After the 2020 elections, Republicans held the smallest amount of political power in the state government since World War II.

[9][10] Since 2016, the Colorado GOP has shifted more rightward in their political positions and have subsequently embraced Trumpism and far-right ideologies.

[11][12][13] Starting in the early 2010s, active voter registrations with the Colorado GOP has seen a decline and fell behind the Democratic Party in 2016.

[17] On December 7, 2020, a group of Republicans requested to the Speaker of the House KC Becker that a committee be formed on "election integrity" to conduct an audit of the Dominion Voting Systems used in Colorado in spite of no evidence of issues.

The request was rejected, with Becker criticizing it as "a dangerous stunt" and a promotion of "debunked conspiracy theories.