Libertarian Gaylon Kent.
Republican Cory Gardner’s upset win against Democrat Mark Udall in the U.S. Senate race overshadowed a triumph (of sorts) for another candidate in the race.
, the Libertarian Party candidate, took 2.6 percent — a record for the party’s U.S. Senate nominee in Colorado, .
Smart Politics’ Eric Ostermeier at the University of Minnesota found that libertarian U.S. Senate candidates in 10 of the 20 states where they appeared on the ballot set new high-water marks for support.
The previous best in Colorado: Rick Stanley’s 1.5 percent in the 2002 U.S. Senate race.
Sure, itap not much. But Gardner — and if Udall held on to his seat, Kent would have received much more attention for possibly being a spoiler in the race.
Itap worth watching to see how the party’s candidate fares in Colorado’s 2016 U.S. Senate race, when Democrat Michael Bennet faces re-election.
