1914 United States Senate election in Colorado

1914 United States Senate election in Colorado

← 1913 November 3, 1914 1920 →
 
Nominee Charles S. Thomas Hubert Work
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 102,037 98,728
Percentage 40.30% 38.99%

 
Nominee Benjamin Griffith J. C. Griffiths
Party Progressive Socialist
Popular vote 27,042 13,943
Percentage 10.68% 5.51%

County results
Thomas:     30-40%      40-50%     50-60%
Work:     30-40%      40-50%     50-60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election

Charles S. Thomas
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Charles S. Thomas
Democratic

The 1914 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 3, 1914. It was the first direct U.S. Senate election in Colorado following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment. Incumbent U.S. Senator Charles S. Thomas, a Democrat, who was first elected by the state legislature to fill a vacancy in 1913, ran for re-election to a full term.

Thomas faced a competitive general election with several major candidates, including physician Hubert Work, the Republican nominee; former state Attorney General Benjamin Griffith, the Progressive nominee; and Congressman George J. Kindel, who ran as an independent. Thomas narrowly won re-election, but with only a 40% plurality.


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