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Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and was a United States Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005.
The 1992 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democrat Tim Wirth decided to retire instead of seeking a second term. The open seat was won by Democratic nominee Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who later switched parties in 1995 and was re-elected as a Republican in 1998.
This was Campbell's first election as a Republican as he left the Democratic Party in 1995. As of 2024, this is the last time that a Republican won the Class 3 Senate seat from Colorado, and the last time that a Native American was elected to the United States Senate until 2022 .
Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and a jeweler testified at a congressional hearing in 2017 about the benefits and shortcomings of the law administered ...
Benjamin or Ben Campbell may refer to: Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born 1933), American politician from Colorado; Benjamin Campbell (1826–1907), founder of Campbell, California; Benedict Campbell (born 1957), Canadian voice actor; Ben Campbell, a character in the 2008 film 21; Ben Campbell (Scottish golfer) (fl. 1861–1893), Scottish ...
Following the November 2022 elections, incumbents Cole (R-OK), Davids (D-KS) and Peltola (D-AK) all retained their seats, while Cherokee Republican Markwayne Mullin retired from the House and was elected to the Senate: Mullin became the first Native senator since the retirement of Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) in 2005, and his House seat was ...
Early in Cheyenne history, ... Ben Nighthorse Campbell is a member of the North Cheyenne Council of Forty-Four. [12] See also. Lean Bear (1813–1864)
The district was represented from 1987 to 1993 by Ben Nighthorse Campbell before he ran for the U.S. Senate and switched parties from Democratic to Republican. The district's former representative Scott Tipton lost renomination in 2020 to Lauren Boebert in what was considered a major upset. [4]