Colorado State House District 37
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Chad Clifford Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Chad CliffordDemocratic · Incumbent2 years since first winJill ThompsonRepublican
Last result · 2024 general: Chad Clifford (D) 97.3, Kevin Biehl (I) 2.7
- Earlier results
- Ruby Dickson (Democratic) won by 12.0 points, 2022Tom Sullivan (Democratic) won by 11.2 points, 2020, older linesAll 29 elections
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 32,324
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChad CliffordWon Democratic 31,46397.3% IndependentKevin Biehl Independent 8612.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,631
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRuby DicksonWon Democratic 23,30756.0% RepublicanPaul Archer Republican 18,32444.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,071
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom SullivanWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,82955.6% RepublicanCaroline Cornell Republican 22,24244.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,137
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom SullivanWon Democratic 21,68654.0% RepublicanCole Wist(incumbent) Republican 18,45146.0%
- 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.
All elections (29 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 32,324
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChad CliffordWon Democratic 31,46397.3% IndependentKevin Biehl Independent 8612.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,631
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRuby DicksonWon Democratic 23,30756.0% RepublicanPaul Archer Republican 18,32444.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,071
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom SullivanWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,82955.6% RepublicanCaroline Cornell Republican 22,24244.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,137
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom SullivanWon Democratic 21,68654.0% RepublicanCole Wist(incumbent) Republican 18,45146.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,034
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCole WistWon Republican 23,51854.6% DemocraticCarol A. Barrett Democratic 19,51645.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,938
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack TateWon Republican 19,10458.0% DemocraticNancy Cronk Democratic 13,83442.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,691
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSpencer SwalmWon(incumbent) Republican 21,31852.4% DemocraticJan Spooner Democratic 17,86443.9% LibertarianJeffrey J. Kicia Libertarian 1,5093.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,804
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSpencer SwalmWon(incumbent) Republican 18,78761.0% DemocraticBrett Godfrey Democratic 12,01739.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,858
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSpencer SwalmWon(incumbent) Republican 19,42751.3% DemocraticDiana Holland Democratic 17,44146.1% OtherBrian Olds Other 9902.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,858
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSpencer SwalmWon Republican 14,82551.4% DemocraticAngela Engel Democratic 14,03348.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,071
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauri ClappWon(incumbent) Republican 20,36058.0% DemocraticThomas M. Donahue Democratic 13,88339.6% LibertarianTravis L. Nicks Libertarian 8282.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,304
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauri ClappWon(incumbent) Republican 17,66464.7% DemocraticJohn R. Phillips Democratic 9,64035.3% OtherBennett Rutledge Other 00.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,804
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauri ClappWon(incumbent) Republican 15,15954.5% DemocraticPaula M. Busey Democratic 12,64545.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,239
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauri ClappWon Republican 13,47560.6% DemocraticWendy Band Democratic 8,25137.1% LibertarianChristopher Smith Libertarian 5132.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,667
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartha Hill KreutzWon(incumbent) Republican 15,48365.4% DemocraticNaomi Pollack Cohen Democratic 8,18434.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,328
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartha Hill KreutzWon(incumbent) Republican 12,01669.3% DemocraticNaomi Pollack Cohen Democratic 5,31230.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,284
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartha Hill KreutzWon Republican 15,06259.6% DemocraticScott L. Levin Democratic 10,22240.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,151
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom BlickensderferWon Republican 5,86557.8% DemocraticTom Burns Democratic 4,28642.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,046
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris PaulsonWon(incumbent) Republican 10,21663.7% DemocraticJ. Bear Baker Democratic 5,83036.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,901
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris PaulsonWon(incumbent) Republican 8,16063.3% DemocraticErica Byrne Democratic 4,74136.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,089
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris PaulsonWon(incumbent) Republican 12,089100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,756
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris PaulsonWon(incumbent) Republican 8,13259.1% DemocraticHarry M. Fleenor Jr. Democratic 5,62440.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,970
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris PaulsonWon Republican 8,04167.2% DemocraticHarry M. Fleenor Jr. Democratic 3,92932.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,497
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMartha M. EzzardWon Republican 6,80471.6% DemocraticCindy Fey Democratic 2,69328.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,187
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty Ann DittemoreWon(incumbent) Republican 7,92960.1% DemocraticWhiting Democratic 5,25839.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,108
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty Ann DittemoreWon(incumbent) Republican 5,57350.2% DemocraticThomas J. Burns Democratic 5,53549.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,372
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty Ann DittemoreWon(incumbent) Republican 8,02564.9% DemocraticBradford Morgan Democratic 4,34735.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,034
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty Ann DittemoreWon(incumbent) Republican 5,36766.8% DemocraticJane K. Sobol Democratic 2,66733.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,687
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Colorado House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty Ann DittemoreWon Republican 5,51656.9% DemocraticHenry L. Strauss Democratic 4,17143.1%
- 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
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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.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026