State Senate District 2

Current Member
Name: Ken Kester (R)
Current Term: 2006 to 2010
Phone: 303-866-4877
Email: ken.kester.senate@state.co.us
State Website: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/senate/members/sen02.htm
Campaign/Personal Website: http://kesterforsenate.com/

Election 2008 Candidates
Next Election in 2010 ( No candidate webpage )


District Information - Boundary Data (KML Format for Google Earth)

Demographics By Party   All Years   Show/Hide  
Month/Year Republican (%) Democrat (%) Unaffiliated (%) 3rd Party Total Voters
11/2000 27176 (36.9) 27576 (37.5) 18735 (25.4) 131 73618
11/2004 28768 (37.8) 28456 (37.4) 18915 (24.8) 157 76139
11/2006 28392 (38) 27117 (36.3) 19063 (25.5) 195 74767
10/2007 27489 (37.5) 26029 (35.5) 19571 (26.7) 209 73298
4/2008 27685 (37.4) 26152 (35.3) 19924 (26.9) 210 73971

District 2 is most of southeast Colorado, minus the City of Pueblo. A majority of the population resides in Fremont, Otero, and the rest of Pueblo County. The portion of Pueblo County in this district is largely agricultural, with the major exception of the Pueblo Ordinance Depot for the U.S. Army. Fremont County is the prison capitol of the world, home of the Supermax prison and 12 other prisons, making it one of the main sources of employment in the area. Fremont County also has the Royal Gorge Park, with the world's highest suspension bridge. You can pay to cross it, but it goes nowhere. Otero County is a fertile region for agriculture, with towns situated along the three railroad lines that run through the county. Custer County crew from the silver boom in the later 1800s, and later hit when the price plummeted. Las Animas, Bent, Huerfano and Baca Counties are mainly agricultural countries now and were in the past, with railroads dictating where towns were located in the Eastern Plains.


Vote Results

State Senate 2 - Individual Race   2006   Show/Hide  
County Candidate Party Votes Winner    
Baca Michael R. Griego (D) 428    
Baca Kenneth Kester (R) 1432 X    
Bent Michael R. Griego (D) 537    
Bent Kenneth Kester (R) 1039 X    
Crowley Michael R. Griego (D) 385    
Crowley Kenneth Kester (R) 844 X    
Custer Michael R. Griego (D) 603    
Custer Kenneth Kester (R) 1211 X    
Fremont Michael R. Griego (D) 4594    
Fremont Kenneth Kester (R) 9099 X    
Huerfano Michael R. Griego (D) 1542    
Huerfano Kenneth Kester (R) 1294 X    
Las Animas Michael R. Griego (D) 2646    
Las Animas Kenneth Kester (R) 2138 X    
Otero Michael R. Griego (D) 2084    
Otero Kenneth Kester (R) 4036 X    
Pueblo Michael R. Griego (D) 3255    
Pueblo Kenneth Kester (R) 3853 X    
District Total
Michael R. Griego (D) 16074    
Kenneth Kester (R) 24946 X    

State Senate 2 - Individual Race   2002   Show/Hide  
County Candidate Party Votes Winner    
Baca Daniel B. Slater (D) 512    
Baca James G. Healey (LIB) 37    
Baca Ken Kester (R) 1595 X    
Bent Daniel B. Slater (D) 655    
Bent James G. Healey (LIB) 44    
Bent Ken Kester (R) 1241 X    
Crowley Daniel B. Slater (D) 379    
Crowley James G. Healey (LIB) 28    
Crowley Ken Kester (R) 886 X    
Custer Daniel B. Slater (D) 520    
Custer James G. Healey (LIB) 62    
Custer Ken Kester (R) 1318 X    
Fremont Daniel B. Slater (D) 5111    
Fremont James G. Healey (LIB) 470    
Fremont Ken Kester (R) 8281 X    
Huerfano Daniel B. Slater (D) 1385    
Huerfano James G. Healey (LIB) 114    
Huerfano Ken Kester (R) 1240 X    
Las Animas Daniel B. Slater (D) 2635    
Las Animas James G. Healey (LIB) 278    
Las Animas Ken Kester (R) 2178 X    
Otero Daniel B. Slater (D) 2233    
Otero James G. Healey (LIB) 77    
Otero Ken Kester (R) 3816 X    
Pueblo Daniel B. Slater (D) 3115    
Pueblo James G. Healey (LIB) 167    
Pueblo Ken Kester (R) 3407 X    
District Total
Daniel B. Slater (D) 16545    
James G. Healey (LIB) 1277    
Ken Kester (R) 23962 X    


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