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This profile of Colorado's Class III U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Michael Bennet, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2016 2 Last election: 2004 3 Articles and resources

Next election: 2016

Race status [edit race status]

Incumbent:	Michael Bennet
Incumbent running?	Maybe
Primary challenge?	Primary challenge if incumbent runs.

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Michael Bennet	Democratic	Potential candidate	Source	January 3, 2009
Ken Buck	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 28, 2009
Ryan Frazier	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 15, 2009
Bob Beauprez	Republican		Source	April 2, 2009
Cleve Tidwell	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 14, 2009
Andrew Romanoff	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 29, 2009	Former House Speaker
Jane Norton	Republican		Source	August 29, 2009	Former Lt. Governor

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
Michael Bennet, Ken Buck	TBD

Last election: 2004

Incumbent: Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Ken Salazar	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Pete Coors	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Ken Salazar, Pete Coors
General election winner:	Ken Salazar

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Colorado congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "CO-Sen" (link)

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