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Colorado races

Colorado votes on a Senate seat and all 8 House seats this cycle.

Colorado races to watch

The delegation, district by district

9 seats on the ballot
4 Democratic4 Republican1 not running again

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Colorado

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 8 days before by mail or online, or same-day through Election Day in person.

All dates and rules

Colorado by the numbers

5.9Mpeople across 8 districts

Median household income$71K to $115K
District 3District 4
Living below the poverty line6.8% to 12.4%
District 4District 3
Without health insurance5.6% to 9.8%
District 7District 6

The lowest and highest of Colorado's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$74M in play

Of every dollar in Colorado's federal races, 16 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
$15M raised by candidates$741K outside money
All 8 House races$58M
$48M raised by candidates$11M outside money$7.3M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$17M27%

Larger individual gifts

$27M44%

From PACs

$7.9M13%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

The 8 sitting members on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

Who is spending on Colorado

$11M outside money

The groups spending independently on Colorado's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Colorado's races comes from groups that are spending in other states too.

Groups spending in other states too
$9.2M80%
Groups spending only in Colorado
$2.3M20%

Groups filing here

41

The widest one reaches

24states

Independent spending filed on Colorado's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.