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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 8, 2022. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election, as well as all of Colorado's seats in the United States House of Representatives, and Colorado's U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Michael Bennet.
The Colorado Democratic Party had a very successful election, sweeping every statewide race by a double-digit margin. The party easily maintained control of the state's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat and all state executive offices, including the governorship. Democrats expanded their majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly and won five of eight U.S. House districts, including winning the newly drawn 8th district in an upset and nearly flipping the Republican-leaning 3rd district in an unexpectedly close result.
The lopsided results were described by many as a "blue wave", with one Republican strategist labeling it an "utter annihilation" in an op-ed with Colorado Politics.[1] After unexpectedly losing his own race, 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."[2]
- ^ Maher, Kelly. "PODIUM | Colorado GOP let anger eat its soul". Colorado Politics. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Birkeland, Bente. "'An extinction level event': Colorado Republicans react to deep election losses". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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