The 1984 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent
Republican
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Political ideology
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William L. Armstrong defeated
Democrat
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nominee
Nancy E. Dick with 64.25% of the vote. Armstrong carried all but three counties in the state, and to date is the last Republican Senate candidate to carry normally heavily Democratic
Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
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Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 11, 1984.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Nancy E. Dick, incumbent
Lieutenant Governor
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Carlos F. Lucero, attorney
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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William L. Armstrong, incumbent
United States Senator
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Results
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
*William L. Armstrong, Republican
*Nancy E. Dick, Democratic
Other candidates
*Craig Green, Libertarian
*David Martin, Socialist Workers
*Earl Higgerson, Prohibition
Results
See also
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1984 United States Senate elections
The 1984 United States Senate elections coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race, Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate sea ...
References
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1984
Events
January
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...