1920 Senatorial General Election Results

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Senatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Samuel D. Nicholson

Republican

156,577

54.52%

Tully Scott

Democratic

112,890

39.31%

G. F. Stevens

Farmer-Labor

9,041

3.15%

Charles S. Thomas

National

8,665

3.02%

Turnout

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Election Notes:

There were also 27 Scattered votes, not recorded by county.
Charles Thomas, elected as a Democrat in 1914, initially did not seek reelection, but reentered the race under as the National Party nominee in October 1920.
Samuel Nicholson would die on March 24, 1923. Alva B. Adams was appointed to the seat, pending a special election in 1924.

Demographic Data

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Colorado Secretary of State. Abstract of Votes Polled for U.S. Senator, Executive Officers and Regents of the State University at General Election, 1920, Colorado Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1920AbstractBook.pdf) (accessed 21 Sep 2023)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: