And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.

Military service and education
Campbell attended Placer High School dropping out in 1951 to join the U. The couple have two married children Colin (Karen) Campbell and Shanan (John) Wells. After his retirement Campbell was a senior policy advisor at the firm of Holland and Knight LLP in Washington DC.

Reelected in 1998 Campbell announced in March 2004 that he would not run for relection to a third term in November of that year. He expressed interest in running for Governor of Colorado in 2006. However on January 4 2006 he announced that he would not enter the race.