Colorado elections, 2010
Encyclopedia
Elections will be held in Colorado
on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary election
s will be held on August 10, 2010.
defeated Republican nominee Ken Buck
in the General election.
are up for election in 2010.
Finance
Media
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary election
Primary election
A primary election is an election in which party members or voters select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election....
s will be held on August 10, 2010.
United States Senate
Incumbent Senator and Democratic nominee Michael BennetMichael Bennet
Michael Farrand Bennet is an American businessman, lawyer, and politician. He is currently the junior United States Senator from Colorado, and a member of the Democratic Party...
defeated Republican nominee Ken Buck
Ken Buck
Kenneth R. "Ken" Buck is the District Attorney for Weld County, Colorado, and was the unsuccessful Republican challenger to Michael Bennet in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Colorado.-Early life and education:...
in the General election.
United States House
All seven Colorado seats in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
are up for election in 2010.
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
State Senate
One-half of the seats of the Colorado Senate are up for election in 2010.State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Colorado House of Representatives are up for election in 2010.Judicial positions
Multiple judicial positions will be up for election in 2010.- Colorado judicial elections, 2010 at JudgepediaSam Adams AllianceSam Adams Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in Chicago in 2006, the group describes itself as a "fiercely independent organization dedicated to inspiring and encouraging grass-roots citizen activism."...
Ballot measures
Seven measures have been certified for the 2010 ballot.- Colorado 2010 ballot measures at BallotpediaSam Adams AllianceSam Adams Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in Chicago in 2006, the group describes itself as a "fiercely independent organization dedicated to inspiring and encouraging grass-roots citizen activism."...
External links
- Elections Division of the Colorado Secretary of State
- Candidates for Colorado State Offices at Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Colorado Smart Voter from the League of Women VotersLeague of Women VotersThe League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote...
- Colorado at BallotpediaSam Adams AllianceSam Adams Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in Chicago in 2006, the group describes itself as a "fiercely independent organization dedicated to inspiring and encouraging grass-roots citizen activism."...
- Colorado Election Guide at Congress.orgCongress.orgCongress.org is a website run by the CQ-Roll Call Group which provides information on Congress and news about federal advocacy and activism. One tool on the site helps users find their elected officials and send e-mail to them.-Overview:...
- Colorado at OurCampaigns.com
- Colorado Polls at Pollster.com
Finance
- 2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for Colorado at the Federal Election CommissionFederal Election CommissionThe Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...
- Colorado Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Colorado 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money
Media
- Election 2010 at The Denver PostThe Denver Post-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...