United States Senate election in Colorado, 1986

November 3, 1986



Nominee	Tim Wirth	Ken Kramer
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	529,449	512,994
Percentage	49.9%	48.4%

U.S. Senator before election

Gary Hart
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tim Wirth
Democratic

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The 1986 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Hart decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democratic nominee Tim Wirth won the open seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

Tim Wirth, U.S. Representative

Republican

Ken Kramer, U.S. Representative

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Tim Wirth	529,449	49.91%	-0.42%
	Republican	Ken Kramer	512,994	48.36%	-0.34%
	Independent	Michael Martin Bush	11,127	1.05%
	Socialist Workers	Michael R. Chamberlain	3,756	0.35%
	Independent American	Henry John Olshaw	1,868	0.18%	-0.17%
	Prohibition	Calvin G. Dodge	1,571	0.15%
Majority			16,455	1.55%	-0.09%
Turnout			1,060,765
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf

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