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2002Final results

2002 election for Colorado Governor

Governor · Colorado

Bill Owens (R) won with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Rollie Heath (D) by 30.1 points.

Bill OwensRepublican · winner
65.0%884,583
Rollie HeathDemocrat
35.0%475,373
1,359,956 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+27.21990D+16.81994R+0.61998R+30.12002D+17.32006D+39.92010

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET