1998 United States Senate election in Colorado

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Colorado Colorado presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Colorado 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Colorado 2004 November 3, 1998 File:BenNCampbell.jpg 150x150px Ben Nighthorse Campbell Republican Party (United States) 829,370 62.49% File:Dottie Lamm (16905157897) (cropped).jpg Dottie Lamm Democratic Party (United States) 464,754 35.02% 1998 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg 250px County resultsNighthorse Campbell: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Lamm: #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell Republican Party (United States) Ben Nighthorse Campbell Republican Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Colorado was held November 3, 1998. Republican incumbent Ben Nighthorse Campbell won re-election to a second term by a landslide over former Colorado first lady Dottie Lamm. As of , this is the only time since 1968 that a Republican won the Class 3 Senate seat in Colorado, and the last time that a Native American was elected to the United States Senate until 2022. Background Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who was elected in 1992 on the Democratic ticket, switched parties after the "Republican Revolution" in the 1994 United States elections. Democratic primary Candidates Dottie Lamm, former Colorado first lady Gil Romero, former state legislatorMcAvoy Tom 1998-11-18 Romero starts new career as lobbyist https://www.chieftain.com/story/special/1998/11/19/romero-starts-new-career-as/9032590007/ 2025-05-09 Pueblo Chieftain en-US Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/1998/Primary/1998UnitedStatesSenateResults.pdfFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Dottie Lamm Democratic Party (United States) 84,929 57.98% Gil Romero Democratic Party (United States) 61,548 42.02% 146,477 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Ben Nighthorse Campbell, incumbent U.S. senator since 1993 Bill Eggert, 1994 candidate for U.S. House Results Republican primary results Ben Nighthorse Campbell (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 154,702 70.62% Bill Eggert Republican Party (United States) 64,347 29.38% 219,049 100.00% General election Candidates Ben Nighthorse Campbell, incumbent U.S. senator sine 1993 (Republican) John Heckman (Independent) Dottie Lamm, former Colorado first lady (Democratic) Jeffrey Peckman, entrepreneur and Transcendental Meditation advocate (Natural Law) David S. Segal (Libertarian) Gary Swing (Independent) Kevin Swanson, Covenant Presbyterian minister from Elizabeth (Constitution) Campaign In the general election, Lamm criticized Campbell for "flip-flopping" from being a moderate liberal to moderate conservative.Blake Peter http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67564320.html CAMPBELL FOR U.S. SENATE THE ISSUE: BEN CAMPBELL VS. DOTTIE LAMM OUR VIEW: BOTH ARE HARD TO PIN DOWN IN SOME WAYS, YET CAMPBELL IS CONSISTENT ON KEY WESTERN ISSUES.(Editorial) 1998-10-18 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20121026101948/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67564320.html 2021-05-04 HighBeam Research subscription Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News 2012-10-26 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4EC77EDB1FBFF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Archives : The Rocky Mountain News nl.newsbank.com Throughout the entire campaign, Lamm mostly sent out negative attack advertisements about Campbell.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF44FB039DE599&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Denver Post: Archive Results nl.newsbank.com Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error BenNighthorse Campbell (R) DottieLamm (D) UndecidedMason-Dixon Polling & StrategyFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Colorado 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CO/polls/CO98S.html CNN 16 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250616021743/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CO/polls/CO98S.html 16 June 2025 liveOctober 26–28, 1998831 (LV)± 3.5%58%32%10% Ciruli Associates October 25, 1998 400 — 60% 31% 9% Ciruli Associates October 21, 1998 400 — 61% 30% 9% Harris Insights & Analytics October 20, 1998 614 — 55% 37% 8%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 9–12, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%50%37%13%Ciruli AssociatesPoll sponsored by 9News, KOA Radio, and The Denver PostOctober 1–10, 1998407 (LV)± 5.0%54%33%13%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJuly 27–29, 1998849 (LV)± 3.5%46%34%20% Results General electionhttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Clerk.house.gov 2021-05-04 Republican Party (United States) Ben Nighthorse Campbell (inc.) 829,370 62.49% +19.78% Democratic Party (United States) Dottie Lamm 464,754 35.02% -16.76% Libertarian Party (United States) David S. Segal 14,024 1.06% +1.06% Constitution Party (United States) Kevin Swanson 9,775 0.74% Natural Law Party Jeffrey Peckham 4,101 0.31% Independent John Heckman 3,230 0.24% Independent Gary Swing 1,981 0.15% 364,616 27.47% +18.40% 1,327,235 Republican Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes Partisan clients References United States Senate Colorado 1998