2022 United States Senate election in Colorado
The 2022 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet won reelection to a third full term, defeating Republican businessman Joe O'Dea. Originally appointed to the seat in 2009, Bennet won full terms in 2010 and 2016.
Image: Senator Mike Bennett (cropped) 2
Image: Joe O'Dea Headshot (cropped)
Michael Farrand Bennet is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the seat when Senator Ken Salazar became Secretary of the Interior. Bennet previously worked as a managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company, chief of staff to Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, and superintendent of Denver Public Schools.
Official portrait, 2022
Bennet (right) with then-mayor John Hickenlooper and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez in 2003
Official portrait, 2009
Bennet during the 111th Congress