| The Green Papers: Colorado 2005 Off Year Elections |
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Colorado
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Wayne Allard • First elected: 1996; re-elected 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1990, 1992, 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Ken Salazar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Bill Owens • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket- and nominated- with the Governor | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Democratic (3 Undetermined); 4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open) | |||||
| CD 1 | Democratic | Congressman Diana DeGette • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 2 | Democratic | Congressman Mark Udall • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 3 | Democratic | Congressman John T. Salazar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Marilyn Musgrave • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 5 | Republican | Congressman Joel Hefley • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 6 | Republican | Congressman Tom Tancredo • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 7 | Republican | Congressman Bob Beauprez • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Gigi Dennis • Appointed by Governor Bill Owens August 2005 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| On 29 August 2005, Gigi Dennis was appointed by Governor Bill Owens to fill the vacancy created when Secretary of State Donetta Davidson who was appointed by Governor Bill Owens in 1999, first elected in 2000, and re-elected in 2002 resigned to take a federal appointment. | |||||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Acting Treasurer Mark Hillman • Acting Treasurer effective 9 June 2005 during Mike Coffman's military leave of absence • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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June 2005: Treasurer Mike Coffman will be temporarily stepping down to return to active duty in the Marine Corps. Treasurer Mike Coffman was first elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. Mark Hillman became the acting Colorado State Treasurer on 9 June 2005 when Governor Bill Owens selected him to manage the Department of the Treasury during a military leave of absence by State Treasurer Mike Coffman. | |||||
| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Independent | Attorney General John W. Suthers • Appointed: 5 January 2005 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Attorney General Ken Salazar, who was first elected as Attorney General in 1998 and re-elected in 2002, was elected to the Class 3 Senate Seat in November 2004. In January 2005, Mr. Suthers was nominated for Attorney General by Governor Owens and confirmed by the State Senate. | |||||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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| 2002-2010 Congressional Districts 2002-2010 CDs |
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| County | District(s) |
| Adams | CDs 1, 2 & 7 |
| Alamosa | CD 3 |
| Arapahoe | CDs 1, 6 & 7 |
| Archuleta | CD 3 |
| Baca | CD 4 |
| Bent | CD 4 |
| Boulder | CDs 2 & 4 |
| Chaffee | CD 5 |
| Cheyenne | CD 4 |
| Clear Creek | CD 2 |
| Conejos | CD 3 |
| Costilla | CD 3 |
| Crowley | CD 5 |
| Custer | CD 3 |
| Delta | CD 3 |
| Denver (coterminous with the city of Denver) | CDs 1 & 6 |
| Dolores | CD 3 |
| Douglas | CD 6 |
| Eagle | CD 2 |
| Elbert | CD 6 |
| El Paso | CD 5 |
| Fremont | CD 5 |
| Garfield | CD 3 |
| Gilpin | CD 2 |
| Grand | CDs 2 |
| Gunnison | CD 3 |
| Hinsdale | CD 3 |
| Huerfano | CD 3 |
| Jackson | CD 3 |
| Jefferson | CDs 1, 2, 6 & 7 |
| Kiowa | CD 4 |
| Kit Carson | CD 4 |
| Lake | CD 5 |
| La Plata | CD 3 |
| Larimer | CD 4 |
| Las Animas | CD 3 |
| Lincoln | CD 4 |
| Logan | CD 4 |
| Mesa | CD 3 |
| Mineral | CD 3 |
| Moffat | CD 3 |
| Montezuma | CD 3 |
| Montrose | CD 3 |
| Morgan | CD 4 |
| Otero | CD 5 |
| Ouray | CD 3 |
| Park | CDs 5 & 6 |
| Phillips | CD 4 |
| Pitkin | CD 3 |
| Prowers | CD 4 |
| Pueblo | CDs 3 |
| Rio Blanco | CD 3 |
| Rio Grande | CD 3 |
| Routt | CD 3 |
| Saguache | CD 3 |
| San Juan | CD 3 |
| San Miguel | CD 3 |
| Sedgwick | CD 4 |
| Summit | CD 2 |
| Teller | CD 5 |
| Washington | CD 4 |
| Weld | CD 4 |
| Yuma | CD 4 |
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