Colorado

Congressional Races:
Districts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 3,656,000 (up 0.1% from 1990), 1.4% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 2,713,000; 1994 turnout, 41%

Median age: 32.5 years

Median household income: $37,833 ($5,569 below U.S. median)

Unemployment: 3.8% (1.8% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 40%

Bush (R): 36%

Perot (I): 23%

Congressional delegation: Two Democrats, six Republicans

Though the Centennial State is known for its spectacular natural beauty, more than half of Coloradans live in the Denver metropolitan area. Politically, the state seems marked by equally sharp peaks and valleys: the first state to enact term limits for state representatives in 1990, in 1992 it approved Measure 2, which rescinded state and local laws banning discrimination against gays. In this election, two House races will fill seats left vacant by long-time Representatives--Patricia Schroeder in the First and the Fourth's Wayne Allard, who is leaving to run for the Senate. That Senate seat is vacant as well, and both Allard and Democrat Tom Strickland have legitimate hopes of filling it.

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