it under his brother Joe Neville. The previous vendor was fired and replaced with Rearden Strategic, which was run by Joe. $207,800 was given to Rearden Strategic from 2017 to 2020, and two other committees managed by Joe, Citizens for Secure Borders IEC and Take Back Colorado, were given $274,200 and $545,000 respectively. Representative [[Larry Liston]] stated that it was embarrassing for those who contributed funds and Representative [[Lois Landgraf]] was critical of the lack of oversight and not supporting "appropriate candidates".{{sfn|Swanson|Burness|2020}}

===2020s===
Since Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], elements of the Colorado GOP and its voter base have espoused support for Trump's false claims of election fraud.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Frank|first=John|date=25 February 2021|title=Colorado GOP doubles down on Trump's baseless "stolen election" claims|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|url=https://www.axios.com/colorado-republicans-trump-stolen-election-voter-fraud-2108c941-c64d-442d-b5e0-01993257c54a.html|access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Paul|first=Jesse|date=2021-08-30|title=Colorado Republicans want to win over unaffiliated voters in 2022. Can they do it if their base is still focused on 2020?|url=https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/30/colorado-republicans-2020-v-2022/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-09|website=[[The Colorado Sun]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830122415/https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/30/colorado-republicans-2020-v-2022/ |archive-date=2021-08-30 }}</ref>{{sfn|Burness|2021}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-03|title=Ken Buck defends Colorado's election system against "conspiracy theory," angering fellow Trump supporters|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/03/ken-buck-election-colorado-republicans/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-09|website=[[The Denver Post]]|language=en-US|quote=...prominent Colorado Republicans, who tend to defend Colorado’s election system even as they cast doubt on systems in other states, or remain mum on Trump’s allegations of widespread fraud.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203175300/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/03/ken-buck-election-colorado-republicans/ |archive-date=2020-12-03 }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Birkeland|first=Bente|date=7 December 2020|title=GOP State Reps Ask For Election Investigation In Spite Of Audit That Uncovered No Problems|url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/07/gop-state-reps-ask-for-election-investigation-in-spite-of-audit-that-uncovered-no-problems/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-13|website=[[Colorado Public Radio]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208132106/https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/07/gop-state-reps-ask-for-election-investigation-in-spite-of-audit-that-uncovered-no-problems/ |archive-date=2020-12-08 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Hindi|first=Saja|date=2020-12-15|title=No evidence of widespread voter fraud uncovered in meeting on Colorado election integrity|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/15/voter-fraud-no-evidence-allegations-colorado/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-09|website=[[The Denver Post]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216033719/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/15/voter-fraud-no-evidence-allegations-colorado/ |archive-date=2020-12-16 }}</ref>

Also in December, Colorado congressional Republicans supported a [[Texas v. Pennsylvania|lawsuit]] aimed to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the election results]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aedo|first=Zachary|date=2020-12-10|title=Lamborn, Buck among 106 House Republicans backing Texas lawsuit to overturn election|url=https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2020/12/10/lamborn-buck-among-106-house-republicans-backing-texas-lawsuit-to-overturn-election/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=KRDO|language=en-US}}</ref> On January 6, 2021, congressional Republicans from Colorado objected to [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|certification of the results]], with [[Lauren Boebert]] and  [[Doug Lamborn]] objecting to certification of the results.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Case|first=Angela|date=2021-01-07|title=How Colorado lawmakers voted in the Electoral College certification|url=https://www.fox21news.com/news/local/how-colorado-lawmakers-voted-in-the-electoral-college-certification/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-09|website=FOX21 News Colorado|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111163156/https://www.fox21news.com/news/local/how-colorado-lawmakers-voted-in-the-electoral-college-certification/ |archive-date=2021-01-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-04|title=Most Colorado Republicans in Congress will object to election certification|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/01/04/doug-lamborn-congress-trump-election-2020/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-09|website=[[The Denver Post]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104174713/https://www.denverpost.com/2021/01/04/doug-lamborn-congress-trump-election-2020/ |archive-date=2021-01-04 }}</ref>

The party performed poorly in the [[2022 Colorado elections|2022 elections]]; Democrats won every statewide office by double digits, expanded their numbers in the state's [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] delegation, and further expanded their majorities in both chambers of the legislature.<ref name=":2" /> 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."<ref name=":2" />

In 2023, former state representative [[Dave Williams (Colorado politician)|Dave Williams]] was elected to chair the state's Republican Party; he has been noted for promoting false claims of election fraud.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Melnick |first=Kyle |date=13 March 2023 |title=Colorado GOP picks election-denying former state legislator to lead party |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/13/colorado-dave-williams-republican-leader/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Bente Birkeland,Caitlyn |title=In rare move, Colorado GOP goes after Republican Congressman |url=https://www.cpr.org/2023/06/14/doug-lamborn-challenged-by-dave-williams/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Colorado Public Radio |date=14 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dorman |first=John L. |title=Colorado Republicans reckon with string of major electoral losses as Democrats strengthen their hand in the onetime GOP stronghold |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/colorado-republicans-democratic-party-dominance-swing-state-unaffiliated-voters-2023-5 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2025, former [[Routt County, Colorado|Routt County]] treasurer Brita Horn was elected chairperson of the party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=2025-03-29 |title=Brita Horn, former county treasurer, elected to replace Dave Williams as Colorado GOP chair |url=https://coloradosun.com/2025/03/29/brita-horn-colorado-gop-chair-dave-williams/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com |first=Ernest Luning |date=2025-03-29 |title=Colorado Republicans elect former county treasurer Brita Horn as state party chair |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/colorado-in-dc/colorado-republicans-elect-former-county-treasurer-brita-horn-as-state-party-chair/article_f91d98e9-ffe7-45a9-95c8-9b2754c2e50d.html |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Colorado Politics |language=en}}</ref>

== 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 half of the state's U.S. House delegation, having erased the Democrats' majority after the [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado|2024 elections]] when [[Gabe Evans]] defeated incumbent Democrat [[Yadira Caraveo]].

===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 United States Senate elections|2014]], Gardner lost his bid for a second term in [[2020 United States Senate election in Colorado|2020]] to [[John Hickenlooper]] who has held the seat since.

====[[U.S. House of Representatives]]====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!District
!Member
!Photo
|-
|[[Colorado's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
|{{Sortname|first=Jeff|last=Hurd|dab=politician}}
|[[File:RepJeffHurd.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Colorado's 4th congressional district|4th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Lauren|last=Boebert}}
|[[File:Lauren Boebert 117th U.S Congress.jpg |center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Colorado's 5th congressional district|5th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Jeff|last=Crank}}
|[[File:Jeff Crank 119th Congress.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Colorado's 8th congressional district|8th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Gabe|last=Evans}}
|[[File:Rep. Gabe Evans official photo, 119th Congress.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|}

===Statewide offices===
* None.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Jesse |last2=Nelson |first2=Delaney |last3=Fish |first3=Sandra |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Republicans must wait until 2026 before they have any real shot at winning back power in Colorado |url=https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/09/republican-control-colorado-election-2022/ |work=The Colorado Sun |location= |access-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref>
Republicans have not won a statewide office since [[2016 Colorado State Board of Regents at-large election|2016]], when [[Heidi Ganahl]] narrowly won the at-large seat on the [[Regents of the University of Colorado|University of Colorado Board of Regents]].<ref>Paul, Jesse (September 10, 2021). [https://coloradosun.com/2021/09/10/heidi-ganahl-candidacy-colorado/ "Republican Heidi Hanahl files to run for Colorado governor in 2022"]. ''[[The Colorado Sun]]''. Retrieved September 21, 2021. "The University of Colorado regent, who is the only Republican official who holds statewide office, was expected to formally announce her bid next week."</ref>

===[[Colorado General Assembly|Legislative leadership]]===
* [[Colorado Senate|Senate Minority Leader]]: [[Paul Lundeen]]
* [[Colorado House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]]: [[Rose Pugliese]]

== Election results ==

=== Presidential ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Colorado Republican Party presidential election results
!Election
!Presidential ticket
!Votes
!Vote %
!Electoral votes
!Result
|-
|'''[[1876 United States presidential election in Colorado|1876]]'''
|[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]/[[William A. Wheeler]]
| colspan="2" |No popular vote
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1880 United States presidential election in Colorado|1880]]'''
|[[James A. Garfield]]/[[Chester A. Arthur]]
|27,450
|51.26%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1884 United States presidential election in Colorado|1884]]'''
|[[James G. Blaine]]/[[John A. Logan]]
|39,514
|54.25%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1888 United States presidential election in Colorado|1888]]'''
|[[Benjamin Harrison]]/[[Levi P. Morton]]
|50,772
|55.22%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1892 United States presidential election in Colorado|1892]]'''
|[[Benjamin Harrison]]/[[Whitelaw Reid]]
|38,620
|41.13%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1896 United States presidential election in Colorado|1896]]'''
|[[William McKinley]]/[[Garret Hobart]]
|26,271
|13.86%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1900 United States presidential election in Colorado|1900]]'''
|[[William McKinley]]/[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|93,072
|42.04%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1904 United States presidential election in Colorado|1904]]'''
|[[Theodore Roosevelt]]/[[Charles W. Fairbanks]]
|134,661
|55.26%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1908 United States presidential election in Colorado|1908]]'''
|[[William Howard Taft]]/[[James S. Sherman]]
|123,693
|46.88%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1912 United States presidential election in Colorado|1912]]'''
|[[William Howard Taft]]/[[Nicholas Murray Butler|Nicholas M. Butler]]
|58,386
|21.88%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1916 United States presidential election in Colorado|1916]]'''
|[[Charles Evans Hughes|Charles E. Hughes]]/[[Charles W. Fairbanks]]
|102,308
|34.75%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1920 United States presidential election in Colorado|1920]]'''
|[[Warren G. Harding]]/[[Calvin Coolidge]]
|173,248
|59.32%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1924 United States presidential election in Colorado|1924]]'''
|[[Calvin Coolidge]]/[[Charles G. Dawes]]
|195,171
|57.02%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1928 United States presidential election in Colorado|1928]]'''
|[[Herbert Hoover]]/[[Charles Curtis]]
|253,872
|64.72%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1932 United States presidential election in Colorado|1932]]'''
|[[Herbert Hoover]]/[[Charles Curtis]]
|189,617
|41.43%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1936 United States presidential election in Colorado|1936]]'''
|[[Alf Landon]]/[[Frank Knox]]
|181,267
|37.09%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1940 United States presidential election in Colorado|1940]]'''
|[[Wendell Willkie]]/[[Charles L. McNary]]
|279,576
|50.92%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1944 United States presidential election in Colorado|1944]]'''
|[[Thomas E. Dewey]]/[[John W. Bricker]]
|268,731
|53.21%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1948 United States presidential election in Colorado|1948]]'''
|[[Thomas E. Dewey]]/[[Earl Warren]]
|239,714
|46.52%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1952 United States presidential election in Colorado|1952]]'''
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]/[[Richard Nixon]]
|379,782
|60.27%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1956 United States presidential election in Colorado|1956]]'''
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]/[[Richard Nixon]]
|394,479
|59.49%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1960 United States presidential election in Colorado|1960]]'''
|[[Richard Nixon]]/[[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]]
|402,242
|54.63%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1964 United States presidential election in Colorado|1964]]'''
|[[Barry Goldwater]]/[[William E. Miller]]
|296,767
|38.19%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1968 United States presidential election in Colorado|1968]]'''
|[[Richard Nixon]]/[[Spiro Agnew]]
|409,345
|50.46%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1972 United States presidential election in Colorado|1972]]'''
|[[Richard Nixon]]/[[Spiro Agnew]]
|597,189
|62.61%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1976 United States presidential election in Colorado|1976]]'''
|[[Gerald Ford]]/[[Bob Dole]]
|584,367
|54.05%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1980 United States presidential election in Colorado|1980]]'''
|[[Ronald Reagan]]/[[George H. W. Bush]]
|652,264
|55.07%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1984 United States presidential election in Colorado|1984]]'''
|[[Ronald Reagan]]/[[George H. W. Bush]]
|821,818
|63.44%
|{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1988 United States presidential election in Colorado|1988]]'''
|[[George H. W. Bush]]/[[Dan Quayle]]
|728,177
|53.06%
|{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in Colorado|1992]]'''
|[[George H. W. Bush]]/[[Dan Quayle]]
|562,850
|35.87%
|{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in Colorado|1996]]'''
|[[Bob Dole]]/[[Jack Kemp]]
|691,848
|45.80%
|{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in Colorado|2000]]'''
|[[George W. Bush]]/[[Dick Cheney]]
|883,745
|50.75%
|{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in Colorado|2004]]'''
|[[George W. Bush]]/[[Dick Cheney]]
|1,101,255
|51.69%
|{{Composition bar|9|9|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in Colorado|2008]]'''
|[[John McCain]]/[[Sarah Palin]]
|1,073,629
|44.71%
|{{Composition bar|0|9|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Colorado|2012]]'''
|[[Mitt Romney]]/[[Paul Ryan]]
|1,185,243
|46.13%
|{{Composition bar|0|9|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Colorado|2016]]'''
|[[Donald Trump]]/[[Mike Pence]]
|1,202,484
|43.25%
|{{Composition bar|0|9|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Colorado|2020]]'''
|[[Donald Trump]]/[[Mike Pence]]
|1,364,607
|41.90%
|{{Composition bar|0|9|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Colorado|2024]]'''
|[[Donald Trump]]/[[JD Vance]]
|1,377,441
|43.14%
|{{Composition bar|0|10|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|}

=== Gubernatorial ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Colorado Republican Party gubernatorial election results
!Election
!Gubernatorial candidate/ticket
!Votes
!Vote %
!Result
|-
|'''[[1876 Colorado gubernatorial election|1876]]'''
|[[John Long Routt]]
|14,154
|51.53%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[1878 Colorado gubernatorial election|'''1878''']]
|[[Frederick Walker Pitkin]]
|14,308
|49.98%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[1880 Colorado gubernatorial election|'''1880''']]
|[[Frederick Walker Pitkin]]
|28,465
|53.28%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1882 Colorado gubernatorial election|1882]]'''
|E. L. Campbell
|28,820
|46.91%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1884 Colorado gubernatorial election|1884]]'''
|[[Benjamin Harrison Eaton]]
|33,845
|50.74%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1886 Colorado gubernatorial election|1886]]'''
|[[William H. Meyer (Colorado politician)|William H. Meyer]]
|26,816
|45.55%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1888 Colorado gubernatorial election|1888]]'''
|[[Job Adams Cooper]]
|49,490
|53.84%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1890 Colorado gubernatorial election|1890]]'''
|[[John Long Routt]]
|41,827
|50.11%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1892 Colorado gubernatorial election|1892]]'''
|[[Joseph Helm]]
|38,806
|41.79%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1894 Colorado gubernatorial election|1894]]'''
|[[Albert McIntire]]
|93,502
|51.95%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1896 Colorado gubernatorial election|1896]]'''
|G. H. Allen
|23,945
|12.66%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1898 Colorado gubernatorial election|1898]]'''
|Henry R. Wolcott
|51,051
|34.17%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1900 Colorado gubernatorial election|1900]]'''
|Frank C. Goudy
|96,027
|43.53%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1902 Colorado gubernatorial election|1902]]'''
|[[James Hamilton Peabody]]
|87,684
|46.94%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1904 Colorado gubernatorial election|1904]]'''
|[[James Hamilton Peabody]]
|113,754
|46.80%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1906 Colorado gubernatorial election|1906]]'''
|[[Henry Augustus Buchtel]]
|92,602
|45.59%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1908 Colorado gubernatorial election|1908]]'''
|[[Jesse Fuller McDonald]]
|118,953
|45.16%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1910 Colorado gubernatorial election|1910]]'''
|John B. Stephen
|97,691
|43.48%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1912 Colorado gubernatorial election|1912]]'''
|[[Clifford C. Parks]]
|63,061
|23.73%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1914 Colorado gubernatorial election|1914]]'''
|[[George Alfred Carlson]]
|129,096
|48.67%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1916 Colorado gubernatorial election|1916]]'''
|[[George Alfred Carlson]]
|117,723
|41.28%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1918 Colorado gubernatorial election|1918]]'''
|[[Oliver Henry Shoup]]
|112,693
|51.15%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1920 Colorado gubernatorial election|1920]]'''
|[[Oliver Henry Shoup]]
|174,488
|59.55%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1922 Colorado gubernatorial election|1922]]'''
|Benjamin Griffith
|134,353
|48.29%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1924 Colorado gubernatorial election|1924]]'''
|[[Clarence Morley]]
|178,078
|51.92%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1926 Colorado gubernatorial election|1926]]'''
|[[Oliver Henry Shoup]]
|116,756
|38.11%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[1928 Colorado gubernatorial election|'''1928''']]
|William L. Boatright
|114,067
|31.85%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1930 Colorado gubernatorial election|1930]]'''
|[[Robert F. Rockwell]]
|124,164
|38.06%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1932 Colorado gubernatorial election|1932]]'''
|James D. Parriott
|183,258
|40.78%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1934 Colorado gubernatorial election|1934]]'''
|Nathan C. Warren
|162,791
|39.91%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1936 Colorado gubernatorial election|1936]]'''
|Charles M. Armstrong
|210,614
|43.65%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1938 Colorado gubernatorial election|1938]]'''
|[[Ralph Lawrence Carr]]
|296,671
|59.50%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1940 Colorado gubernatorial election|1940]]'''
|[[Ralph Lawrence Carr]]
|296,671
|54.37%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1942 Colorado gubernatorial election|1942]]'''
|[[John Charles Vivian]]
|193,501
|56.23%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1944 Colorado gubernatorial election|1944]]'''
|[[John Charles Vivian]]
|259,862
|52.40%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1946 Colorado gubernatorial election|1946]]'''
|[[Leon Lavington]]
|160,483
|47.89%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1948 Colorado gubernatorial election|1948]]'''
|[[David A. Hamil]]
|168,928
|33.67%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1950 Colorado gubernatorial election|1950]]'''
|[[Daniel I. J. Thornton]]
|236,472
|52.43%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1952 Colorado gubernatorial election|1952]]'''
|[[Daniel I. J. Thornton]]
|349,924
|57.08%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1954 Colorado gubernatorial election|1954]]'''
|[[Donald G. Brotzman]]
|227,335
|46.44%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[1956 Colorado gubernatorial election|'''1956''']]
|[[Donald G. Brotzman]]
|313,950
|48.66%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1958 Colorado gubernatorial election|1958]]'''
|[[Palmer Burch]]
|228,643
|41.59%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1962 Colorado gubernatorial election|1962]]'''
|[[John Arthur Love]]
|349,342
|56.67%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1966 Colorado gubernatorial election|1966]]'''
|[[John Arthur Love]]
|356,730
|54.05%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1970 Colorado gubernatorial election|1970]]'''
|[[John Arthur Love]]/[[John D. Vanderhoof]]
|350,690
|52.46%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1974 Colorado gubernatorial election|1974]]'''
|[[John D. Vanderhoof]]/[[Ted L. Strickland]]
|378,907
|45.71%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1978 Colorado gubernatorial election|1978]]'''
|[[Ted L. Strickland]]/[[Hank Brown]]
|317,292
|38.53%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1982 Colorado gubernatorial election|1982]]'''
|[[John Fuhr]]/Robert E. Denier
|302,740
|31.67%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1986 Colorado gubernatorial election|1986]]'''
|[[Ted L. Strickland]]/Kathy Arnold
|434,420
|41.03%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1990 Colorado gubernatorial election|1990]]'''
|[[John Andrews (Colorado politician)|John Andrews]]/Lillian Bickel
|358,403
|35.43%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1994 Colorado gubernatorial election|1994]]'''
|[[Bruce D. Benson]]/Bob Schaeffer
|432,042
|38.70%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1998 Colorado gubernatorial election|1998]]'''
|[[Bill Owens (Colorado politician)|Bill Owens]]/[[Joe Rogers (politician)|Joe Rogers]]
|648,202
|49.06%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2002 Colorado gubernatorial election|2002]]'''
|[[Bill Owens (Colorado politician)|Bill Owens]]/[[Jane E. Norton]]
|884,583
|62.62%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2006 Colorado gubernatorial election|2006]]'''
|[[Bob Beauprez]]/Janet Rowland
|625,886
|40.2%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2010 Colorado gubernatorial election|2010]]'''
|Dan Maes/[[Tambor Williams]]
|199,792
|11.1%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2014 Colorado gubernatorial election|2014]]'''
|[[Bob Beauprez]]/Jill Repella
|938,195
|45.95%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2018 Colorado gubernatorial election|2018]]'''
|[[Walker Stapleton]]/[[Lang Sias]]
|1,080,801
|42.80%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2022 Colorado gubernatorial election|2022]]'''
|[[Heidi Ganahl]]/Danny Moore
|983,040
|39.2%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Republican Party (United States)]]
* [[Political party strength in Colorado]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Works cited==
* {{Cite news |last=Burness |first=Alex |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Election denialism and far-right activism sit firmly within the Colorado GOP |work=[[The Denver Post]] |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/11/colorad-gop-burton-brown-elections/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211131015/https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/11/colorad-gop-burton-brown-elections/ |archive-date=December 11, 2021}}
* {{Cite news |last=Frank |first=John |date=July 18, 2016 |title=Colorado delegates walk out in anti-Trump effort at Republican National Convention |work=[[The Denver Post]] |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/18/colorado-delegates-walk-out-anti-trump-republican-national-convention/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922131909/https://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/18/colorado-delegates-walk-out-anti-trump-republican-national-convention/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020}}
* {{Cite news |last=Frank |first=John |date=August 25, 2020 |title=How Colorado Republicans transformed from “Never Trump” to Donald Trump loyalists in four years |work=[[The Colorado Sun]] |url=https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/25/colorado-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-never-trump/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902230929/https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/25/colorado-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-never-trump/ |archive-date=September 2, 2020}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Jesse |last2=Frank |first2=John |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Colorado Republicans, reeling from 2018 losses, wonder: Is it us or is it Trump? |work=[[The Colorado Sun]] |url=https://coloradosun.com/2018/11/20/colorado-republicans-2018-losses-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527155457/https://coloradosun.com/2018/11/20/colorado-republicans-2018-losses-explained/ |archive-date=May 27, 2025}}
* {{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=November 12, 2020 |title=Where do Colorado Republicans go from here? |work=[[The Colorado Sun]] |url=https://coloradosun.com/2020/11/12/colorado-republican-party-future/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112205115/https://coloradosun.com/2020/11/12/colorado-republican-party-future/ |archive-date=November 12, 2020}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Swanson |first1=Conrad |last2=Burness |first2=Alex |date=December 20, 2020 |title=What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? |work=[[The Denver Post]] |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527151243/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |archive-date=May 27, 2025}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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