Bill Owens Republican Bill Owens Republican The 2002 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the governor of Colorado.

Bill Owens, the Republican incumbent, defeated Democratic nominee Rollie Heath to win a second term.

Owen's win set the record for biggest win by a Republican in a Colorado gubernatorial election (Democrats won by larger margins in 1982, 1948, and 1928, with Billy Adams' 35 point blowout in that year being the greatest victory for a candidate of any party).

[1] As of 2025, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Colorado and the only time in the past half-century that a Republican won a majority in the state.