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The 2016 United States Senate election in Colorado will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Major party candidates can qualify for the ballot through party assemblies or by petition.[1] To qualify by assembly, a candidate must receive at least 30 percent of the vote from the party's state assembly.[1] To qualify by petition, the candidate must file at least 1,500 signatures from each congressional district by April 4, 2016.[1]
Qualified Political Organization nominees (i.e., the Unity Party of America nominee Bill Hammons) must file at least 1,000 signatures from across Colorado by July 14, 2016 to qualify for the November ballot.[2][3][4][5] Hammons successfully petitioned onto the U.S. Senate ballot in 2014.[6]
Incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet is running for re-election to a second full term in office. The Republican primary will take place on June 28.[7] Former Eagle County Commissioner Arn Menconi is the Green Party nominee. Chinese immigrant and naturalized citizen Lily Tang Williams is running to represent the Libertarian Party. [8] The primaries will be held on June 28.
Background
Democratic U.S. Senator Ken Salazar resigned in January 2009 to become United States Secretary of the Interior and Governor Bill Ritter appointed Bennet, the Superintendent of Denver Public Schools, to replace him. Bennet was elected to a full term in 2010, defeating Republican Ken Buck by 48.1% to 46.4%.
Democratic primary
Michael Bennet was unopposed for renomination.
Candidates
Declared
Republican primary
The Colorado Republican Party State Assembly was held on April 9, 2016.[9] Darryl Glenn won the convention with 70% of the vote.[10] Robert Blaha, Jack Graham, Jon Keyser, and Ryan Frazier sought to qualify for the ballot by petition instead of through the State Assembly.[11]
Candidates
Declared
Withdrawn
Rejected at convention[10]
Declined
- Christian Anschutz, real estate developer[35]
- Wil Armstrong, businessman, candidate for CO-06 in 2008 and son of former Senator William L. Armstrong[36]
- Dan Caplis, radio host[36][37]
- Dan Domenico, former Solicitor General of Colorado[38][39][40]
- Owen Hill, State Senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014[41][42][43][44]
- Steve Laffey, former Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, candidate for U.S. Senate from Rhode Island in 2006, and candidate for Colorado's 4th congressional district in 2014[42]
- Gale Norton, former United States Secretary of the Interior, former Attorney General of Colorado and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1996[45]
- Walker Stapleton, Colorado State Treasurer[46][47]
- Amy Stephens, former State Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014[41]
- Brian Watson, real estate developer[46]
- Rob Witwer, former State Representative[45]
- George Brauchler, Arapahoe County District Attorney[48]
- Ken Buck, U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 (running for re-election)[41][42][49]
- Bill Cadman, President of the Colorado Senate[43][50][51]
- Cynthia Coffman, Colorado Attorney General[52]
- Mike Coffman, U.S. Representative, former Secretary of State of Colorado and former Colorado State Treasurer (running for reelection)[53]
- Mike Kopp, former State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2014[36][54]
- Josh Penry, former State Senator[46][29]
- Ellen Roberts, State Senator[55]
- Doug Robinson, businessman[56][57]
- Mark Scheffel, Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate[58][59][51]
- Ray Scott, State Senator[60][61]
- Justin Smith, Larimer County Sheriff[62]
- Jerry Sonnenberg, State Senator[63]
- Scott Tipton, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)[64]
Endorsements
| Darryl Glenn |
- Individuals
- Catherine Bullock, Academy School District 20 Board of Education member[65]
- Rafael Dominguez, Mayor of Monument[65]
- Steven J. Durham, Chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education and former State Senator[65]
- Bill Elder, El Paso County Sheriff[66]
- Todd Evans, Fountain Police Chief[66]
- Jeff Kaiser, Mayor Pro Tem of Monument[65]
- Neil Levy, Mayor of Woodland Park[65]
- Rick McMorran, Black Forest Fire District Board Chairman[66]
- Steve Schleiker, El Paso County Assessor[65]
- Jake Shirk, Monument Police Chief[66]
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| Tim Neville |
- Individuals
- Justin Everett, State Representative[68]
- Ray Garcia, 2014 and 2016 State House candidate[68]
- Kevin Grantham, State Senator[68]
- Jennifer Green, Castle Rock Councilwoman[68]
- Ted Harvey, former State Senator[68]
- Chris Holbert, State Senator[68]
- Stephen Humphrey, State Representative[68]
- Janak Joshi, State Representative[68]
- Kent Lambert, State Senator[68]
- Tim Leonard, State Representative[68]
- Vicki Marble, State Senator[68]
- Thomas Massie, U.S. Representative (KY-04)[68]
- Patrick Neville, State Representative[68]
- Kim Ransom, State Representative[68]
- Lori Saine, State Representative[68]
- David Schultheis, former State Senator[68]
- Renee Valentine, Castle Rock Councilwoman[68]
- Kevin Van Winkle, State Representative[68]
- Dave Williams, former Vice Chair of the El Paso County Republican Party and 2014 and 2016 State House candidate[68]
- Organizations
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Third Party and Independent Candidates
Declared
General election
Predictions
Polling
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Hypothetical polling
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| Poll source |
Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Michael
Bennet (D) |
Scott
Tipton (R) |
Other |
Undecided |
| Democracy Corps |
October 24–28, 2015 |
1,600 |
± 3.2% |
50% |
44% |
– |
16% |
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| Poll source |
Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Michael
Bennet (D) |
Mike
Coffman (R) |
Other |
Undecided |
| Quinnipiac University |
March 29–April 7, 2015 |
894 |
± 3.3% |
40% |
43% |
4% |
14% |
| Poll source |
Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Michael
Bennet (D) |
Cynthia
Coffman (R) |
Other |
Undecided |
| Quinnipiac University |
March 29–April 7, 2015 |
894 |
± 3.3% |
44% |
36% |
5% |
15% |
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References
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External links
- Official campaign websites
