Democrats Lose Supermajority In State House After Recount Confirms Seat Flips To Republican

After a pair of completed recounts in Colorado, Democrats will no longer have a supermajority in the Colorado House of Representatives.

Rebecca Keltie, the Republican candidate in Colorado House District 16, won by a razor-thin margin of three votes.

MASSIVE: A recount results in the FLIP of a Colorado State House seat by 3 VOTES in favor of the Republican.

This result means that Democrats lost their supermajority in Colorado.

Colorado District 16:
Rebecca Keltie: 20,641 (+3 votes)
Rep. Stephanie Vigil: 20,638… pic.twitter.com/I7t7t1Weem

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 8, 2024

Per Colorado Politics:

With that recount — and another for House District 16 in Colorado Springs that was also declared for the Republican candidate, Rebecca Keltie — the House is now split with 43 Democrats to 22 Republicans, with the latter gaining three seats following the 2024 general election.

The third seat was in House District 50 in Greeley, where Republican Ryan Gonzalez defeated three-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Young.

The three-seat switch means Democrats dropped below the 44 seats needed for a supermajority. In the 2023-24 session, Democrats held 46 seats to Republicans’ 19.

The House District 16 recount resulted in a tie, but the three-member canvass board, comprised of one Democrat, one Republican and the county clerk, voted to rescind three votes for Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil, giving Keltie a three-vote margin of victory. The board then certified the results, and the the Secretary of State accepted the outcome. The total vote in the district was 41,279 votes, with Keltie winning with 50.00004% of the vote to Vigil’s 49.99996%.

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DENVER — Colorado Democrats lose supermajority in State House after recount flips key district to Republicans by 3 votes.

— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) December 8, 2024

Republican @Keltie4Congress flips a CO State House seat by THREE votes. We flipped another by 110. Democratic supermajority broken. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/lZJmdqQNQp

— Tim in (@MrNOVApolitico) December 6, 2024

From The Colorado Sun:

Meanwhile, the recount in House District 19 didn’t change former state Rep. Dan Woog’s victory over Democrat Jillaire McMillan. Woog, a Republican, picked up an extra vote, expanding his victory to 110 votes.

The recount results were announced Thursday evening. Colorado law requires an automatic recount when the difference between the top candidates is less than 0.5% of the winner’s vote total.

Republicans flipped a third House seat in the Nov. 5 election. Democratic state Rep. Mary Young of Greeley also lost her reelection bid in House District 50 to Republican Ryan Gonzalez.

The three flipped seats will reduce the Democratic edge in the House to 43-22 from 46-19.

That’s a major divide. Still, the results are a disappointment for Democrats, who had hoped to win one more seat in the Senate and keep their House advantage to achieve a rare, veto-proof supermajority in both chambers at the Capitol.

The 2025 legislative session begins Jan. 5.

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