Mark Udall

Senate against incumbent Democrat Mark Udall on a conservative agenda, though with concessions on such issues as same-sex marriage, which he opposed but held to be a matter for the courts. Gardner narrowly won the election, and he took office in 2015. The following year he offered tepid support…

…presidential candidate, and Morris’s son Mark served as a U.S. senator (2009–15) from Colorado. (Mike Lee and Gordon Smith, second cousins of Tom, also served in the U.S. Senate.)