2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

Not to be confused with 2018 Colorado House of Representatives election.

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.

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
Turnout	63.58%
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 3 4 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,343,211 1,079,772 Percentage 53.44% 42.96% Swing 6.66% 4.74%
Democratic   60–70%   70–80% Republican   50–60%   60–70%

Overview

Statewide

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

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

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%County results   DeGette:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Stockham:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      No votesPrecinct results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Diana DeGette, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Saira Rao, political activist, author, publisher, former Wall Street lawyer and television producer^[2]

Eliminated at Convention

• David Sedbrook, self-employed travel industry worker (endorsed DeGette)^[3][4]

Endorsements

Diana DeGette

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO

Organizations

• NARAL Pro-Choice America

Saira Rao

State legislators

• Joe Salazar, state representative and candidate for attorney general in 2018^[5]

Organizations

• Justice Democrats

Local officials

• Rafel Espinoza, Denver City Council member
• Susan-Barnes Gelt, Denver City Council member
• Debbie Ortega, Denver City Council member
• Chaz Tedesco, Adams County Commissioner

Individuals

• Tay Anderson, former candidate for Denver Public School Board of Education
• Denis Berckefeldt, former secretary of the Colorado Democratic Party and nominee for the 3rd district in 2002
• Buie Seawell, former Colorado Democratic Party Chair
• Gary Shteyngart, author
• Andrew Yang, founder of Venture for America and 2020 US Presidential candidate

Results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Casper Stockham, Uber driver and nominee for this seat in 2016^[7]

Withdrawn

• John Field^[8]
• Jeremiah Vialpando^[9]

Results

Republican primary results, October 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casper Stockham	29,933	100.0
Total votes			29,933	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Raymon Doane, tax examiner^[11]

General election

Results

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

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%County results   Neguse:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Yu:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%Precinct results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Neguse, former regent for the University of Colorado, former executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, and nominee for Secretary of State of Colorado in 2014^[14]

Eliminated in primary

• Mark Williams, businessman and former chair of the Boulder County Democratic Party^[15]

Withdrawn

• Kristopher Larsen, Mayor of Nederland^[16]
• Howard Dotson, pastor and candidate for Loveland City Council in 2017^[17]
• Kenneth Toltz, businessman and nominee for the 6th district in 2000^[18]

Declined

• Kerry Donovan, state senator for the 5th District^[19] (running for re-election)
• Steve Fenberg, state senator^[20]
• Dan Gibbs, Summit County Commissioner and former state senator^[20]
• Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner^[20]
• Betsy Markey, former U.S. Representative and nominee for state treasurer in 2014^[20]
• Shaun McGrath, former mayor of Boulder^[17]
• Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action^[20][21]

Endorsements

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

• Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator from California

U.S. Representatives

• Betsy Markey, former U.S. Representative from Colorado
• Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative from California
• Cedric Richmond, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• Marcia Fudge, U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Jim Clyburn, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Gregory Meeks, U.S. Representative from New York
• Gabby Giffords, former U.S. Representative from Arizona
• Terri Sewell, former U.S. Representative from Alabama

Statewide officials

• Bernie Buescher, former Secretary of State of Colorado

State Senators

• Joan Fitz-Gerald, former Senate President
• Dorothy Rupert, former
• Steve Fenberg, also co-founder of New Era Colorado with Neguse
• Rollie Heath, former
• Matt Jones, also candidate for Boulder County commissioner, D3
• Lucia Guzman, minority leader
• Rhonda Fields
• Angela Williams
• Nancy Todd
• Leroy Garcia
• Dominick Moreno
• Jeff Bridges
• Dan Pabon
• Andy Kerr
• John Kefalas
• Polly Baca, former
• Jeanne Nicholson, former
• Bob Bacon, former

State Representatives

• Wilma Webb, former state representative
• Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, former speaker
• KC Becker, house majority leader
• Jonathan Singer
• Edie Hooton
• Mike Foote, candidate for District Attorney
• Faith Winter
• Leslie Herod
• James Coleman
• Jovan Melton
• Janet Buckner
• Daneya Esgar
• Alec Garnett
• Chris Hansen
• Tracy Kraft-Tharp
• Chris Kennedy
• Brittany Pettersen
• Matt Gray
• Diane Mitsch Bush, also candidate for US Congress, D3
• Millie Hamner
• Jeni Arndt
• Joann Ginal
• Mark Ferrandino, former speaker
• Claire Levy, former
• Alice Madden, former majority leader and candidate for CU Regent
• Ruth Wright, former
• Tom Plant, former
• Todd Saliman, former
• Joe Rice, former
• Angie Paccione, former

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO
• American Federation of Teachers^[23]
• Colorado Education Association
• Colorado Professional Fire Fighters
• Pipefitters #208
• Pipefitters #301
• Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters

Organizations

• Blue Rising PAC
• Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Council for a Livable World
• Democracy for America
• End Citizens United
• Giffords
• Humane Society of the United States
• League of Conservation Voters
• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund

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

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Peter Yu, businessman^[24]

Results

Republican primary results, Colorado 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Yu	45,970	100.0
Total votes			45,970	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Roger Barris

Withdrawn

• Todd Mitchem^[25][26]

Independents

Candidates

• Nick Thomas^[27]

General election

Results

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

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% County results   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%Precinct results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Scott Tipton, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

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

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Diane Mitsch Bush, former state representative^[29]

Eliminated in primary

• Karl Hanlon, Glenwood Springs city attorney^[30]
• Arn Menconi, former Eagle County commissioner^[31]

Withdrawn

• Chris Kennedy, Grand Junction city councilman^[32]

Declined

• Kerry Donovan, state senator for the 5th District^[19] (running for re-election)

Results

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

Polling

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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[34]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections^[35]	Safe R	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[36]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
RCP^[37]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos^[38]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
538^[39]	Likely R	November 7, 2018
CNN^[40]	Safe R	October 31, 2018
Politico^[41]	Likely R	November 4, 2018

Results

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

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% County results   Buck:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% McCormick:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      No votesPrecinct results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Ken Buck, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated at convention

• Jim Gunning, former mayor of Lone Tree^[42]

Results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Karen McCormick, veterinarian^[43]

Eliminated in primary

• Chase Kohne, veteran, veterinarian and small business owner^[44]

Eliminated at Convention

• Larry Germanson
• Richard Weil

Endorsements

Chase Kohne

Organizations

• Blue Rising PAC^[45]

Newspapers

• Greeley Tribune^[46]

Results

 

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

Results

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

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% County results   Lamborn:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Spaulding:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%Precinct results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Doug Lamborn, incumbent U.S. Representative^[47]

Eliminated in primary

• Darryl Glenn, El Paso County Commissioner and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2016^[48]
• Owen Hill, state senator^[49]
• Bill Rhea, retired Texas judge^[50]
• Tyler Stevens, former Green Mountain Falls Mayor^[51]

Withdrawn

• Tom Strand, Colorado Springs City Council member^[52]

Polling

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

Results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• 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

• Marcus Murphy (write-in)

Eliminated at Convention

• Betty Field, social worker and former executive director for the Black Hills Center for Equality^[53]
• Lori Furstenberg
• Kimberly Sugarmen

Results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Douglas Randall

General election

Results

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

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%County results   Crow:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Coffman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      No votesPrecinct results

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Mike Coffman, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

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

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Jason Crow, attorney^[54]

Eliminated in primary

• Levi Tillemann, businessman^[55]

Withdrawn

• David Aarestad, attorney and former candidate for the Cherry Creek School District^[56]
• Gabriel McArthur, Bernie Sanders delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention (endorsed Tillemann)^[57]

Results

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

Endorsements

Mike Coffman (R)

Organizations

• Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions^[58]

Newspapers

• The Denver Post^[59]

Jason Crow (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[60]

Polling

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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[34]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections^[35]	Tilt D (flip)	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[36]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
RCP^[37]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos^[38]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2018
538^[39]	Likely D (flip)	November 7, 2018
CNN^[40]	Lean D (flip)	October 31, 2018
Politico^[41]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2018

Results

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

2018 Colorado's 7th congressional district election

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Nominee Ed Perlmutter Mark Barrington Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 204,260 119,734 Percentage 60.4% 35.4%

Perlmutter:      60-70% County results   Perlmutter:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Barrington:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Tie:      40–50%      No votesPrecinct results

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

Perlmutter announced a run for governor, but later withdrew from that race. He later announced that he would not run for re-election.^[61] However, on August 21, 2017, he announced that he had changed his mind.

Candidates

Nominee

• Ed Perlmutter, incumbent U.S. Representative^[62]

Withdrawn

• Daniel Baer, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe^[63]
• Andy Kerr, state senator^[64]
• Dominick Moreno, state senator^[62]
• Brittany Pettersen, state representative^[62]

Results

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

Colorado's 7th district was included on the initial list of Democratic-held seats being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.^[65]

Candidates

Nominee

• Mark Barrington, Lakewood businessman^[66]

Declined

• Don Ytterberg, former chair of the Jefferson County Republican Party, former vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party and nominee for this seat in 2014^[67]

Results

Republican primary results, Colorado 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Barrington	46,028	100.0
Total votes			46,028	100.0

Independents

Candidates

• Nathan Clay^[68]

General election

Results

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

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External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at OpenSecrets

Official campaign websites of first district candidates

• Diana DeGette (D) for Congress
• Casper Stockham (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of second district candidates

• Joe Neguse (D) for Congress
• Peter Yu (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of third district candidates

• Diane Mitsch Bush (D) for Congress
• Scott Tipton (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates

• Ken Buck (R) for Congress
• Karen McCormick (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates

• Doug Lamborn (R) for Congress
• Stephany Rose Spaulding (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of sixth district candidates

• Jason Crow (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of seventh district candidates

• Ed Perlmutter (D) for Congress