Presidential
Chaffee County is one that Democrats flipped in 2020 Presidentially, and it hasn't looked back since. Harris won the county by a whopping 14 points. The county seat of Salida went extremely hard for Democrats, and Republicans only found relative success around Buena Vista in the north. This county is extremely dependend on outdoor tourism, which tracks with other Democratic gains around the country
HD 59 sits in the south of the state, and is centered around the city of Durango, with a number of Hispanic and Native American communities. In 2024, Kamala Harris won the district by 7.5 points, losing the most ground to Trump in the more rural and white eastern end of the district