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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1998 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 3, 1998, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell won re-election to a second term.
Contents
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Dottie Lamm, former First Lady of Colorado
- Gil Romero
Results
| Democratic primary results[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Dottie Lamm | 84,929 | 57.98 | |
| Democratic | Gil Romero | 61,548 | 42.02 | |
| Total votes | 146,477 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Bill Eggert, 1994 Republican congressional candidate
Results
| Republican primary results[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (inc.) | 154,702 | 70.62 | |
| Republican | Bill Eggert | 64,347 | 29.38 | |
| Total votes | 219,049 | 100.00 | ||
General election
Candidates
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R), incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1992
- Dottie Lamm, former First Lady of Colorado
Campaign
Campbell, who was elected in 1992 as a Democrat, switched parties after the 1994 Republican Revolution. He faced a primary challenger, but won with over 70% of the vote. In the general election, Democratic nominee Dottie Lamm criticized Campbell of flip flopping from being a moderate liberal to moderate conservative.[3][4] In fact, throughout the entire campaign, Lamm mostly sent out negative attack advertisements about Campbell.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (inc.) | 829,370 | 62.49% | +19.78% | |
| Democratic | Dottie Lamm | 464,754 | 35.02% | -16.76% | |
| Libertarian | David S. Segal | 14,024 | 1.06% | +1.06% | |
| Constitution | Kevin Swanson | 9,775 | 0.74% | ||
| Natural Law | Jeffrey Peckham | 4,101 | 0.31% | ||
| Independent | John Heckman | 3,230 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | Gary Swing | 1,981 | 0.15% | ||
| Majority | 364,616 | 27.47% | +18.40% | ||
| Turnout | 1,327,235 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/1998/Primary/1998UnitedStatesSenateResults.pdf
- ↑ http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/1998/Primary/1998UnitedStatesSenateResults.pdf
- ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67564320.html
- ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4EC77EDB1FBFF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF44FB039DE599&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm
