Colorado 2008 General Election

The Green Papers: Colorado 2008 General Election

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Colorado
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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
Tuesday 12 August 2008 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 7:00p MST (0200 UTC).

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Colorado State and Local Government

Colorado 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

NOTE re: elections to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY

COLORADO 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.

20 January 2009: Colorado Department of State - Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report

22 September 2008: Synchronized to Colorado Secretary of State - Official General Election Candidate List.

Tuesday 12 August 2008 State/Local PRIMARIES

COLORADO PRIMARY results from a media source
COLORADO PRIMARY results from another media source



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 9 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.


	Democratic	1,288,576	53.66%	Senator Barack Hussein Obama (9 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338: $778,642,047

	Republican	1,073,589	44.71%	Senator John Sidney McCain, III • Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin • FEC P80002801: $399,826,076

	Unaffiliated	13,350	0.56%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Matt Gonzalez • FEC P20000527: $4,520,160

	Libertarian	10,897	0.45%	former Congressman Bob Barr • Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root • FEC P80005580: $1,405,899

	Constitution	6,233	0.26%	Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin • Vice President: Darrell L. Castle. • FEC P80005499: $262,010

	America's Independent	3,051	0.13%	former Ambassador Alan L. Keyes • Vice President: Brian Rohrbough • FEC P60003076: $481,991

	Green	2,822	0.12%	former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney • Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente • FEC P80004930: $240,360

	Unaffiliated	828	0.03%	Frank Edward McEnulty • Vice President: David Mangan. Mr. McEnulty was nominated for Vice President by the Reform Party on 19 July 2008. New America Independent Party • FEC P80003460: $7,600

	Boston Tea	598	0.02%	Charles Jay • Vice President: Dan Sallis, Jr.

	HeartQuake '08	348	0.01%	Jonathan Edward Allen • Vice President: Jeffrey D. Stath • FEC P80005119: $95,029

	Objectivist Party	336	0.01%	Thomas Robert "Tom" Stevens • Vice President: Alden Link • FEC P80005655: Financial report not available

	Socialist Party USA	226	0.01%	Brian Patrick Moore • Vice President: Stewart A. Alexander • FEC P80005275: $9,516

	Socialism and Liberation	158	0.01%	Gloria Estela La Riva • Vice President: Robert Moses • FEC P80005572: $24,441

	Socialist Workers Party	154	0.01%	James E. Harris • Vice President: Alyson Kennedy. The Party's Presidential nominee, Róger Calero, having been born in Nicaragua, does not meet the Constitutional requirements for President.

	U.S. Pacifist Party	110	0.00%	Bradford Lyttle • Vice President: Abraham Bassford

	Prohibition Party	85	0.00%	Gene C. Amondson • Vice President: Leroy J. Pletten
Total		2,401,361	100.00%

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

Class 2 Open	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.
	Polls: Leans Democratic - WATCH - Democratic Congressman Mark E. Udall
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Democratic	1,230,994	52.80%	Congressman Mark E. Udall • Congressman CD 2 • FEC S8CO00172: $11,787,048

	Republican	990,755	42.49%	former Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Schaffer • FEC S4CO00171: $7,387,843

	American Constitution	59,733	2.56%	Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell • FEC S2CO00142: Financial report not available

	Green	50,004	2.14%	Robert A. "Bob" Kinsey • FEC S8CO00222: Financial report not available

	Write-in	116	0.00%	Buddy Moore • FEC S8CO00248: Financial report not available
	Write-in	10	0.00%	Gary Cooper • FEC S2CO00134: Financial report not available
	Write-in; (Green)	9	0.00%	Bruce E. Lohmiller • FEC S8CO00230: Financial report not available
Total		2,331,621	100.00%

Class 3	Democratic	Senator Ken Salazar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 12 December 2008: Nominated for Secretary of the Interior by President-elect Obama.

	Democratic			Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper

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.

	Republican			Congressman Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo • Announced candidacy October 2008

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

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

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Diana L. DeGette • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Diana L. DeGette

	Democratic	203,755	71.94%	Congressman Diana L. DeGette • FEC H6CO01141: $808,491

	Republican	67,345	23.78%	George C. Lilly • FEC H2CO01108: $13,746

	Libertarian	12,135	4.28%	Martin L. Buchanan • FEC H8CO01071: Financial report not available

	Write-in	11	0.00%	Gary Swing • FEC H8CO01089: Financial report not available
Total		283,246	100.00%

CD 2 {map} Open	Democratic	Congressman Mark E. Udall • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Ran for and won the Senate Class 2 seat in 2008
	Polls: Democratic Jared Polis
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Democratic	215,571	62.60%	Jared Polis • FEC H8CO02137: $7,353,034

	Republican	116,591	33.86%	Scott Howard Starin • FEC H8CO02152: $88,757

	Green	10,026	2.91%	J.A. Calhoun • FEC H6CO02131: Financial report not available

	Unity	2,176	0.63%	William Robert "Bill" Hammons • Filed with the FEC as "Unaffiliated" • FEC H8CO02145: $22,467
Total		344,364	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Democratic	Congressman John Tony Salazar • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman John Tony Salazar

	Democratic	203,455	61.61%	Congressman John Tony Salazar • FEC H4CO03167: $1,335,166

	Republican	126,762	38.39%	Delta County Commissioner Wayne Earl Wolf • FEC H8CO03184: $21,704
Total		330,217	100.00%

CD 4 {map}	Republican	Congressman Marilyn N. Musgrave • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
	Polls: Leans Democratic - WATCH - Democratic Elizabeth Helen "Betsy" Markey favored over Republican Congressman Marilyn N. Musgrave

	Democratic	187,347	56.20%	Elizabeth Helen "Betsy" Markey • FEC H8CO04067: $2,918,744

	Republican	146,028	43.80%	Congressman Marilyn N. Musgrave • FEC H2CO04045: $2,869,957
Total		333,375	100.00%

CD 5 {map}	Republican	Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn

	Republican	183,178	60.03%	Congressman Douglas L. "Doug" Lamborn • FEC H6CO05159: $611,755

	Democratic	113,025	37.04%	Harold Wilford "Hal" Bidlack • FEC H8CO05106: $241,785

	American Constitution	8,894	2.91%	Brian X. Scott • FEC H6CO05225: Financial report not available

	Write-in	45	0.01%	Richard D. "Rich" Hand • FEC H6CO05209: Financial report not available
Total		305,142	100.00%

CD 6 {map} Open	Republican	Congressman Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - On 29 October 2007 Congressman Tancredo announced he would not seek a 6th term in Congress. He formally entered the 2008 Presidential contest on Monday 2 April 2007 and withdrew on 20 December 2007.
	Polls: Republican Secretary of State Mike Coffman
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Republican	250,877	60.67%	Secretary of State Mike Coffman • FEC H8CO06138: $1,488,310

	Democratic	162,639	39.33%	Henry H. "Hank" Eng • FEC H8CO06187: $273,696
Total		413,516	100.00%

CD 7 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter

	Democratic	173,931	63.48%	Congressman Edwin "Ed" Perlmutter • FEC H6CO07023: $1,770,087

	Republican	100,055	36.52%	John William Lerew • FEC H8CO07037: $37,121
Total		273,986	100.00%

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 • Ran for and received his party's nomination for Congress CD 6

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic	Treasurer Cary Kennedy • 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

	*Republican*			*Attorney General John W. Suthers*

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, 10 candidates
	• Republican: 6 incumbents, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 4 candidates
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• American Constitution (affiliate of Constitution): 2 candidates
	• America's Independent (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Boston Tea: 1 candidate
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• HeartQuake '08: 1 candidate
	• Objectivist Party: 1 candidate
	• Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
	• Prohibition Party (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
	• U.S. Pacifist Party: 1 candidate
	• Unity: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Unaffiliated: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 5 candidates
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.