United States Senate election in Colorado, 1992

November 3, 1992



Nominee	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Terry Considine
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	803,725	662,893
Percentage	51.8%	42.7%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Tim Wirth
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Democratic

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The 1992 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Wirth decided to retire instead of seeking a second term. Democratic nominee Ben Nighthorse Campbell won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. Congressman
Dick Lamm, former Governor of Colorado
Josie Heath, 1990 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, former Boulder County Commissioner

Results

Democratic Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	117,634	45.48
	Democratic	Dick Lamm	93,599	36.19
	Democratic	Josie Heath	47,418	18.33
Total votes			258,651	100.00

General election

Candidates

Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D), U.S. Congressman
Terry Considine (R), State Senator

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	803,725	51.78%	+1.86%
	Republican	Terry Considine	662,893	42.70%	-5.66%
	Independent	Richard O. Grimes	42,455	2.73%
	Pro-Life	Matt Noah	22,846	1.47%
	Independent	Dan Winters	20,347	1.31%
	Libertarian	Hue Futch	23	0.00%
Majority			140,832	9.07%	+7.52%
Turnout			1,552,289
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

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