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2020 United States Senate election in Colorado
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Cory Gardner
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The 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado will be held on November 3, 2020. The election will be held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, with elections to the United States Senate in other states, with elections to the United States House of Representatives, and with various state and local elections.

Under Colorado law, the filing deadline for U.S. Senate candidates is March 17, 2020, the third Tuesday in March of the election year.[1][2]

Cory Gardner, incumbent Republican Senator, is just one of two Republican Senators facing re-election in 2020 in a state President Donald Trump lost in 2016 (the other being Susan Collins of Maine).[3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Exploring

Potential

Withdrawn

  • Danielle Kombo, medical recruiter and businesswoman[30][31] (endorsed Stephany Rose Spaulding)
  • Keith Pottratz, technician and veteran[32][33] (endorsed Lorena Garcia)

Declined

Endorsements

Mike Johnston
Federal politicians
Statewide and local politicians
John Walsh
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Andrew Romanoff
Federal politicians
Statewide and local politicians
  • Polly Baca, former State Senator
  • Bob Bacon, former State Senator
  • Debbie Benefield, former State Representative
  • Shannon Bird, State Representative
  • Alice Borodkin, former State Representative
  • Robert Bowen, former State Representative
  • Lois Court, State Senator
  • Kathleen Curry, former State Representative
  • Mary Estill Buchanan, former Secretary of State
  • Tony Exum, State Representative
  • Sara Gagliardi, former State Representative
  • Peter Groff, former Senate President
  • Deanna Hanna, former State Senator
  • Tony Hernandez, former State Representative
  • Evie Hudak, former State Senator
  • Joel Judd, former State Representative
  • Daniel Kagan, former State Senator
  • Peggy Kerns, former House Minority Leader
  • Cathy Kipp, State Representative
  • Pete Lee, State Senator
  • Rosemary Marshall, former State Representative
  • Mike May, former House Minority Leader
  • Anne McGihon, former State Representative
  • Michael Merrifield, former State Senator
  • Carl Miller, former State Representative
  • Diane Mitsch Bush, former State Representative and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 2018
  • Jeanne Nicholson, former State Senator
  • Pat Pascoe, former State Senator
  • Cherylin Peniston, former State Representative
  • Tom Redder, former State Representative
  • Peggy Reeves, former State Senator
  • Jim Riesberg, former State Representative
  • Jim Rizzuto, former State Senator
  • Su Ryden, former State Representative
  • Marc Snyder, State Representative
  • Judy Solano, former State Representative
  • John Soper, former State Representative
  • Abel Tapia, former State Senator
  • Lois Tochtrop, former State Senator
  • Donald Valdez, State Representative
  • Suzanne Williams, former State Senator
  • Roger Wilson, former State Representative
  • Sue Windels, former State Senator
  • Ruth Wright, former House Minority Leader

General election

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Cory
Gardner (R) 		Generic
Democrat 		Undecided
DFM Research January 2–5, 2019 550 ± 4.2% 38% 46% 16%
Change Research (D)[A] December 2–4, 2018 540 ± 4.2% 41% 47% –
Public Policy Polling (D)[B] August 2–3, 2017 628 ± 3.8% 41% 46% 13%

Cory Gardner 100%

Public Policy Polling (D)[C] June 30 – July 1, 2017 870 ± 3.6% 39% 53% 8%

See also

Notes

Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Our Lives on the Line
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by Save My Care

References

  1. ^ Griswold, Jena (2019). "Major Party Candidate Petition". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1 Elections § 1-4-801 Designation of party candidates by petition". Colorado Revised Statutes. State of Colorado. 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. ^ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-found-a-major-recruit-to-take-on-susan-collins-in-2020/
  4. ^ https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S4CO00395/
  5. ^ Wingerter, Justin (April 15, 2019). "Dan Baer enters Democratic race against Cory Gardner, seeks to be first openly gay man elected to Senate". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Luning, Ernest (April 3, 2019). "Climate activist Diana Bray joins crowded Democratic primary for Gardner's US Senate seat". Colorado Politics. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Wingerter, Justin (April 17, 2019). "Colorado State professor is the latest entrant in U.S. Senate race". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  8. ^ Zubeck, Pam (November 27, 2018). "Lorena Garcia announces challenge to Corey Gardner in 2020". Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  9. ^ a b c Bowman, Bridget (2019-02-13). "Colorado has never had a female senator. Could that change in 2020?". Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Ernest Luning (February 17, 2019). "Colorado Democrats lining up to take on Cory Gardner in 2020 U.S. Senate race". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  11. ^ Staver, Anna (January 31, 2019). "Mike Johnston to run for Senate, becoming Cory Gardner's highest-profile challenger yet". Denver Post. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  12. ^ "Dustin Leitzel Announces New Campaign Website". Online PR Media. April 19, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  13. ^ Paul, Jesse (May 9, 2019). "Alice Madden, former Democratic leader at Colorado Capitol, joins crowded primary to unseat Cory Gardner". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  14. ^ Staver, Anna (February 7, 2019). "Andrew Romanoff joins list of Democrats competing to challenge Cory Gardner". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  15. ^ Wingerter, Justin (April 2, 2019). "Spaulding, former congressional candidate, is latest Democrat to challenge Cory Gardner". Greeley Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  16. ^ Montellaro, Zach [@ZachMontellaro] (April 16, 2019). "NEWS: Democrat @johnwalshco, a former U.S. attorney, jumped in to the #COSen race (first reported in Score: …). Announcement vid: "Our state deserves better than what we're getting from Donald Trump and Cory Gardner" #COpolitics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Wingerter, Justin (August 6, 2019). "Denver immigration advocate joins U.S. Senate race". Denver Post. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  18. ^ Wingerter, Justin (2019-07-08). "Angela Williams running for U.S. Senate in crowded race to face Cory Gardner". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  19. ^ @trish_zornio (January 19, 2019). "It's official — I'm running for the U.S. Senate in Colorado 2020!
    With your help, we can elect the first Millennial woman scientist!
    It's time!
    #TeamTrish
    #2020Vision
    #ThinkingForward"     (Tweet). Retrieved January 19, 2019 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Arkin, James (April 18, 2019). "Colorado secretary of state considering Senate campaign". Politico Pro. Retrieved April 18, 2019. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat elected just last year, is considering running for Senate and has met with top Democrats in Washington about the prospect, according to two sources familiar with the meetings. Griswold met earlier this month with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair, and has also spoken with officials at EMILY's List, according to the two sources, who requested anonymity to discuss private meetings.
  21. ^ "Democrat Jena Griswold exploring US Senate bid against Cory Gardner". July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019. Less than a week after the release of a voter survey showing her out-polling all but one of the Democrats running in Colorado's 2020 U.S. Senate primary, Secretary of State Jena Griswold has formed an exploratory committee to consider joining the field of candidates hoping to unseat Republican Cory Gardner.
  22. ^ Burness, Alex (February 22, 2019). "Crisanta Duran rethinking 2020 Senate bid, eyeing possible primary against Diana DeGette". The Colorado Independent. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  23. ^ a b Littwin, Mike (January 31, 2019). "Littwin: In search of sage to explain why savvy Cory Gardner endorsed toxic Donald Trump". Colorado Independent. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  24. ^ a b c "Former Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran launches primary challenge to Democrat Diana DeGette". The Colorado Sun. February 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  25. ^ a b Ernest Luning (March 19, 2019). "Ex-U.S. Attorney for Colorado John Walsh leaves law firm to consider run against Cory Gardner". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  26. ^ Byars, Mitchell (July 7, 2017). "Boulder DA Stan Garnett won't run for Congress in 2018, but ponders 2020 Senate race". The Denver Post. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  27. ^ Luning, Ernest (August 5, 2019). "Hickenlooper cracks door open to challenging Cory Gardner". The Gazette. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  28. ^ a b c Garcia, Nic (November 14, 2018). "Which Democrat will challenge U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner? Four names sit on top of insiders' lists". The Denver Post.
  29. ^ Arkin, James (February 27, 2019). "Senate recruiting notebook: Duran clarifies field facing Gardner". Politico. Retrieved February 27, 2019. Hickenlooper didn't close the door entirely, describing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as "one of the more persuasive people in my acquaintance."
  30. ^ Ernest Luning. "Douglas County Democrat Danielle Kombo jumps in race for Gardner's US Senate seat". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  31. ^ Kombo, Danielle. "Danielle Kombo drops U.S. Senate bid to support other grassroots candidates". Retrieved 2019-04-04 – via Facebook.
  32. ^ "Keith Pottratz of Grand Junction bids for Cory Gardner's seat". The Denver Post. December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  33. ^ Pottrarz, Keith [@keithforCO] (May 8, 2019). "Hey everyone. It pains me to say this but I am withdrawing my candidacy for U. S Senate in Colorado. I have some family issues that require my attention and as a result I am unable to continue. However, I will be active supporting other candidates that I feel embody" (Tweet). Retrieved June 13, 2019 – via Twitter.
  34. ^ https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/24/crisanta-duran-announces-primary-challenge-diana-degette
  35. ^ a b c Luning, Ernest (April 24, 2019). "Democrat Mike Johnston lands big-name endorsements in US Senate primary". coloradopolitics. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  36. ^ Miller, Blair (April 16, 2019). "Former ambassador Dan Baer, ex-US Attorney John Walsh enter Democratic field for US Senate". thedenverchannel. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  37. ^ https://andrewromanoff.com/endorsements/

External links

Official campaign websites
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