1890 Colorado Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1890 Colorado Gubernatorial Election?

John Long Routt won the 1890 Colorado Gubernatorial Election. John Long Routt received 41,827 popular votes (50.11%). The main challenger was Caldwell Yeaman (42.36%).

See the full head-to-head between Routt and Yeaman

Routt +7.8 pts · won by 6,468 votes
41,827 votes
35,359 votes
John G. CoyLabor Party6.23%
5,199 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.