The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Christopher Baum (Approval Voting), Adam Withrow (Unity), Blake Huber (Libertarian), Ryan Apelbaum (Republican, write-in), Will Powers (Republican, write-in) and Donald Willoughby (Unaffiliated, write-in).
Certified list: Colorado Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
John Hickenlooper
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 74
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Colorado
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 8 days before by mail or online, or same-day through Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 895,358 votes
- John Hickenlooper Won: 52.8% 472,870
- Julie Gonzales: 47.2% 422,488
The primary · 445,352 votes
- Mark Baisley Won: Unopposed 445,352
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Colorado Secretary of State certified primary abstract. Certified July 24, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $13M
- Outside money
- $820K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $306K of the race's $820K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 6 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: John Hickenlooper $1.3M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
16 filed- Karen BreslinDemocrat$165K
- Julie GonzalesDemocrat$978K
- Janak JoshiRepublican$486K
- George Markert VRepublican$315K
- Sean PondConstitution$31K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+9 in 2020
- John Hickenlooper Won: 53.5%
- Cory Gardner: 44.2%
3,235,790 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.3%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.