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1922 Colorado Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1922 Colorado Gubernatorial Election?

William Ellery Sweet won the 1922 Colorado Gubernatorial Election. William Ellery Sweet received 138,098 popular votes (49.64%). The main challenger was Benjamin Griffith (48.29%).

See the full head-to-head between Sweet and Griffith

Sweet +1.4 pts · won by 3,745 votes
William Ellery SweetDemocraticWINNER49.64%
138,098 votes
Benjamin GriffithRepublican48.29%
134,353 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.1% 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.