1996 United States Senate election in Colorado
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The 1996 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Hank Brown decided to retire instead of seeking a second term. Republican Wayne Allard won the open seat.
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County results Allard: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Strickland: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Wayne Allard, U.S. Representative from Fort Collins
- Gale Norton, Attorney General of Colorado
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wayne Allard | 115,064 | 56.83% | |
Republican | Gale Norton | 87,394 | 43.17% | |
Total votes | 202,458 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Tom Strickland, attorney
- Gene Nichol, dean of the University of Colorado Law School
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Strickland | 87,294 | 66.13% | |
Democratic | Gene Nichol | 44,709 | 33.87% | |
Total votes | 132,003 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Candidates edit
- Wayne Allard, U.S. Representative from Fort Collins (Republican)
- Randy MacKenzie (Natural Law)
- Tom Strickland, attorney (Democratic)
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Allard | 750,315 | 51.41% | -4.27% | |
Democratic | Tom Strickland | 667,600 | 45.74% | +4.08% | |
Natural Law | Randy MacKenzie | 41,620 | 2.85% | ||
Write-ins | 66 | <0.01% | |||
Majority | 82,715 | 5.67% | -8.35% | ||
Turnout | 1,459,601 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/1996/Primary/1996StateCongressDistrictsResults.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/1996/Primary/1996StateCongressDistrictsResults.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. "STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 5, 1996" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 12,13. Retrieved November 16, 2020.