Editing Mark Udall (section)

===Elections===
After one term in the Colorado House of Representatives, Udall opted to run for [[Colorado's 2nd congressional district]], which was being vacated by incumbent [[David Skaggs]]. In the primary, Udall had four opponents: [[Gene Nichol]], [[Paul Weissmann]], and Dave Thomas. He won with 44% of the vote, defeating his closest opponent Nichol by 7 percentage points.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/12/primary.results/colorado.html|title=Colorado Primary Results – Aug. 11, 1998|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 25, 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000819020608/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/12/primary.results/colorado.html|archive-date=August 19, 2000|url-status=live}}</ref> He faced the Republican nominee, [[Boulder, Colorado]] Mayor [[Bob Greenlee]] in the general election. The race was unexpectedly close, with Udall narrowly winning, 49% to 47%. Udall was consecutively elected to five terms in the House, without major opposition. He was eventually succeeded by [[Jared Polis]], after he decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican [[Wayne Allard]].<ref name="encyclopedia"/>