Kiowa County gave Mark Baisley 85 percent of its vote for the U.S. Senate - Colorado gave the seat to John Hickenlooper
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This article compares Kiowa County's vote with the statewide result. The county's full unofficial returns, contest by contest, are in Unofficial Kiowa County General Election Results - November 3, 2026.
Kiowa County voters went their own way on November 3. Of the 26 contests on their ballot that the whole state decided, Kiowa County came down on the same side as Colorado in five and on the opposite side in 21.
Democrats won all five statewide offices. Kiowa County voted Republican in every one of them, and not narrowly. Its widest margin was for Michael J. Allen, who took 88.2 percent of the county's vote for attorney general and 41.4 percent statewide. Jena Griswold won the office statewide with 58.6 percent.
In the U.S. Senate race, Kiowa County gave Republican Mark Baisley 84.6 percent. Democrat John Hickenlooper won statewide with 60.4 percent, and took 12.4 percent of the vote here.
The ballot measures are where Kiowa County and the state found common ground. Voters here landed on the same side as the state on five of the 14 measures:
- Amendment 85 — Plain Language Ballot Titles — 80.4 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide yes won with 50.7 percent.
- Proposition 132 — Increase Penalties for Fentanyl Crimes — 87.2 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide yes won with 52.6 percent.
- Proposition 133 — Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor — 92.7 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide yes won with 61.7 percent.
- Proposition 134 — Male and Female Participation in School and Collegiate Sports — 85.9 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide yes won with 52.2 percent.
- Proposition 135 — Prohibit Surgery on Minors in Response to Perception of Sex or Gender — 88.2 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide yes won with 51.7 percent.
Those five share a theme. Four of them raise criminal penalties or set rules for schools and for medical care for minors. The fifth requires ballot questions to be written in plain language. On each one the county wanted what the state wanted, only more strongly.
On the other nine measures the two parted ways, and that pattern is just as clear. Taxes, guns and hunting, immigration enforcement, redistricting and mail ballot identification all split the county from the state:
- Amendment 81 — Law Enforcement Communication with Federal Immigration Authorities — 84.0 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide no won with 55.2 percent.
- Amendment 82 — Constitutional Right to Purchase and Sell Natural Gas — 85.2 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide no won with 54.0 percent.
- Amendment 83 — Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish — 84.9 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide no won with 55.3 percent.
- Amendment 84 — Mail Ballot Voter Identification — 76.1 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide no won with 63.5 percent.
- Amendment 86 — Requirements for Off-Cycle Congressional Redistricting — 74.2 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide no won with 53.5 percent.
- Amendment 87 — Graduated Income Tax — 84.7 percent of Kiowa County voters said no; statewide yes won with 50.6 percent.
- Proposition NN — Keep and Spend Money for Education and Other Purposes — 73.9 percent of Kiowa County voters said no; statewide yes won with 55.4 percent.
- Proposition 136 — Income Tax Rate Limit — 82.6 percent of Kiowa County voters said yes; statewide no won with 52.8 percent.
- Proposition 137 — Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation — 71.7 percent of Kiowa County voters said no; statewide yes won with 50.3 percent.
The judges drew the sharpest break of all. Colorado voted to keep all seven of its Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges, each by better than two to one. Kiowa County voted to remove every one of them. Its closest call was Schock, where 56.5 percent voted no.
Its own judges were a different matter. Kiowa County voted to keep District Court Judge Johnson of the 15th Judicial District, with 60.7 percent.
One race on the ballot is not settled. The 4th Congressional District, which takes in Cheyenne, Kiowa and Prowers counties along with much of eastern Colorado, is too close to call. Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Republican Lauren Boebert across the district, 49.2 percent to 47.7 percent — a gap of 4,894 votes out of 343,281 counted. In Kiowa County, Boebert took 83.8 percent.
Turnout in Kiowa County was 723 ballots cast, 73.4 percent of 985 active voters. Statewide, Colorado counted 2,226,909 ballots from 4,085,721 active voters, a turnout of 54.5 percent.
Every statewide contest, side by side
| Contest | How Kiowa County voted | How Colorado voted | Same side? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | Michael J. Allen 88.2% | Jena Griswold 58.6% | No |
| Governor / Lieutenant Governor | Victor Marx / George Washington Markert 79.0% | Phil Weiser / Lesley Dahlkemper 61.1% | No |
| Secretary of State | James Wiley 84.6% | Amanda Gonzalez 60.0% | No |
| State Treasurer | Kevin Grantham 86.9% | Jeff Bridges 58.6% | No |
| United States Senator | Mark Baisley 84.6% | John Hickenlooper 60.4% | No |
| Colorado Court of Appeals Judge - Freyre | No 58.3% | Yes 69.4% | No |
| Colorado Court of Appeals Judge - Harris | No 58.7% | Yes 67.9% | No |
| Colorado Court of Appeals Judge - Lum | No 58.8% | Yes 69.2% | No |
| Colorado Court of Appeals Judge - Moultrie | No 58.6% | Yes 68.6% | No |
| Colorado Court of Appeals Judge - Schock | No 56.5% | Yes 68.3% | No |
| Colorado Court of Appeals Judge - Sullivan | No 58.0% | Yes 67.6% | No |
| Colorado Supreme Court Justice - Hood | No 56.9% | Yes 66.7% | No |
| Amendment 81 — Law Enforcement Communication with Federal Immigration Authorities | Yes/For 84.0% | No/Against 55.2% | No |
| Amendment 82 — Constitutional Right to Purchase and Sell Natural Gas | Yes/For 85.2% | No/Against 54.0% | No |
| Amendment 83 — Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish | Yes/For 84.9% | No/Against 55.3% | No |
| Amendment 84 — Mail Ballot Voter Identification | Yes/For 76.1% | No/Against 63.5% | No |
| Amendment 85 — Plain Language Ballot Titles | Yes/For 80.4% | Yes/For 50.7% | Yes |
| Amendment 86 — Requirements for Off-Cycle Congressional Redistricting | Yes/For 74.2% | No/Against 53.5% | No |
| Amendment 87 — Graduated Income Tax | No/Against 84.7% | Yes/For 50.6% | No |
| Proposition 132 — Increase Penalties for Fentanyl Crimes | Yes/For 87.2% | Yes/For 52.6% | Yes |
| Proposition 133 — Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor | Yes/For 92.7% | Yes/For 61.7% | Yes |
| Proposition 134 — Male and Female Participation in School and Collegiate Sports | Yes/For 85.9% | Yes/For 52.2% | Yes |
| Proposition 135 — Prohibit Surgery on Minors in Response to Perception of Sex or Gender | Yes/For 88.2% | Yes/For 51.7% | Yes |
| Proposition 136 — Income Tax Rate Limit | Yes/For 82.6% | No/Against 52.8% | No |
| Proposition 137 — Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation | No/Against 71.7% | Yes/For 50.3% | No |
| Proposition NN — Keep and Spend Money for Education and Other Purposes | No/Against 73.9% | Yes/For 55.4% | No |
Every figure in the county column above also appears, with the full candidate lists and vote counts, in Unofficial Kiowa County General Election Results - November 3, 2026.
County figures come from the Kiowa County Clerk and Recorder, and statewide figures from the Colorado Secretary of State's election night reporting site, which listed all three of the Press's counties as having completed their election night reporting. All results are unofficial until each county canvass is complete, and counties keep counting ballots that voters correct, along with military and overseas ballots, in the days after the election. Measure names are the Blue Book titles.
