United States Senate election in Colorado, 2010

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United States Senate election in Colorado, 2010
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  Michael Bennet Official Photo.jpg Ken Buck official congressional photo.jpg
Nominee Michael Bennet Ken Buck
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 851,590 822,731
Percentage 48.1% 46.4%
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County results
U.S. senator before election

Michael Bennet
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Michael Bennet
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2010 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 2, 2010, 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. In December 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama selected incumbent U.S. Senator Ken Salazar to become Secretary of the Interior.[1] After Salazar resigned from his seat,[2] Democratic Governor Bill Ritter appointed Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill the seat, who won re-election to his first full term.[3][4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Endorsements

Bennet
Romanoff

Polling

Poll Source Dates Administered Michael Bennet Andrew Romanoff Undecided
The Tarrance Group September 16–17, 2009 41% 27% 32%
Public Policy Polling May 19, 2010 46% 31% 23%
Survey USA June 15–17, 2010 53% 36% 11%
Survey USA August 1, 2010 45% 48% 7%
Public Policy Polling August 7–8, 2010 49% 43% 9%

Results

Democratic Primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Bennet (Incumbent) 183,225 54.2
Democratic Andrew Romanoff 154,961 45.8
Total votes 338,186 100

Republican primary

Candidates

On Ballot
Declined

Three other candidates were defeated at the Republican state convention and were not on the primary ballot:

  • Cleve Tidwell, businessman
  • Robert Greenheck
  • Steve Barton

Endorsements

Polling

Poll Source Dates Administered Ken Buck Jane Norton
The Tarrance Group September 16–17, 2009 15% 45%
Public Policy Polling March 3, 2010 17% 34%
Magellan March 14, 2010 13% 41%
Magellan April 19, 2010 32% 29%
Public Policy Polling May 19, 2010 26% 31%
Magellan June 8, 2010 42% 32%
Survey USA June 15–17, 2010 53% 37%
Public Opinion Strategies June 20–21, 2010 33% 39%
Survey USA August 1, 2010 50% 41%
Public Policy Polling August 7–8, 2010 43% 45%

Results

Republican Primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck 209,638 51.6
Republican Jane Norton 196,954 48.4
Total votes 406,592 100

Libertarian primary

Candidates

  • John Finger
  • Mac Stringer

Results

Libertarian Primary results[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Mac Stringer 1,176 52.5
Libertarian John Finger 1,065 47.5
Total votes 2,241 100

General election

Candidates

Major

Minor

Source: Official Candidate List

Campaign

This was one of the most expensive elections in the nation, as more than $30 million was spent by outside organizations.[21] Conservative third party groups hammered Bennet for voting 92% of the time with the Democratic leadership, including voting for healthcare reform and the stimulus package.[22] Liberal third party groups called Buck extremist. Bennet focused on attacking Buck’s views on abortion, which he believed should be banned including those of cases of rape and incest. He was also attacked for wanting to eliminate the 17th Amendment[23] and refusing to prosecute an alleged rapist as Weld County district attorney. Planned Parenthood mounted a mail campaign, targeting women voters with the warning that "Colorado women can’t trust Ken Buck." Bennet won the women vote by 17 points according to exit polls. After the election, Buck conceded to the Denver Post that the main reason why he lost is because of social issues.[24]

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report Toss up[26] October 30, 2010
Rothenberg Toss up[27] October 28, 2010
Swing State Project Toss up[citation needed]
RealClearPolitics Toss up[28] October 30, 2010
Rasmussen Reports Toss up[29] October 27, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Leans R[30] October 28, 2010
CQ Politics Toss up[31] October 30, 2010

Polling

Poll source Date(s) administered Michael Bennet (D) Ken Buck (R)
Public Policy Polling April 17–19, 2009 40% 39%
Public Policy Polling August 14–16, 2009 39% 35%
Rasmussen Reports September 9, 2009 43% 37%
Rasmussen Reports December 8, 2009 38% 42%
Daily Kos/Research 2000 January 11–13, 2010 41% 38%
Rasmussen Reports January 13, 2010 38% 43%
Rasmussen Reports February 2, 2010 41% 45%
Rasmussen Reports March 2, 2010 38% 44%
Public Policy Polling March 5–8, 2010 47% 40%
Rasmussen Reports April 5, 2010 40% 44%
Rasmussen Reports May 3, 2010 41% 48%
Public Policy Polling May 19, 2010 45% 39%
Rasmussen Reports June 7, 2010 41% 46%
Survey USA June 15–17, 2010 43% 46%
Rasmussen Reports July 8, 2010 39% 48%
Rasmussen Reports July 26, 2010 42% 48%
Survey USA August 1, 2010 43% 43%
Public Policy Polling August 10, 2010 46% 43%
Rasmussen Reports August 11, 2010 41% 46%
Ipsos/Reuters August 20–22, 2010 40% 49%
Rasmussen Reports August 30, 2010 44% 47%
Rasmussen Reports September 14, 2010 45% 49%
CNN/Time September 17–21, 2010 44% 49%
Rasmussen Reports September 27, 2010 43% 51%
Rasmussen Reports September 27, 2010 43% 51%
McClatchy/Marist September 26–28, 2010 42% 50%
Survey USA September 28–30, 2010 43% 48%
Public Policy Polling September 30 – October 2, 2010 46% 45%
Rasmussen Reports October 14, 2010 45% 47%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research October 16, 2010 45% 46%
Ipsos/Reuters October 18, 2010 45% 48%
SurveyUSA October 19–21, 2010 47% 47%
Public Policy Polling October 21–23, 2010 47% 47%
Rasmussen Reports October 25, 2010 44% 48%
CNN/Time/Opinion Research October 20–26, 2010 46% 47%
Marist College October 26–28, 2010 45% 49%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research October 30, 2010 46% 50%
Public Policy Polling October 30–31, 2010 48% 49%

Fundraising

These totals reflect the campaign accounts of the candidates themselves, and do not include independent expenditures by other groups.

Candidate (Party) Receipts Disbursements Cash On Hand Debt
Michael Bennet (D) $11,463,661 $10,698,578 $763,541 $887,692
Ken Buck (R) $3,827,432 $3,011,656 $1,039,994 $100,000
Source: Federal Election Commission[32]

Results

United States Senate election in Colorado, 2010[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Bennet (Incumbent) 851,590 48.1
Republican Ken Buck 822,731 46.4
Green Bob Kinsey 38,768 2.2
Libertarian Maclyn Stringer 22,589 1.3
Independent Jason Napolitano 19,415 1.1
Independent Charley Miller 11,330 0.6
Independent J. Moromisato 5,767 0.3
Invalid or blank votes  %
Total votes 1,772,190 '
Voter turnout  %

References

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  20. ↑ Libertarian Primary results
  21. ↑ [CO] Colorado Election 2010 Results [SENATE UPDATE] | CNM News Network
  22. ↑ Buck for Congress (campaign website)
  23. ↑ Money Has Poured Into Colorado's Senate Race : NPR
  24. ↑ Abortion was winning issue for Democrats in 2010 - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com
  25. ↑ ABC blogsite re 9/12/2010 debate between Buck and Bennet
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  33. ↑ State Cumulative Report

External links

Debate
Official campaign websites
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