Keith Pottratz

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Keith Pottratz (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Colorado. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 30, 2020.

Biography

Pottratz's professional experience includes serving in the U.S Navy from 2007 to 2012 and working for Halliburton. While in the U.S. Navy, he served as a Petty Officer 3rd Class Aviation Ordnanceman and was deployed four times.^[1]

Elections

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Colorado

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hickenlooper (D)	53.5	1,731,114
		Cory Gardner (R)	44.2	1,429,492
		Raymon Doane (L)	1.7	56,262
		Daniel Doyle (Approval Voting Party)	0.3	9,820
		Stephan Evans (Unity Party)	0.3	8,971
		Bruce Lohmiller (G) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Danny Skelly (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Michael Sanchez (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,235,659
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Swing (Other)
• Joseph Camp (Independent)
• Veronique Bellamy (Socialist Party)
• Martha Wolf (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

John Hickenlooper defeated Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hickenlooper	58.7	585,826
		Andrew Romanoff	41.3	412,955

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 998,781
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Danielle Kombo (D)
• Erik Underwood (D)
• Denise Burgess (D)
• David Goldfischer (D)
• Lorena Garcia (D)
• Trish Zornio (D)
• Michael Johnston (D)
• Diana Bray (D)
• Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)
• Michelle Ferrigno Warren (D)
• Critter Milton (D)
• Keith Pottratz (D)
• John Walsh (D)
• Dan Baer (D)
• Ellen Burnes (D)
• Alice Madden (D)
• Angela Williams (D)
• Derrick Blanton (D)
• Dustin John Leitzel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Incumbent Cory Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Gardner	100.0	554,806

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Margot Dupre (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Raymon Doane defeated Gaylon Kent in the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raymon Doane	62.8	4,365
		Gaylon Kent	37.2	2,583

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,948
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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado

Stephan Evans defeated Joshua Rodriguez in the Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on April 4, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Stephan Evans (Unity Party)
		Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party)

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Campaign themes

2019

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