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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, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Colorado, other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet ran for re-election to a second term, but lost to Republican businessman Joe O'Dea by a margin of 0.6%.

O'Dea's narrow win was considered a major upset; perhaps one of the biggest in the 2022 cycle. Prior to election day, Bennet's polling average was six points ahead of O'Dea, and most pundits and news organizations ranked the seat as "Lean Democratic" or "Likely Democratic." O'Dea's upset victory was a shock to political pundits and the Colorado Democratic Party alike, especially as Democratic incumbents such as Maggie Hassan and Mark Kelly narrowly won their own re-election races.

O'Dea's victory was partially attributed to Joe Biden's extremely negative approval rating of just 31%, but also to his more moderate image compared to other GOP Senate Candidates such as Blake Masters and Herschel Walker; the latter of whom won by only 0.4% in the redder Georgia.

Background
Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet was appointed in 2009 by governor Bill Ritter following the resignation of Ken Salazar to become the Secretary of the Interior under Barack Obama. Bennett first elected in 2010 for his first full term. In his most recent election in 2016, he was re-elected on a second full term with 49.97% of the vote over Republican Darryl Glenn. Bennett was seeking re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary
Incumbent Senator Michael Bennet was unopposed for renomination.

Declared

 * Michael Bennet, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican primary
The Colorado Republican Party State Assembly was held April 9, 2016. Darryl Glenn won the convention with 70% of the vote. Robert Blaha, Jack Graham, Jon Keyser, and Ryan Frazier sought to qualify for the ballot by petition instead of through the State Assembly.

Glenn won the June primary with about 37.5% of the vote in the crowded, five-candidate Republican primary field.

Candidate controversies
In early May, the Denver ABC affiliate uncovered over 10 forged voter signatures on the petition which placed Republican candidate Jon Keyser on the June Republican primary ballot. The circulator who forged the signatures was arrested for 34 felonies. A late May lawsuit claiming at least 60 forged signatures based on the analysis of a handwriting expert and challenging Keyser's placement on the primary ballot was dismissed because it didn't fall within the five-day window to challenge a ballot placement.

When asked on-camera about the forgeries, Keyser didn't address the issue and proceeded to inform the interviewer that Keyser's dog was larger than the interviewer.