The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:6(1.38% of 435)
2002 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
1990 Census: 3,294,473(1.32% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 4,311,882(1.53% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 2,099,364
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 2,961,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7 PM MST (0200 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Republican  Governor Bill Owens
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Republican  Senator Wayne Allard
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Class 3Republican  Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
First elected as a Democrat: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 3 March 1995; re-elected as a Republican: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats, 4 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Congressman Diana DeGette
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Mark Udall
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Scott McInnis
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Republican  Congressman Bob Schaffer
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Republican  Congressman Joel Hefley
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Tom Tancredo
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Colorado has 63 counties and 6 congressional districts: 58 of these counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 5 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Denver (which is coterminous with the City of Denver)
  • CD # 2: Boulder, Clear Creek and Gilpin
  • CD # 3: Alamosa, Archuleta, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Lake, La Plata, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Park, Pitkin, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel and Summit.
  • CD # 4: Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Otero, Phillips, Prowers, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma.
  • CD # 5: El Paso and Teller.

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split between one or more Congressional Districts):

  • Adams: CDs 1, 2 and 4
  • Arapahoe: CDs 1, 4, 5 and 6
  • Douglas: CDs 3 and 5
  • Fremont: CDs 3 and 5
  • Jefferson: CDs 1, 2, 3 and 6