2022 United States Senate election in Colorado

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2022 United States Senate election in Colorado
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Nominee Michael Bennet Joe O'Dea
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,397,1701,031,693
Percentage55.88%41.26%
2022 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg
2022 United States Senate election in Colorado by Congressional District.svg
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Bennet:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
O'Dea:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes
U.S. senator before election

Michael Bennet
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Michael Bennet
Democratic

The 2022 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet won reelection to a third term, defeating the Republican candidate, businessman Joe O'Dea. Originally appointed to the seat in 2009, [1] Bennet won full terms in 2010 and 2016. [2] [3]

Contents

Bennet won by nearly 15 points, significantly outperforming his polling. His margin was the highest for a Democrat in a Senate election in Colorado since 1974. This was the first time in Bennet's Senate career that he received a majority of the vote.

The election resulted in both the best performance by a Democrat, and the worst performance by a Republican in the Class 3 seat since 1974.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Bennet was appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2009 by Governor Bill Ritter following the resignation of the incumbent Senator, Ken Salazar, who become the Secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama. Bennet was then narrowly elected in 2010 for his first full term, defeating Representative Ken Buck with 48.08% of the vote. In the 2016 election, he was re-elected to a second term with 49.97% of the vote, defeating Republican El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn.

Due to some of his centrist positions, such as his opposition to Medicare for All and his support for fracking, Bennet faced a potential challenge from the left, particularly from Joe Salazar, a former state representative. Salazar ultimately opted to run for the Colorado State Senate, and thus Bennet was easily renominated at the Democratic convention. [4]

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

  • Karen Breslin, lawyer and university instructor [6]

Declined

Endorsements

Michael Bennet

Executive branch officials

U.S. senators

U.S. governors

  • Jared Polis, 43rd Governor of Colorado (2019–present) and former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 2nd congressional district (2009–2019) [11]
  • Bill Ritter, 41st Governor of Colorado (2007–2011) [11]
  • Roy Romer, 39th Governor of Colorado (1987–1999) [11]

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Bennet (incumbent) 516,985 100.0%
Total votes516,985 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Initially, a wide field of candidates declared their intention to seek the Republican nomination. However, instead of gathering the required number of signatures to be placed on the primary ballot, Bremer and most of the other candidates sought to earn the nomination by winning the required 30% of the delegate vote at the Colorado GOP convention in April 2022. As a result of the crowded field of candidates, delegate support was divided, with only State Representative Ron Hanks crossing the 30% threshold. Debora Flora, a radio show host, missed the ballot by a single percentage point, receiving 29% of the vote. [22]

With the other candidates eliminated, State Representative Ron Hanks and construction CEO Joe O'Dea were the only two candidates on the primary ballot. The contrast between the two Republicans was stark. Hanks supported a complete ban on abortion and echoed former president Donald Trump's assertions of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, while the more moderate O'Dea expressed support for LGBTQ rights, some abortion rights, and rejected Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud. [23]

Though O'Dea was initially considered the frontrunner as a result of his fundraising advantage, Hanks was buoyed by an attempt by Democrats to influence the primary. Democratic Colorado, an entity formed in June 2022, received roughly $4 million from the Senate Majority Fund, a PAC associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. They ran ads characterizing Hanks as "too conservative", in order to elevate Hanks over O'Dea, who was perceived as a stronger general election candidate. [24] This attempt to interfere in the GOP primary was denounced by numerous former Colorado Democratic officials, including former governor Roy Romer, and former senators Mark Udall, Tim Wirth, and Gary Hart, who previously mounted unsuccessful attempts to win the Democratic nomination for president in 1984 and 1988. [25]

Despite the support from Democrats and his lobbying for the endorsement of Donald Trump, Hanks was defeated by O'Dea by a 9% margin. He performed best in rural parts of the state, while O'Dea was successful in urban areas, such as Denver. [26]

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Eliminated at convention

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Erik Aadland (withdrawn)

U.S. representatives

Eli Bremer (eliminated)

Executive branch officials

U.S. senators

  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005) [46] (switched endorsement to O’Dea after Bremer was eliminated)

U.S. representatives

State legislators

County officials

Gino Campana (eliminated)

Executive branch officials

U.S. representatives

Deborah Flora (eliminated)

U.S. senators

State officials

U.S. representatives

Joe O'Dea

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. senators

Federal officials

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

  • 4 county commissioners [66]

Individuals

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Ron
Hanks		Joe
O'Dea		Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [70] [A] May 15–20, 2022400 (LV)± 6.0%14%38%47%

Results

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Results by county:
  O'Dea
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Hanks
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe O'Dea 345,060 54.44%
Republican Ron Hanks 288,48345.51%
Republican Daniel Hendricks (write-in)3020.05%
Total votes633,845 100.0%

General election

In recent years, Colorado has started voting more Democratic in the federal level, transitioning from a purple state to a moderately (and increasingly strongly) blue state, and the shift was largely contributed to the left-wing shift in the growing Denver metropolitan area, with President Joe Biden winning the state by 13.5% in the 2020 election, almost nine points to the left of the national result of around 4.9%. Prevailing in 2010, a year where Colorado was considered a swing state and Democrats performed very poorly, Bennet had a generally strong electoral history. He also outperformed Hillary Clinton on the same ballot in 2016. Ahead of 2022, Bennet was generally favored to win, though polling showed him as potentially vulnerable, largely due to the state of the economy and President Biden's low approval ratings. [71] Colorado had not elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate since Cory Gardner in 2014, another very strong year for Republicans nationwide and while Colorado was still considered a swing state, even then Gardner only won narrowly. Bennet ultimately won reelection by a comfortable 14.6 point margin, outperforming Biden's victory two years prior and his own polling averages. Bennet also flipped three counties he had lost in his 2016 re-election bid, flipping Grand County by a narrow 1.1% and Chaffee County, and Garfield County by wide margins. However, O'Dea did narrowly flip Conejos County by a slim 1%. [72]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [73] Lean DAugust 18, 2022
Inside Elections [74] Likely DJune 29, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [75] Likely DMarch 1, 2022
Politico [76] Lean DAugust 12, 2022
RCP [77] TossupNovember 4, 2022
Fox News [78] Lean DMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [79] Likely DJuly 20, 2022
538 [80] Likely DAugust 18, 2022
The Economist [81] Likely DSeptember 7, 2022

Endorsements

Michael Bennet (D)

Executive branch officials

U.S. senators

U.S. governors

U.S. representatives

State legislators

  • Polly Baca, former state senator from the 25th district (1979–1987) and former state representative from the 34th district (1974–1979) [11]

Labor unions

Organizations

Newspapers

Joe O'Dea (R)

U.S. presidents

Executive branch officials

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

  • 4 county commissioners [66]
  • 20 current and former mayors [99]

Individuals

Newspapers

Brian Peotter (L)

State legislators

Declined to endorse

U.S. presidents

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Michael
Bennet (D)		Joe
O'Dea (R)		Undecided
[b] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics [105] October 26 – November 5, 2022November 7, 202250.0%44.3%5.7%Bennet +5.7
FiveThirtyEight [106] July 26 – November 7, 2022November 7, 202251.3%42.9%5.8%Bennet +8.4
270towin [107] November 1–7, 2022November 7, 202251.0%43.4%6.6%Bennet +6.6
Average50.8%43.5%5.7%Bennet +7.3

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Joe
O'Dea (R)		Brian
Peotter (L)		OtherUndecided
co/efficient (R) [108] November 3–7, 2022856 (LV)± 3.3%51%43%–3% [c] 3%
Data for Progress (D) [109] November 2–5, 20221,983 (LV)± 2.0%51%44%2%2% [d] –
The Trafalgar Group (R) [110] October 30 – November 1, 20221,084 (LV)± 2.9%48%46%2%1%3%
Emerson College [111] October 26–29, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%49%42%2%3% [e] 5%
51%43%2%3% [f] –
co/efficient (R) [112] October 24–25, 2022826 (LV)± 3.4%50%34%–6% [g] 10%
CU Boulder/YouGov [113] October 11–19, 2022709 (LV)± 4.4%56%42%–2% [h] –
Civiqs [114] October 15–18, 2022600 (LV)± 5.0%54%41%–2% [i] 3%
Global Strategy Group (D) [115] [B] October 6–11, 2022800 (LV)± 3.5%49%38%7%–7%
52%42%––6%
Marist College [116] October 3–6, 20221,127 (RV)± 4.7%48%41%–2% [j] 9%
983 (LV)± 5.0%49%43%–2% [k] 7%
Data for Progress (D) [117] October 3–6, 20221,005 (LV)± 3.0%50%41%3%1% [l] 5%
OnMessage Inc. (R) [118] [C] September 20–27, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%46%45%–4% [m] 5%
Keating Research/Magellan Strategies [119] September 18–26, 20221,060 (LV)± 3.0%46%36%––18%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [120] September 20–24, 20221,078 (LV)± 2.9%49%43%4%<1% [n] 5%
Emerson College [121] September 18–19, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%46%36%–4% [o] 14%
Public Policy Polling (D) [122] August 30–31, 2022782 (V)± 3.5%46%35%7%–12%
The Tarrance Group (R) [123] [D] August 22–25, 2022600 (LV)± 4.1%48%47%––5%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [124] August 15–19, 20221,087 (LV)± 2.9%47%42%5%1%5%
McLaughlin & Associates (R) [125] July 24–26, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%48%40%––12%
Global Strategy Group (D) [126] [B] June 2–8, 2022400 (RV)± 4.9%49%36%––14%
Hypothetical polling

Michael Bennet vs. Ron Hanks

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Ron
Hanks (R)		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [126] [B] June 2–8, 2022400 (RV)± 4.9%50%37%13%
Global Strategy Group (D) [127] [B] October 19–24, 2021400 (RV)± 4.9%52%34%13%

Michael Bennet vs. Eli Bremer

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Eli
Bremer (R)		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [127] [B] October 19–24, 2021400 (RV)± 4.9%48%35%17%
co/efficient (R) [128] [E] September 9–12, 2021742 (LV)± 3.6%40%32%22%

Michael Bennet vs. Gino Campana

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Gino
Campana (R)		Undecided
Blueprint Polling (D) [129] April 6–8, 2022612 (V)± 4.0%46%40%14%

Michael Bennet vs. Lauren Boebert

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Lauren
Boebert (R)		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [130] [B] June 17–23, 2021800 (RV)± 3.5%51%38%11%

Michael Bennet vs. generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Generic
Republican		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [131] [B] June 2–8, 2022800 (RV)± 3.4%49%37%14%
Cygnal (R) [132] [F] January 12–13, 2022630 (LV)± 3.9%45%46%9%
Global Strategy Group (D) [130] [B] June 17–23, 2021800 (RV)± 3.5%48%40%12%

Michael Bennet vs. generic opponent

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Michael
Bennet (D)		Generic
Opponent		Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R) [125] July 24–26, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%44%42%14%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
co/efficient (R) [128] [E] September 9–12, 2021742 (LV)± 3.6%44%42%14%

Debates

2022 United States Senate general election in Colorado debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Michael Bennet Joe O'Dea
1Oct. 28, 2022 Colorado State University [133] PP

Results

2022 United States Senate election in Colorado [134]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Michael Bennet (incumbent) 1,397,170 55.88% +5.91%
Republican Joe O'Dea1,031,69341.26%−3.05%
Libertarian Brian Peotter43,5341.74%−1.88%
Unity T.J. Cole16,3790.66%+0.32%
Approval Voting Frank Atwood11,3540.45%N/A
Write-in 710.00%N/A
Total votes2,500,201 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Bennet won 5 of 8 congressional districts. [135]

DistrictBennetO'DeaRepresentative
1st 80%18% Diana DeGette
2nd 69%28% Joe Neguse
3rd 48%49% Lauren Boebert
4th 40%57% Ken Buck
5th 44%52% Doug Lamborn
6th 60%38% Jason Crow
7th 57%40% Ed Perlmutter (117th Congress)
Brittany Pettersen (118th Congress)
8th 50%46% Yadira Caraveo

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ↑ "Someone else" with 3%
  4. ↑ "Another candidate" with 2%
  5. ↑ Atwood (AV) with 1%; Cole (U) with 1%; "Someone else" with 1%
  6. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%; Atwood (AV) with 1%; Cole (U) with 1%
  7. ↑ "Someone else" with 6%
  8. ↑ "Other" with 2%
  9. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%
  10. ↑ "Another party's candidate" with 2%
  11. ↑ "Another party's candidate" with 2%
  12. ↑ "Another candidate" with 1%
  13. ↑ "Someone else" with 4%
  14. ↑ "Other" with 0%
  15. ↑ "Someone else" with 4%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by O'Dea's campaign
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This poll was sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal nonprofit organization.
  3. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Senate Opportunity Fund
  4. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Republican Attorneys General Association
  5. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Bremer's campaign
  6. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Ready Colorado

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