Colorado § 1-4-204 - State and district officers.
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§ 1-4-204. State and district officers.
At the general election in 1982 and every fourth year thereafter, the following state officers shall be elected: One governor, one lieutenant governor, one secretary of state, one state treasurer, and one attorney general. The lieutenant governor shall be elected jointly with the governor. At every general election, the number of members of the state house of representatives to which each representative district is entitled shall be elected in that district. Candidates for the offices of regents of the university of Colorado, state senators, members of the state board of education, and district attorneys shall be voted on at the general election immediately prior to the expiration of the regular terms for those offices.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, § 4, effective January 1, 1993.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-16-102 as it existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: For terms of office for regents of the university of Colorado, see § 12 of art. IX, Colo. Const.; for terms of office for state senators, see § 2-2-103; for terms of office for members of the state board of education, see § 22-2-105; for terms of office for district attorneys, see § 13 of art. VI, Colo. Const.; for the election of presidential electors, see § 1-4-301; for the election of state officers, see §§ 1, 3, and 4 of art. IV, Colo. Const.; for the election of district judges, see §§ 10 and 11 of art. VI, Colo. Const.; for the election of district attorneys, see § 13 of art. VI, Colo. Const.; for the division of county into districts for the purpose of electing county commissioners, see § 30-10-306.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "The Constitutionality of Term Limitation", see 19 Colo. Law. 2193 (1990).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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