1892 Colorado gubernatorial election

The 1892 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. People's Party nominee Davis Hanson Waite defeated Republican nominee Joseph Helm with 46.68% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Joseph Helm, Republican
Joseph H. Maupin, Democratic

Other candidates

Davis Hanson Waite, People's
John Hipp, Prohibition

Results

County	Waite %	Waite #	Helm %	Helm #	Maupin %	Maupin #	Hipp %	Hipp #	Total
Arapahoe	40.03%	9,393	49.35%	11,578	8.54%	2,004	2.06%	485	23,460
Archuleta	26.14%	57	49.08%	107	24.77%	54	0.00%	0	218
Baca	42.31%	135	48.27%	154	7.52%	24	1.88%	6	319
Bent	54.87%	214	41.53%	162	3.07%	12	0.51%	2	390
Boulder	56.14%	2,034	36.68%	1,329	3.61%	131	3.56%	129	3,623
Chaffee	52.04%	867	42.25%	704	4.74%	79	0.96%	16	1,666
Cheyenne	20.13%	30	65.10%	97	14.76%	22	0.00%	0	131
Clear Creek	75.06%	1,674	23.67%	528	0.40%	9	0.85%	19	2,230
Conejos	34.59%	492	60.68%	863	4.07%	58	0.63%	9	1,422
Costilla	26.10%	213	63.72%	520	9.55%	78	0.61%	5	816
Custer	41.69%	281	44.36%	299	13.50%	91	0.44%	3	674
Delta	52.86%	369	33.81%	236	11.31%	79	2.00%	14	698
Dolores	60.04%	526	34.58%	303	4.90%	43	0.45%	4	876
Douglas	32.50%	195	61.33%	368	5.50%	33	0.66%	4	600
Eagle	63.78%	597	29.70%	278	6.19%	58	0.32%	3	936
El Paso	42.07%	2,324	48.34%	2,670	6.55%	362	3.02%	167	5,523
Elbert	39.85%	163	46.21%	189	12.95%	53	0.97%	4	409
Fremont	42.09%	879	35.82%	748	19.73%	412	2.34%	49	2,088
Garfield	43.36%	572	47.76%	630	8.03%	106	0.83%	11	1,319
Gilpin	59.71%	762	34.79%	444	1.72%	22	3.76%	48	1,276
Grand	33.33%	77	49.78%	115	16.45%	38	0.43%	1	231
Gunnison	53.58%	792	39.51%	584	6.22%	92	0.67%	10	1,478
Hinsdale	68.19%	1,072	27.67%	435	3.88%	61	0.25%	4	1,572
Huerfano	17.31%	254	48.87%	717	33.53%	492	0.27%	4	1,467
Jefferson	38.14%	690	43.28%	783	12.38%	224	6.19%	112	1,809
Kiowa	25.71%	72	55.35%	155	18.21%	51	0.71%	2	280
Kit Carson	37.34%	186	53.41%	266	8.03%	40	1.20%	6	498
La Plata	50.97%	810	36.31%	577	11.89%	189	0.81%	13	1,589
Lake	60.12%	1,870	32.92%	1,024	6.59%	205	0.35%	11	3,110
Larimer	44.93%	1,007	43.28%	970	6.11%	137	5.66%	127	2,241
Las Animas	15.53%	482	35.84%	1,112	45.61%	1,415	2.99%	93	3,102
Lincoln	2.90%	5	65.69%	112	30.23%	52	1.16%	2	172
Logan	37.09%	217	52.82%	309	8.54%	50	1.53%	9	585
Mesa	42.22%	516	42.96%	525	8.26%	101	6.54%	80	1,222
Montezuma	65.99%	326	26.31%	130	7.69%	38	0.00%	0	494
Montrose	53.77%	463	34.72%	299	10.45%	90	1.04%	9	861
Morgan	42.22%	182	47.56%	205	9.51%	41	0.69%	3	431
Otero	46.67%	533	41.68%	476	9.28%	106	2.36%	27	1,142
Ouray	79.98%	1,419	18.20%	323	1.12%	20	0.67%	12	1,774
Park	60.15%	613	36.21%	369	3.33%	34	0.29%	3	1,019
Phillips	38.40%	207	49.16%	265	7.79%	42	4.63%	25	539
Pitkin	78.22%	2,508	17.28%	554	4.21%	135	0.28%	9	3,206
Prowers	37.93%	173	49.12%	224	12.50%	57	0.43%	2	456
Pueblo	36.16%	1,879	45.80%	2,380	16.51%	858	1.52%	79	5,196
Rio Blanco	42.18%	143	35.10%	119	21.53%	73	1.17%	4	339
Rio Grande	43.65%	475	48.52%	528	5.79%	63	2.02%	22	1,088
Routt	24.68%	158	51.56%	330	22.96%	147	0.78%	5	640
Saguache	59.39%	531	36.46%	326	3.80%	34	0.33%	3	894
San Juan	79.57%	448	18.65%	105	1.42%	8	0.35%	2	563
San Miguel	71.91%	817	24.11%	274	3.25%	37	0.70%	8	1,136
Sedgwick	48.16%	144	44.14%	132	7.02%	21	0.66%	2	299
Summit	67.13%	715	29.48%	314	2.15%	23	1.22%	13	1,065
Washington	22.02%	89	60.89%	246	14.35%	58	2.72%	11	404
Weld	53.49%	1,453	41.56%	1,129	2.61%	71	2.31%	63	2,716
Yuma	43.77%	239	34.06%	186	20.32%	111	1.83%	10	546