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2020 United States Senate election in Colorado

election

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Colorado. The main two people in the election were Cory Gardner (Republican Party) and John Hickenlooper (Democratic Party). Hickenlooper won the election and became Senator. Gardner was Senator before the election.[1]

2020 United States Senate election in Colorado
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Nominee John Hickenlooper Cory Gardner
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,731,114 1,429,492
Percentage 53.5% 44.2%
County results
Hickenlooper:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Gardner:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
U.S. Senator before election

Cory Gardner
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Hickenlooper
Democratic

Primary elections happened on June 30, 2020.[2][3] In the Republican Party primary, nobody went against Cory Gardner. There were two people in the Democratic Party primary election: John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff. Hickenlooper won this primary. There was also a primary for the Libertarian Party between Raymon Doane and Gaylon Kent. Doane won this primary.

Democratic Party primary

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Results by county:
Hickenlooper
  •   Hickenlooper—70–80%
  •   Hickenlooper—60–70%
  •   Hickenlooper—50–60%
Romanoff
  •   Romanoff–50–60%
Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Hickenlooper 585,826 58.65%
Democratic Andrew Romanoff 412,955 41.35%
Total votes 998,781 100.00%

Republican Party primary

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Republican primary results [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cory Gardner (incumbent) 554,806 100.00%
Total votes 554,806 100.00%

Libertarian Party primary

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Libertarian primary results [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Raymon Doane 3,477 62.41%
Libertarian Gaylon Kent 2,094 37.59%
Total votes 5,571 100.00%

Results

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United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Hickenlooper 1,731,114 53.50% +7.24%
Republican Cory Gardner (incumbent) 1,429,492 44.18% -4.03%
Libertarian Raymon Doane 56,262 1.74% -0.85%
Approval Voting Daniel Doyle 9,820 0.30% N/A
Unity Stephen Evans 8,971 0.28% -0.04%
Total votes 3,235,659 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

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  1. ↑ https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-11-03/democrat-john-hickenlooper-defeats-cory-gardner-for-colorado-senate-seat
  2. ↑ Griswold, Jena (2019). "Major Party Candidate Petition". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1 Elections § 1-4-801 Designation of party candidates by petition". Colorado Revised Statutes. State of Colorado. 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ "UNITED STATES SENATOR - DEMOCRATIC PARTY". Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ "UNITED STATES SENATOR - REPUBLICAN PARTY". Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "UNITED STATES SENATOR - LIBERTARIAN PARTY". Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 General Election Candidate Ballot Order". Colorado Secretary of State. July 13, 2020. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2020 General Election - Official Compiled Results". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
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