United States Senate election in Colorado, 1996

November 5, 1996



Nominee	Wayne Allard	Tom Strickland
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	750,325	677,600
Percentage	51.4%	45.7%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Hank Brown
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Wayne Allard
Republican

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The 1996 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Hank Brown decided to retire instead of seeking a second term. Republican Wayne Allard won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Tom Strickland, attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado
Gene Nichol, Dean of the University of Colorado Law School

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Strickland	87,294	66.13
	Democratic	Gene Nichol	44,709	33.87
Total votes			132,003	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Wayne Allard, U.S. Representative
Gale Norton, Attorney General of Colorado

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Allard	115,064	56.83
	Republican	Gale Norton	87,394	43.17
Total votes			202,458	100.00

General election

Candidates

Wayne Allard (R), U.S. Representative
Randy MacKenzie (NL)
Tom Strickland (D), attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Wayne Allard	750,325	51.41%	-4.27%
	Democratic	Tom Strickland	677,600	45.74%	+4.08%
	Natural Law	Randy MacKenzie	41,620	2.85%
	Write-ins		66	0.00%
Majority			82,715	5.67%	-8.35%
Turnout			1,459,601
	Republican hold		Swing

References

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