Bill Owens

Governor
Born
October 22, 1950
Current age
75
Home state
Colorado
Party
Republican
On the ballot
1998–2002
Career timeline
2-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Owens1.5M
Opponents1.1M
2
Elections run

Between 1998 and 2002, Bill Owens ran in 2 governor elections, winning all 2. Owens's biggest single-election total was 884,583 votes, in the 2002 governor election in Colorado. Owens's closest win came in the 1998 governor election in Colorado, decided by 8,297 votes.

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How many votes has Bill Owens received?

Bill Owens has received 1,532,785 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Bill Owens’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2002GovernorColoradoWon884,58362.62%Rollie Heath
1998GovernorColoradoWon648,20249.04%Gail Schoettler
Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q651820). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Bill Owens: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/bill-owens. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.