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Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress

Official portrait of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · ColoradoSenate 1993–2005 · House 1987–1993 (CO-3)

Ben Campbell was a Republican U.S. senator from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 39 bills that became law (100th–108th Congress).

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375Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–108th Congress (excludes amendments)
116Passed a chamberof 375 bills & resolutions sponsored
39Became law39 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–108th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Campbell has won

Sen. Campbell has won 3 U.S. House elections (1986–1990) and 2 U.S. Senate elections (1992, 1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.7 to 56.1 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1986, CO-3: won by 3.7 points1986CO-31988, CO-3: won by 56.1 points19881990, CO-3: won by 42.0 points19901992, CO Senate: won by 9.1 points1992CO Senate1998, CO Senate: won by 27.5 points1998
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won5 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 3.7 points1986, CO-3
Won an open seat or took one from the other party3 of 5 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Colorado’s 3rd districtWinners, most recent three: Scott R. Tipton (R) 2010–2018 → Lauren Boebert (R) 2020–2022 → Jeff Hurd (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.
Seat history, Colorado Senate (class 3)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Ben Campbell (D) 1992–1998 → Ken Salazar (D) 2004 → Michael F. Bennet (D) 2010–2022. The seat is next on the ballot in 2028.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 97 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored97Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed26See the 26 →
With a committee report listed25See the 25 →
With a Congress.gov note9See the 9 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields
cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
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October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.