| The Green Papers: Colorado 2009 General Election |
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Colorado
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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NOTE re: elections to the GENERAL ASSEMBLYCOLORADO elects approximately half of its 35-member State Senate every two years, State Senators so elected serving four-year terms. In 2008, State Senators representing the following 18 Senatorial Districts: 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35 are up for election to 4-year terms; State Senators from the remaining 17 Senatorial Districts were elected to four-year terms in 2006 and will be up for election again in 2010. The entire 65-member House of Representatives is elected every two years and, thus, all 65 Representatives are up for election in 2008. The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 67th COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY. |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Mark E. Udall • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Michael F. Bennet • Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Ken Salazar on 21 January 2009 after entering upon his duties as Secretary of the Interior; appointed 21 January 2009 and sworn 22 January 2009 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Senator Michael F. Bennet • FEC S0CO00211: $3,661,630 |
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Democratic | former state Representative Andrew Romanoff • FEC S0CO00286: $292,689 |
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• 2 February 2009: Filed a statement with the FEC stating he is not a candidate for the Senate in 2010. • FEC S4CO00163: $10,698 |
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Republican | Steven Kent "Steve" Barton • FEC S0CO00302: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Weld County District Attorney Kenneth R. "Ken" Buck • FEC S0CO00237: $491,729 |
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• 14 October 2009: Decided to run for Congress CD 7. • FEC S0CO00229: $213,857 |
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Republican | Robert Greenheck | |||
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Republican | Gary Dean Kennedy • FEC S0CO00260: $1,221 |
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• circa 7 October 2009: "Unfortunately, it is time to call this campaign to a close and to wish all the best to the other Republicans in the race". • FEC S0CO00278: $29,859 |
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Republican | Vincent Edward Martinez • FEC S8CO00156: Financial report not available |
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Republican | former Lieutenant Governor Jane E. Bergman Norton • FEC S0CO00294: $509,779 |
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Republican | H. Cleve Tidwell, Jr. • FEC S0CO00245: $34,667 |
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Republican | Mark Evan Van Wyk • FEC S0CO00252: Financial report not available |
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Republican | former state Senator Thomas J. "Tom" Wiens • FEC S0CO00310: Financial report not available |
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20 January 2009: Senator Ken Salazar, who was first elected in 2004, will resign his Senate seat tomorrow in order to become Secretary of the Interior in the Obama Administration. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate viva voce (by voice vote). 22 January 2009: Colorado Governor Bill Ritter's nominee, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet (Democratic), is sworn. | |||||
| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr. • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Democratic | Governor Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr. | |||
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Republican | Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Maes | |||
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Republican | former Congressman Scott McInnis | |||
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Republican | state Senator Joshua "Josh" Penry | |||
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Republican | former Congressman Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo • Announced candidacy October 2008 |
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Unity | Levi Hancock | |||
| 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 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Democratic (5 Undetermined); 2 Republican (2 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Diana L. DeGette • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Diana L. DeGette • FEC H6CO01141: $213,223 |
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Democratic | Congressman Jared Polis • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Jared Polis • FEC H8CO02137: $169,286 |
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Unity | Bill Hammons | |||
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Democratic | Congressman John Tony Salazar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman John Tony Salazar • FEC H4CO03167: $487,677 |
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Republican | Martin C. Beeson • FEC H0CO03074: $11,740 |
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Republican | Robert M. "Bob" McConnell • FEC H0CO03090: $4,000 |
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Republican | Ray Scott | |||
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Republican | Douglas Bomar "Doug" Thompson • FEC H0CO03082: $0 |
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Democratic | Congressman Elizabeth Helen "Betsy" Markey • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Elizabeth Helen "Betsy" Markey • FEC H8CO04067: $951,287 |
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Republican | Diggs Brown | |||
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Republican | state Representative Cory Gardner • FEC H0CO04122: $394,640 |
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Republican | Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lucero • FEC H0CO04114: $68,638 |
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Unity | Michael "Mike" Nelson | |||
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Republican | Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn • FEC H6CO05159: $104,177 |
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Republican | Congressman Mike Coffman • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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• Suspended campaign September 2009 • FEC H0CO06069: $17,116 |
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Democratic | John Flerlage • FEC H0CO06077: $35,710 |
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Republican | Congressman Mike Coffman • FEC H8CO06138: $304,677 |
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| CD 7 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter • FEC H6CO07023: $666,069 |
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Republican | Brian T. Campbell, Sr. • FEC H0CO07018: $16,025 |
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Republican | Michael Deming • FEC H0CO07034: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Aurora City Councilman At Large Ryan L. Frazier • FEC H0CO07026: $213,857 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of State Bernie Buescher • Appointed: 14 January 2009 (to fill the seat vacated by Secretary of State Mike Coffman's election to Congress) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Nancy A. Doty | |||
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Republican | Scott Gessler | |||
Secretary of State Mike Coffman, who was first elected in 2006, was elected to Congress CD 6 in 2008. Governor Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr. selected state Representative Bernie Buescher as Colorado's Secretary of State in December 2008. Mr. Buescher was sworn 14 January 2009. | |||||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Cary Kennedy • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Walker Stapleton | |||
| 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 |
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Republican | Troy Eid | |||
| 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. |