Colorado's 1st congressional district

Colorado's 1st congressional district
	Colorado's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Diana DeGette; D–Denver
Distribution	100% urban[1]; 0% rural;
Population (2016)	812,843[2]
Median income	$67,441[3]
Ethnicity	59.43% white; 27.64% Hispanic; 8.65% black; 3.53% Asian; 0.75% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+21[4]

Colorado's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado based primarily in the City and County of Denver in the central part of the state. The district includes all of the City and County of Denver, and the nearby suburbs of Glendale, Englewood, Sheridan, and Cherry Hills Village.

The district has been represented by Democrat Diana DeGette since 1997.

An urban and diverse district based in the heart of Metropolitan Denver, this district is the most Democratic district in the Mountain West. Only two Republicans have been elected to the district's Congressional seat since the Great Depression. Dean M. Gillespie was the district's representative from 1944 to 1947, and Mike McKevitt served one term from 1971 to 1973, winning thanks to an ideological split among Denver Democrats.

History

1990s

Following the 1990 U.S. Census and associated re-alignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 1st Congressional district consisted of all of the City and County of Denver and parts of Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson counties.

2000s

Following the 2000 U.S. census and associated re-alignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 1st Congressional district consists of parts of Arapahoe County, including parts or all of the cities of Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Sheridan, Aurora, and Glendale, and all of the City and County of Denver.

2010s

Following the 2010 U.S. Census and associated re-alignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 1st Congressional district consisted of all of the City and County of Denver and parts of Arapahoe County including parts or all of the cities of Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Sheridan, Aurora, and Glendale. Following the census, the 1st district took in additional area in the southwestern suburbs which included parts of Jefferson County and parts or all of the cities of Columbine and Ken Caryl.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 61 – 33%
2004	President	Kerry 68 – 31%
2008	President	Obama 74 – 24%
2012	President	Obama 69 – 29%
2016	President	Clinton 69 – 23%

Recent election results

2002

2002 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	111,718	66%
	Republican	Ken Chlouber	49,884	30%
	Green	Ken Seaman	3,209	2%
	Libertarian	Kent Leonard	2,584	1%
	Constitution	George C. Lilly	1,169	1%
Majority			61,834	36%
Total votes			168,564	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	177,077	74%
	Republican	Roland Chicas	58,659	24%
	Constitution	George C. Lilly	5,193	2%
Majority			118,418	50%
Total votes			240,929	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	129,446	80%
	Green	Thomas D. Kelly	32,825	20%
Majority			96,621	60%
Total votes			162,271	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	203,756	72%
	Republican	George C. Lilly	67,346	24%
	Libertarian	Martin L. Buchanan	12,136	4%
Majority			136,410	48%
Total votes			283,249	100%
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	140,073	67%
	Republican	Mike Fallon	59,747	29%
	Green	Gary Swing	2,923	2%
	Libertarian	Clint Jones	2,867	1%
	Constitution	Chris Styskal	2,141	1%
Majority			80,326	38%
Total votes			207,751	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	237,579	68%
	Republican	Danny Stroud	93,217	27%
	Libertarian	Frank Atwood	12,585	4%
	Green	Gary Swing	4,829	1%
Majority			144,362	41%
Total votes			348,228	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	183,281	66%
	Republican	Martin Walsh	80,682	29%
	Libertarian	Frank Atwood	9,292	3%
	Independent	Danny Stroud	5,236	2%
Majority			102,599	37%
Total votes			278,494	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	257,254	67.9%	+1.9%
	Republican	Charles Stockham	105,030	27%	-2.0%
	Libertarian	Darrell Dinges	16,752	4.4%	+2.2%
Majority			152,224	40.2%	+3.2%
Total votes			379,036	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

2018

2018 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (Incumbent)	272,886	73.8%
	Republican	Casper Stockham	85,207	23.1%
	Libertarian	Raymon Doane	11,600	3.1%
Total votes			369,693	100.0%
	Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1893
Lafayette Pence	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
John F. Shafroth	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1894. Changed parties and re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Changed parties and re-elected in 1902 but resigned after declaring his conviction that his opponent was actually elected.
	Silver Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – February 15, 1904
Robert W. Bonynge	Republican	February 16, 1904 – March 3, 1909	58th 59th 60th	Won election contest. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
Atterson W. Rucker	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost renomination.
George Kindel	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Benjamin Hilliard	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
William Vaile	Republican	March 4, 1919 – July 2, 1927	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Died.
Vacant		July 3, 1927 – November 14, 1927
S. Harrison White	Democratic	November 15, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected to finish Vaile's term. Lost re-election.
William R. Eaton	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Lawrence Lewis	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – December 9, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Died.
Vacant		December 9, 1943 – March 7, 1944
Dean M. Gillespie	Republican	March 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947	78th 79th	Elected to finish Lewis's term. Re-elected later in 1944. Lost re-election.
John A. Carroll	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951	80th 81st	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Byron Rogers	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-nomination.
Mike McKevitt	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	Elected in 1970. Lost re-election.
Pat Schroeder	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Diana DeGette	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – present	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=08&cd=01
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=08&cd=01
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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