Professor John Straayer of Colorado State University assesses whether Colorado is slowly becoming a strongly Republican state.
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  POPULATION: 3,970,971

  ELECTORAL VOTES: 8

  STATE CAPITAL: Denver

  GOVERNOR: Bill Owens (D)

  SENATORS: Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R)1992-2004,
  Wayne Allard (R)1996-2002

  HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES: 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats

  1996 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
  Dole 46%
  Clinton 44%
  Perot 7%

  1992 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
  Clinton 40%
  Bush 36%
  Perot 23%

  PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES:
  March 10 - Democratic and Republican Primaries

  LATEST POLLS:
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