Norm Olsen
Norm Olsen (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Olsen was also a 2016 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of Colorado.[1]
Olsen was a 2014 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of Colorado.[2] Norm Olsen lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Elections
2020
See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)
Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Incumbent Jason Crow defeated Steve House, Norm Olsen, and Jaimie Kulikowski in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Crow (D) | 57.1 | 250,314 | |
| Steve House (R) | 40.0 | 175,192 | ||
| Norm Olsen (L) | 2.1 | 9,083 | ||
| Jaimie Kulikowski (Unity Party) | 0.9 | 3,884 | ||
| Total votes: 438,473 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Incumbent Jason Crow advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Crow | 100.0 | 122,929 | |
| Total votes: 122,929 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Steve House advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steve House | 100.0 | 63,635 | |
| Total votes: 63,635 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Casper Stockham (R)
- John Szemler (R)
- Ryan Gonzalez (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Norm Olsen advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on April 13, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Norm Olsen (L) | |
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Unity Party convention
Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Jaimie Kulikowski advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on April 4, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Jaimie Kulikowski (Unity Party) | |
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2016
Colorado's 6th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Mike Coffman (R) won re-election to his fifth term in 2016. He defeated former State Senate Minority Leader Morgan Carroll (D), Norm Olsen (L), and Robert Lee Worthey (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June.[3][4][5][1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mike Coffman Incumbent |
50.9% | 191,626 | |
| Democratic | Morgan Carroll | 42.6% | 160,372 | |
| Libertarian | Norm Olsen | 5% | 18,778 | |
| Green | Robert Lee Worthey | 1.5% | 5,641 | |
| Total Votes | 376,417 | |||
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
2014
Colorado's 6th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2014 due to the fact that the seat was held by a Republican, but the district had a slight Democratic lean. In the primary, both incumbent Mike Coffman (R) and Andrew Romanoff (D) faced no challenger. Coffman defeated Romanoff, Libertarian Norm Olsen and Green Party candidate Gary Swing in the general election on November 4, 2014.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Coffman Incumbent |
51.9% | 143,467 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Romanoff | 43% | 118,847 | |
| Libertarian | Norm Olsen | 3.1% | 8,623 | |
| Green | Gary Swing | 2% | 5,503 | |
| Total Votes | 276,440 | |||
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Norm Olsen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Olsen made the following statement to Ballotpedia regarding his political philosophy:[8]
| “ |
Eliminate the annual budget deficit which is now routinely more than the total national debt just a generation ago. Without any serious limitation on the amount of money available, politicians and policy makers are not required to make hard choices. Thus government has become bloated, inefficient, ineffective, and in many ways corrupt. In essence, politicians are financing their re-election campaigns with loans co-signed by our grandchildren. The "two-party" system is broken. Despite approval ratings in the low teens, 96% of incumbents running for Congress are re-elected. 79 members of the House of Representatives have been there for 10 or more terms. Congress delegates more and more power to a more and more dictatorial president. The "two-party" system is broken. This can only be fixed at such time that neither major party is a majority party. [9] |
” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed September 5, 2016
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Official Candidate List," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ Aurora Sentinel, "State Sen. Morgan Carroll makes official her battle against Mike Coffman for Aurora’s congressional seat," July 7, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Colorado House Primaries Results," June 28, 2016
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Primary election results," accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on September 25, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
