COLORADO'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The '1st Congressional district of Colorado' is located in central Colorado, encompassing the city of Denver and nearby areas. It is represented in the 109th Congress by Democrat Diana DeGette.

Contents

1990s alignment

2000s alignment

Competitiveness

2004 election

2006 election

Representatives

1990s alignment

Following the 1990 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 1st Congressional district consisted of all of Denver County and parts of Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson counties.

2000s alignment

Following the 2000 U.S. census and associated realignment 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 Denver county.

Competitiveness

As with most urban districts, Colorado's 1st District has proven to be friendly territory for Democrats. Based almost wholly in the city of Denver, the 1st has not elected a Republican since Patricia Schroeder (D) defeated incumbent Mike McKevitt (R) in 1972. African-Americans make up 8 percent of the district while Latinos account for 23 percent. George W. Bush received 31% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +18.

2004 election

2006 election

Representatives

Name	'Took Office'	'Left Office'	'Congress'	'Party'
James Belford	October 3, 1876	December 13, 1877	'44th'	Republican
Thomas Patterson	December 13, 1877	March 3, 1879	'45th'	Democrat
James Belford	March 4, 1879	March 3, 1885	'46th'-'48th'	Republican
George Symes	March 4, 1885	March 3, 1889	'49th'-'50th'	Republican
Hosea Townsend	March 4, 1889	March 3, 1893	'51st'-'52nd'	Republican
Lafayette Pence	March 4, 1893	March 3, 1895	'53rd'	Populist
John Shafroth	March 4, 1895	February 15, 1904	'54th'-'58th'	Silver Republican
Robert W. Bonynge	February 16, 1904	March 3, 1907	'58th'-'60th'	Republican
Atterson Rucker	March 4, 1909	March 3, 1913	'61st'-'62nd'	Democrat
George Kindel	March 4, 1913	March 3, 1915	'63rd'	Democrat
Benjamin Hilliard	March 4, 1915	March 3, 1919	'64th'-'65th'	Democrat
William Vaile	March 4, 1919	July 2, 1927	'66th'-'70th'	Republican
S. Harrison White	November 15, 1927	March 3, 1929	'70th'	Democrat
William R. Eaton	March 4, 1929	March 3, 1933	'71st'-'72nd'	Republican
Lawrence Lewis	March 4, 1933	December 9, 1943	'73rd'-'78th'	Democrat
Dean M. Gillespie	March 7, 1944	January 3, 1947	'78th'-'79th'	Republican
John A. Carroll	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1951	'80th'-'81st'	Democrat
Byron Rogers	January 3, 1951	January 3, 1973	'82nd'-'91st'	Democrat
James McKevitt	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1973	'92nd'	Republican
Patricia Schroeder	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1997	'93rd'-'104th'	Democrat
Diana DeGette	January 3, 1997		'105th'-'110th'	Democrat