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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado
← 2016 November 6, 2018 2020 →
All 7 Colorado seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout63.58%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 3 4
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,343,211 1,079,772
Percentage 53.44% 42.96%
Swing Increase 6.66% Decrease 4.74%
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The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The Republican and Democratic Party primaries in Colorado were held on June 26, 2018. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Overview

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Statewide

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– %
Democratic 7 1,343,211 53.44 4 Increase1 57.14
Republican 7 1,079,772 42.96 3 Decrease1 42.95
Libertarian 6 58,769 2.34 0 Steady 0.0
Independent 2 27,187 1.08 0 Steady 0.0
Unity 2 4,623 0.18 0 Steady 0.0
Green 5 207 0.01 0 Steady 0.0
Write-in 5 137 0.01 0 Steady 0.0
Total 34 2,513,906 100.0 7 Steady 100.0
Popular vote
Democratic
 
 53.43%
Republican
 
 42.95%
Libertarian
 
 2.34%
Other
 
 1.28%
House seats
Democratic
 
 57.14%
Republican
 
 42.86%
Libertarian
 
 0.00%
Other
 
 0.00%

By district

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Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado by district:[1]

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 272,886 73.81% 85,207 23.05% 11,622 3.14% 369,715 100.0% Democratic hold
District 2 259,608 60.27% 144,901 33.64% 26,256 6.09% 430,765 100.0% Democratic hold
District 3 146,426 43.55% 173,205 51.52% 16,570 4.93% 336,201 100.0% Republican hold
District 4 145,544 39.38% 224,038 60.61% 38 0.01% 369,620 100.0% Republican hold
District 5 126,848 39.30% 184,002 57.02% 11,866 3.68% 322,716 100.0% Republican hold
District 6 187,639 54.10% 148,685 42.87% 10,498 3.03% 346,822 100.0% Democratic gain
District 7 204,260 60.42% 119,734 35.42% 14,073 4.16% 338,067 100.0% Democratic hold
Total 1,343,211 53.43% 1,079,772 42.95% 90,924 3.62% 2,513,907 100.0%

District 1

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2018 Colorado's 1st congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Diana DeGette Casper Stockham
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 272,886 85,207
Percentage 73.8% 23.0%

DeGette:      60-70%      70-80%
Stockham:      50-60%

DeGette:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Stockham:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Diana DeGette
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Diana DeGette
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 1st congressional district

The 1st district is located in Central Colorado and includes most of the city of Denver. Incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+21.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Saira Rao, political activist, author, publisher, former Wall Street lawyer and television producer[2]
Eliminated at Convention
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  • David Sedbrook, self-employed travel industry worker (endorsed DeGette)[3][4]

Endorsements

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Diana DeGette

Labor unions

Organizations

Saira Rao

State legislators

Organizations

Local officials

Individuals

Results

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Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 91,102 68.2
Democratic Saira Rao 42,398 31.8
Total votes 133,500 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Casper Stockham, Uber driver and nominee for this seat in 2016[7]
Withdrawn
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  • John Field[8]
  • Jeremiah Vialpando[9]

Results

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Republican primary results, October 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Casper Stockham 29,933 100.0
Total votes 29,933 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Raymon Doane, tax examiner[11]

General election

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Results

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Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 272,886 73.8
Republican Casper Stockham 85,207 23.1
Libertarian Raymon Doane 11,600 3.1
Write-in 22 0.0
Total votes 369,715 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

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2018 Colorado's 2nd congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Joe Neguse Peter Yu
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 259,608 144,901
Percentage 60.3% 33.6%

Neguse:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Yu:      40-50%      50-60%

Neguse:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Yu:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Jared Polis
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Neguse
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district is located in Northern Colorado and encompasses seven counties. Incumbent Democrat Jared Polis, who had represented the district since 2009, did not run re-election, instead running for Governor.[13] He was re-elected with 57% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+9.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Withdrawn
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Joe Neguse[22]

U.S. Executive Branch officials

  • Joe Biden, former U.S. Vice President
  • Ken Salazar, former U.S. Senator, Colorado Attorney General and U.S. Secretary of the Interior
  • Ray Mabus, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

State Senators

State Representatives

Labor unions

Organizations

Mayors

  • Wellington Webb, former Mayor of Denver
  • Suzanne Jones, Mayor of Boulder
  • Connie Sullivan, Mayor of Lyons
  • Bob Muckle, Mayor of Louisville
  • Kris Larsen, Mayor of Nederland
  • Will Toor, former Mayor of Boulder
  • Susan Osbourne, former Mayor of Boulder
  • Christine Berg, Mayor of Lafayette
  • Leslie Durgen, former Mayor of Boulder
  • Kevin Burns, Mayor of Dillon
  • Susan Kirkpatrick, former Mayor of Fort Collins
  • Jacki Marsh, Mayor of Loveland

City councilors (Boulder)

  • Sam Weaver
  • Jill Grano
  • Bob Yates
  • Macon Cowles, former
  • Sally Martin, former
  • Ken Wilson, former
  • Robin Bohanan, former
  • Francois Poinsatte, former
  • Andy Schultehsis, former
  • Jan Burton, former
  • Andrew Schoemaker, former
  • Angelique Espinoza, former

City councilors (other)

  • Jamie Harkins, Lafayette
  • Bette Erickson, Broomfield
  • Sharron Tessier, Broomfield
  • Guyleen Castriota, Broomfield
  • Deven Shaff, Broomfield
  • Stan Jezierski, Broomfield
  • Bob Overbeck, Fort Collins
  • Richard Ball, Loveland
  • Leah Johnson, Loveland
  • Kristi Stephens, Fort Collins, former

County officials (Boulder)

  • Josie Heath, former commissioner
  • Bean Pearlman, former commissioner
  • Elise Jones, commissioner
  • Deb Gardner, commissioner
  • Cindy Domenico, commissioner
  • Stan Garnett, former District Attorney
  • Bob Hullinghorst, former treasurer
  • Former Boulder County Democratic Party chair Dan Gould
  • Former Boulder County Democratic Party chair Joel Davidow
  • Former Boulder County Democratic Party vice chair Laura Spicer
  • Paul Weissman, treasurer
  • Joe Pelle, sheriff

County officials (others)

  • Kathy Plomer, Adams 12 school board member
  • Tom Mehling, Former Broomfield County Democratic Party chair
  • Judy Enderle, Former Broomfield County Democratic Party chair
  • Randy Wheelock, former Clear Creek county commissioner
  • Sandy Briggs, former Summit County Democratic Party chair
  • Bruce Brown, District Attorney, D5
  • Jill Ryan, Eagle County commissioner
  • Tim Mauch, Clear Creek County commissioner
  • Beverly Breakstone, Summit County assessor
  • Thomas Davidson, Summit County commissioner
  • Karn Stiegelmeiser, Summit County commissioner
  • Dan Gibbs, Summit County commissioner

Others

  • Val Flores, state board of education member
  • Aaron Brocket, Boulder mayor pro tem
  • Rich Pelletier, former deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders
  • Dr. Noah Finkelsteni, Director of Colorado Center for STEM Learning
  • Neal Lurie, President of Center for Resource Conservation
  • Sean Maher, former executive director of Boulder Small Business Development Center
  • Suzy Ageton, former Boulder deputy mayor
  • Nikhi Mankekar, deputy chairperson of Boulder Human Relations Commission
  • Mark Lacis, Superior Town Trustee
  • JoyAnn Ruscha (former Colorado political director for Bernie Sanders for president)

Results

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Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Neguse 76,829 65.7
Democratic Mark Williams 40,044 34.3
Total votes 116,873 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Peter Yu, businessman[24]

Results

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Republican primary results, Colorado 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Yu 45,970 100.0
Total votes 45,970 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Roger Barris
Withdrawn
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Independents

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Candidates

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General election

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Results

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Colorado's 2nd congressional district results, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Neguse 259,608 60.3
Republican Peter Yu 144,901 33.6
Independent Nick Thomas 16,356 3.8
Libertarian Roger Barris 9,749 2.3
Green Kevin Alumbaugh (write-in) 151 0.0
Total votes 430,765 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3

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2018 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Scott Tipton Diane Mitsch Bush
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 173,205 146,426
Percentage 51.5% 43.6%

Tipton:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Bush:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Tipton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Bush:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%
U.S. Representative before election

Scott Tipton
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Scott Tipton
Republican

See also: Colorado's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district is located in Western and Southern Colorado and includes a large number of sparsely populated counties and the city of Grand Junction. Incumbent Republican Scott Tipton, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+6.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results, Colorado 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Tipton (incumbent) 66,854 100.0
Total votes 66,854 100.0

Democratic primary

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This was one of 80 Republican-held House districts targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.[28]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Results

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Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diane Mitsch Bush 44,809 64.1
Democratic Karl Hanlon 19,368 27.7
Democratic Arn Menconi 5,754 8.2
Total votes 69,931 100.0

General election

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Scott
Tipton (R) 		Diane
Mitsch Bush (D) 		Other Undecided
JMC Analytics/Bold Blue Campaigns[33] October 27 – November 2, 2018 500 ± 4.5% 46% 41% 5%[34] 7%
Change Research (D)[35] October 27–29, 2018 485 – 53% 38% – 9%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[36] Likely R November 5, 2018
Inside Elections[37] Safe R November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[38] Lean R November 5, 2018
RCP[39] Likely R November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[40] Likely R November 5, 2018
538[41] Likely R November 7, 2018
CNN[42] Safe R October 31, 2018
Politico[43] Likely R November 4, 2018

Results

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Colorado's 3rd congressional district, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Tipton (incumbent) 173,205 51.5
Democratic Diane Mitsch Bush 146,426 43.6
Independent Mary Malarsie 10,831 3.2
Libertarian Gaylon Kent 5,727 1.7
Green Gary Swing (write-in) 9 0.0
Write-in 3 0.0
Total votes 336,201 100
Republican hold

District 4

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2018 Colorado's 4th congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Ken Buck Karen McCormick
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 224,038 145,544
Percentage 60.6% 33.6%

Buck:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
McCormick:      60-70%

Buck:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
McCormick:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Ken Buck
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ken Buck
Republican

See also: Colorado's 4th congressional district

The 4th district is located in Eastern Colorado and includes numerous sparsely populated counties. Incumbent Republican Ken Buck, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results, Colorado 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck (incumbent) 85,290 100.0
Total votes 85,290 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Chase Kohne, veteran, veterinarian and small business owner[46]
Eliminated at Convention
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  • Larry Germanson
  • Richard Weil

Endorsements

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Chase Kohne

Organizations

Newspapers

Results

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Primary results by county:
  McCormick
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen McCormick 37,120 64.7
Democratic Chase Kohne 20,269 35.3
Total votes 57,389 100.0

General election

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Results

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Colorado's 4th congressional district results, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck (incumbent) 224,038 60.6
Democratic Karen McCormick 145,544 39.4
Green John Vigil (write-in) 26 0.0
Write-in 12 0.0
Total votes 369,620 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

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2018 Colorado's 5th congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Doug Lamborn Stephany Rose Spaulding
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 184,002 126,848
Percentage 57.0% 39.3%

Lamborn:      50-60%      60-70%
Spaulding:      50-60%

Lamborn:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Spaulding:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Doug Lamborn
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Doug Lamborn
Republican

See also: Colorado's 5th congressional district

The 5th district is located in Central Colorado and includes Fremont, El Paso, Teller and Chaffee counties and the city of Colorado Springs. Incumbent Republican Doug Lamborn, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+14.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrawn

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Darryl
Glenn 		Owen
Hill 		Doug
Lamborn 		Bill
Rhea 		Tyler
Stevens 		Undecided
Magellan Strategies[55] May 20–21, 2018 519 ± 4.3% 27% 10% 37% 2% 3% 21%

Results

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Republican primary results, Colorado 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 54,974 52.2
Republican Darryl Glenn 21,479 20.4
Republican Owen Hill 19,141 18.2
Republican Bill Rhea 6,167 5.9
Republican Tyler Stevens 3,643 3.5
Total votes 105,404 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Stephany Rose Spaulding, activist, public commentator, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs and associate professor of Women's and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Eliminated in primary
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  • Marcus Murphy (write-in)
Eliminated at Convention
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  • Betty Field, social worker and former executive director for the Black Hills Center for Equality[56]
  • Lori Furstenberg
  • Kimberly Sugarmen

Results

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Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephany Rose Spaulding 45,466 99.9
Write-in 38 0.1
Total votes 45,504 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Douglas Randall

General election

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Results

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Colorado's 5th congressional district results, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 184,002 57.0
Democratic Stephany Rose Spaulding 126,848 39.3
Libertarian Douglas Randall 11,795 3.7
Unity John Croom (write-in) 16 0.0
Write-in 55 0.0
Total votes 322,716 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

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2018 Colorado's 6th congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Jason Crow Mike Coffman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 187,639 148,685
Percentage 54.1% 42.9%

Crow:      40-50%      50-60%
Coffman:      50-60%

Crow:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Coffman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Mike Coffman
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Jason Crow
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 6th congressional district

The 6th district is located in Central Colorado and surrounds the city of Denver from the east, including the city of Aurora. Incumbent Republican Mike Coffman, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 51% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+2.

Republican primary

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Republican primary results, Colorado 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 56,703 100.0
Total votes 56,703 100.0

Democratic primary

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This was one of 80 Republican-held House districts targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.[28]

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Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Crow 49,851 65.9
Democratic Levi Tillemann 25,757 34.1
Total votes 75,608 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Mike Coffman (R)

Organizations

Newspapers

Jason Crow (D)

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Coffman (R) 		Jason
Crow (D) 		Undecided
NYT Upshot/Siena College[64] October 13–17, 2018 506 ± 4.5% 38% 47% 9%
Normington, Petts & Associates (D)[65] September 18–23, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 38% 49% 13%
NYT Upshot/Siena College[66] September 12–14, 2018 500 ± 4.8% 40% 51% 9%
The Tarrance Group (R-Coffman)[67] September 11–13, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 45% 46% 9%
IMGE Insights (R)[68] July 9–12, 2018 400 – 45% 45% 10%
Global Strategy Group (D-Crow)[69] July 11–17, 2018 506 ± 4.4% 45% 47% 8%
Normington, Petts & Associates (D)[65] July 9–11, 2018 400 – 44% 41% 15%
Public Policy Polling (D)[70] February 15–18, 2018 751 ± 3.6% 39% 44% 17%
Public Policy Polling (D)[71] October 5–8, 2017 742 ± 3.6% 43% 36% 21%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[36] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2018
Inside Elections[37] Tilt D (flip) November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[38] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2018
RCP[39] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[40] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2018
538[41] Likely D (flip) November 7, 2018
CNN[42] Lean D (flip) October 31, 2018
Politico[43] Lean D (flip) November 4, 2018

Results

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Colorado's 6th congressional district results, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Crow 187,639 54.1
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 148,685 42.9
Libertarian Kat Martin 5,886 1.7
Unity Dan Chapin 4,607 1.3
Green Christopher Allen (write-in) 5 0.0
Total votes 346,822 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 7

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2018 Colorado's 7th congressional district election
← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Ed Perlmutter Mark Barrington
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 204,260 119,734
Percentage 60.4% 35.4%

Perlmutter:      60-70%

Perlmutter:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Barrington:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Ed Perlmutter
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Ed Perlmutter
Democratic

See also: Colorado's 7th congressional district

The 7th district is located in Central Colorado, to the north and west of Denver and includes the cities of Thornton and Westminster and most of Lakewood. Incumbent Democrat Ed Perlmutter, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+6.

Democratic primary

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Perlmutter announced a run for governor, but later withdrew from that race. He later announced that he would not run for re-election.[72] However, on August 21, 2017, he announced that he had changed his mind.

Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results, Colorado 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 81,991 100.0
Total votes 81,991 100.0

Republican primary

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Colorado's 7th district was included on the initial list of Democratic-held seats being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.[76]

Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results, Colorado 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Barrington 46,028 100.0
Total votes 46,028 100.0

Independents

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Candidates

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General election

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Results

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Colorado's 7th congressional district results, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 204,260 60.4
Republican Mark Barrington 119,734 35.4
Libertarian Jennifer Nackerud 14,012 4.1
Green Michael Haughey (write-in) 16 0.0
Write-in 45 0.0
Total votes 338,067 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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