1930 United States Senate election in Colorado

1930 United States Senate election in Colorado

← 1924 November 4, 1930 1936 →
 
Nominee Edward P. Costigan George H. Shaw
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 180,028 137,487
Percentage 55.85% 42.65%

County results
Costigan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Shaw:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Lawrence C. Phipps
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Edward P. Costigan
Democratic

The 1930 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1930. Republican Senator Lawrence C. Phipps declined to run for re-election, resulting in an open race to replace him. Edward P. Costigan, one of the founding members of the Progressive Party in Colorado and a former member of the United States Tariff Commission, won the Democratic nomination and faced attorney George H. Shaw, the Republican nominee, in the general election. Aided by the nationwide Democratic landslide, Costigan handily defeated Shaw, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Colorado since 1914.


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