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(Writers on the Range) Dave Marston: Former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell Knew How to Horse Trade

Ben Nighthorse Campbell served two terms as U.S. senator, championed Tribal rights, public lands, and water projects, and switched parties in 1995 amid political frustrations.

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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former Colorado U.S. senator and congressman who served first as a Democrat and then as a Republican, died of natural causes last weekend at his ranch in Ignacio, Colorado at age 92. A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Campbell grew up poor and spent part of his childhood in a California orphanage, yet he led a life of excelling. He became a judo champion in 1963, winning a gold medal at the Pan-American Games; …

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Telluride Daily Planet broke the news in Telluride, United States on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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