Colorado State House District 36
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Michael Carter Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Michael CarterDemocratic · Incumbent2 years since first winPaul E. NelsonRepublican
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Michael Carter (D) 71.5, Eric Mulder (O) 28.5
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- Michael CarterIncumbentDemocratic
- Paul E. NelsonRepublican
- Andrew GibsonLibertarian
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- Last election
- Michael Carter (Democratic) won by 43.0 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 3 candidates
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Left column: CarterRight column: Nelson
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 2
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- Michael CarterIncumbentDemocratic
- Paul E. NelsonRepublican
- Andrew GibsonLibertarian
Source: coloradosos.gov (XLSX), dated Sep 15
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 29,984
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael CarterWon Democratic 21,45271.5% OtherEric Mulder Other 8,53228.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,447
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike WeissmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,73664.0% RepublicanWilliam Walters Republican 7,05832.9% LibertarianAndrew Gibson Libertarian 6533.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,622
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike WeissmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,68761.2% RepublicanDustin Bishop Republican 16,93538.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,134
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike WeissmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,99461.0% RepublicanRichard J. Bowman Republican 12,14039.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,131
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike WeissmanWon Democratic 19,42355.3% RepublicanRichard J. Bowman Republican 15,70844.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,094
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSu RydenWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,88151.5% RepublicanRichard J. Bowman Republican 11,21348.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,460
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSu RydenWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,57757.7% RepublicanJames W. Parker III Republican 11,63638.2% LibertarianWes Long Libertarian 1,2474.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,363
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSu RydenWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,78355.7% RepublicanGary Marshall Republican 8,58044.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,276
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSu RydenWon Democratic 16,87859.7% RepublicanKathy Green Republican 11,39840.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,098
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMorgan CarrollWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,04762.4% RepublicanBrian Boney Republican 6,05137.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,835
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMorgan CarrollWon Democratic 13,15955.2% RepublicanJames W. Parker Republican 10,67644.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,535
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank WeddigWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,88554.3% RepublicanJames W. Parker Republican 6,65045.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,749
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary HodgeWon Democratic 8,36453.1% RepublicanThomas M. Janich Republican 6,75842.9% LibertarianClayton Steiner Libertarian 6274.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,375
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStephanie TakisWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,28450.8% RepublicanJack Fish Republican 5,35843.3% OtherThomas M. Janich Other 7335.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,154
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStephanie TakisWon Democratic 7,84655.4% RepublicanAxel Johnson Republican 6,30844.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,003
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDon ArmstrongWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,77152.5% RepublicanMike Sheely Republican 5,23247.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,631
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDon ArmstrongWon Democratic 9,71358.4% RepublicanDon Hamstra Republican 6,91841.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,833
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve RuddickWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,94863.2% RepublicanRoger Sherman Republican 2,88536.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,815
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve RuddickWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,94357.5% RepublicanEd Quick Republican 5,87242.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,055
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve RuddickWon Democratic 5,65951.2% RepublicanJohn Singer(incumbent) Republican 5,39648.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,146
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn SingerWon Republican 7,64150.5% DemocraticAnnabelle M. Dunning(incumbent) Democratic 7,50549.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,947
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnnabelle M. DunningWon Democratic 6,05250.7% RepublicanBev Scherling(incumbent) Republican 5,89549.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,071
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBev ScherlingWon(incumbent) Republican 6,25769.0% DemocraticJames Wright Democratic 2,81431.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,152
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBev ScherlingWon Republican 3,96355.4% DemocraticBob Hagedorn Democratic 3,18944.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,281
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGerard FrankWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,90157.4% RepublicanBev Scherling Republican 4,38042.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,215
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGerard FrankWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,17263.0% RepublicanJ. C. Grisinger Republican 3,04337.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,076
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGerard FrankWon Democratic 5,22351.8% RepublicanMary K. Ayers Republican 4,85348.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,514
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeo LuceroWon Democratic 4,96866.1% RepublicanDon Ware Republican 2,54633.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,807
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Colorado House of Representatives District 36, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas H. DameronWon(incumbent) Republican 5,82766.2% DemocraticDonald Brown Democratic 2,98033.8%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Colorado State House District 36, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/co/house/36. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:co/sldl:36
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026