2020 United States Senate election in Colorado

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

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

Republican primary results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cory Gardner (incumbent)	554,806	100.00%
Total votes			554,806	100.00%

Libertarian Party primary

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

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

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.