1998 United States Senate election in Colorado

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1998 United States Senate election in Colorado
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  1992 November 3, 1998 2004  
  BenNCampbell.jpg Dottie Lamm (16905157897) (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ben Nighthorse Campbell Dottie Lamm
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote829,370464,754
Percentage62.49%35.02%

1998 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg
County results
Nighthorse Campbell:
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Lamm:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Republican

The 1998 United States Senate election in Colorado was held November 3, 1998, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell won re-election to a second term by a landslide. This was Campbell's first election as a Republican as he left the Democratic Party in 1995.

Contents

This was the only time since 1968 that Republicans have won the Class 3 Senate seat from Colorado, and the last time that a Native American was elected to the United States Senate until 2022.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dottie Lamm 84,929 57.98%
Democratic Gil Romero 61,54842.02%
Total votes146,477 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Incumbent) 154,702 70.62%
Republican Bill Eggert 64,34729.38%
Total votes219,049 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Campbell, who was elected in 1992 as a Democrat, switched parties after the 1994 Republican Revolution. He faced a primary challenger, but won with over 70% of the vote. In the general election, Democratic nominee Dottie Lamm criticized Campbell of flip flopping from being a moderate liberal to moderate conservative. [2] [3] In fact, throughout the entire campaign, Lamm mostly sent out negative attack advertisements about Campbell. [4]

Results

General election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Incumbent) 829,370 62.49% +19.78%
Democratic Dottie Lamm 464,75435.02%−16.76%
Libertarian David S. Segal14,0241.06%+1.06%
Constitution Kevin Swanson 9,7750.74%
Natural Law Jeffrey Peckham4,1010.31%
Independent John Heckman3,2300.24%
Independent Gary Swing1,9810.15%
Majority364,61627.47%+18.40%
Turnout 1,327,235
Republican hold Swing

See also

Notes

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