1994 Colorado gubernatorial election

none related races 1994 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1994 Colorado gubernatorial election Colorado presidential no 1990 Colorado gubernatorial election 1990 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election 1998 November 8, 1994 File:Roy Romer (CO).jpg 150x150px Roy Romer Democratic Party (United States) Gail Schoettler 619,205 55.47% File:Bruce Benson (cropped).jpg Bruce D. Benson Republican Party (United States) Bob Schaeffer 432,042 38.70% 1994 Colorado gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsRomer: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Benson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Governor Roy Romer Democratic Party (United States) Roy Romer Democratic Party (United States) The 1994 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to select the governor of the state of Colorado. Although Colorado voters passed a term limits ballot measure in 1990 limiting the governors to two consecutive terms, it was not retroactive and only applied for terms beginning in 1991 or later, thus Roy Romer, the Democratic incumbent first elected in 1986, was able to run for reelection for a third term.1990BlueBook.pdf State of Colorado https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/document/196?page=21 2025-07-27 State of Colorado Elections Database enColorado Amendment No. 5, Term Limits for Certain Offices Initiative (1990) https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Amendment_No._5,_Term_Limits_for_Certain_Offices_Initiative_(1990) 2025-07-27 Ballotpedia en https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/09/29/chill-wind-blowing-for-democrats-in-rocky-mountain-states/20c123e6-a146-4ab5-a477-77ca0e39de3c/ CHILL WIND BLOWING FOR DEMOCRATS IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES - The Washington Post The Washington Post The Republican nominee, Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, Bruce D. Benson, lost by a margin of nearly 18 percent. This election coincided with the Republican Revolution of 1994. Democratic primary Incumbent governor Roy Romer ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Democratic primary resultsState of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1993-1994 https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1994AbstractBook.pdf Colorado Secretary of State June 17, 2017 November 10, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221110054650/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1994AbstractBook.pdf dead Roy Romer (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 68,722 100.00 Republican primary Bruce D. Benson, Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party Mike Bird Dick Sargent George P. Carouthen (write-in) Republican primary results Bruce D. Benson Republican Party (United States) 103,979 60.0% Mike Bird Republican Party (United States) 38,577 22.3% Dick Sargent Republican Party (United States) 30,332 17.5% George P. Carouthen (write-in) Republican Party (United States) 410 0.2% 173,298 100.00 General election Colorado gubernatorial election, 1994http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1994&fips=8&off=5 uselectionatlas.org 1994 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Colorado 2017-06-17 Democratic Party (United States) Roy Romer (incumbent) 619,205 55.47% -6.42% Republican Party (United States) Bruce D. Benson 432,042 38.70% +3.27% Constitution Party (United States) Taxpayers Party Kevin Swanson 40,397 3.62% N/A Green Party (United States) Philip Hufford 16,956 1.52% N/A Prohibition Party (United States) Earl Dodge 7,584 0.68% -0.10% Write-in Thomas Todd 123 0.01% N/A 187,163 16.77% -9.69% 1,116,307 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Gubernatorial 1994 Category:1994 United States gubernatorial elections