The Green Papers: Colorado 2007 Off Year Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:9(1.67% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2000 Census:4,311,882 (1.53% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):3,067,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,274,152
Capital:Denver
 

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Colorado State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator A. 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
Open Seat - Announced retirement 15 January 2007 effective at the end of this term.

Class 3 Democratic Senator Ken Salazar (as candidate)
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr. (as candidate)
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket- and nominated- with the Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (3 Undetermined, 1 Open);
3 Republican (2 Undetermined, 1 Open)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman Diana L. DeGette (as candidate)
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Mark Udall (as candidate)
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 2 seat in 2008

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman John Tony Salazar (as candidate)
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 4
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Republican Congressman Marilyn N. Musgrave
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5
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Republican Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn (as candidate)
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Open Seat - Running for President Candidate in 2008. On 29 October 2007 he announced he would not seek a 6th term.

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Secretary of State Mike Coffman
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
May run for Congressman in CD 6

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Treasurer Cary Kennedy (as candidate)
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Attorney General John W. Suthers
Appointed: 5 January 2005 as an Independent; First elected as a Republican: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents
  Republican: 6 incumbents
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  America First
  American Constitution (affiliate of Constitution)
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Right to Life
  Unity
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Colorado Secretary of State
  Colorado Secretary of State - Elections Center
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Colorado General Assembly
  Colorado House of Representatives - Democratic Caucus
Democratic
  Colorado Democratic Party
Republican
  Colorado Republican Party
  Colorado Senate Republicans
Third Party
  America First Party of Colorado
  American Constitution Party of Colorado
  Colorado Affiliate Of The Constitution Party
  Colorado Libertarian Party Candidates
  Colorado Right to Life
  Heartquake '08
  Libertarian Party of Colorado
  The Green Party of Colorado
  The Unity Party of America
Media & others
  Aspen Daily News
  Aurora Daily Sun & Sentinel
  Carbondale Valley Journal
  Colorado Confidential
  Colorado Daily - Boulder
  Colorado Political News - ColoradoPols.com
  Colorado Politics, News and Inside Information
  Cortez Journal
  Criag Daily Press
  Daily Reporter-Herald - Loveland
  DC's Political Report - Colorado
  Delta County Independent
  Denver Post
  Douglas County News-Press
  Glenwood Springs Post Independent
  Greeley Tribune
  Gunnison Country Times
  Haxtun-Fleming Herald
  Lamar Daily News
  Mineral County Miner
  Monte Vista Journal
  Montrose Daily Press
  Northern Colorado Business Report
  Pine River Times - Bayfield
  Politics1.com - Colorado
  Pueblo Chieftain
  Rifle Citizen Telegram
  Rocky Mountain News - Denver
  Sentinel & Transcript Newspapers - Jefferson County
  Snowmass Village Sun
  Summit Daily News - Frisco
  Telluride Daily Planet
  The Aspen Times
  The Canyon Courier - Evergreen
  The Coloradoan - Fort Collins
  The Crested Butte News
  The Daily Camera - Boulder
  The Daily Sentinel - Grand Junction
  The Daily Times-Call - Longmont
  The Denver Business Journal
  The Durango Herald
  The Fort Morgan Times
  The Gazette - Colorado Springs
  The Herald Democrat - Leadville
  The Journal Advocate - Sterling
  The Mountain Mail - Salida
  The Mountain-Ear - Nederland
  U.S. Politics Today - Colorado 2008 Presidential Primary News
  Vail Daily

 


  2007 Off Year Election Home  
 
  U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party  
  U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2007 Election Dates:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
Poll Closing Times:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
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  Governors     Senate     House  
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  Senators by 'Class'  
  Governors by election 'cycle'  
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  Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance  
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  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them  
  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2007 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Political Parties  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Statewide Political Party Strength  


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