# 1892 Colorado gubernatorial election

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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

1892 Colorado gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Populist | Davis Hanson Waite | 43,342 | 46.68% | N/A |
| | Republican | Joseph Helm | 38,806 | 41.79% | −8.32% |
| | Democratic | Joseph H. Maupin | 8,944 | 9.63% | −32.73% |
| | Prohibition | John Hipp | 1,764 | 1.90% | +0.63% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,536 | 4.91% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,856 | | |
| | Populist gain from Republican | Populist gain from Republican | Swing | | |
| 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 |