Who’s running for Congress in Colorado?
All eight of Colorado’s congressional districts will have candidates on the June 25 primary ballot. And in three of those districts — the 3rd, 4th and 5th — the seat is open, providing the ingredients for a more boisterous fight than normal ahead of November’s election.
Here is a look at who will be on the ballot in the state’s congressional primaries, district by district. Listed are major-party contenders who qualified by petitioning onto the ballot, by winning support at party assemblies, or by taking both routes. This story may be updated when the final ballot is certified April 26 by the Colorado secretary of state.
The listing doesn’t include third-party and independent candidates who are running in this fall’s general election.
1st Congressional District
Includes the City and County of Denver
Democratic primary: U.S. Rep.
Diana DeGette, the stalwart representative of the district centered in liberal-leaning Denver, has occupied the seat since 1997 — the longest of any current Colorado member of Congress, by far — and is unopposed.
Republican primary: Valdamar Archuleta, a Denver native who told Ballotpedia he’s worked as a massage therapist and photographer, is running unopposed.
2nd Congressional District
Includes the north-central mountains, Fort Collins and Boulder
Democratic primary: U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, now the House’s assistant Democratic leader, has held the seat since 2019. The Lafayette resident is running unopposed.
Republican primary: Marshall Dawson, who lives in Longmont and works in the technology field, is unopposed. The November election will be a rematch of 2022, when Dawson lost to Neguse by more than 40 points.
3rd Congressional District
Covers much of the Western Slope and southern Colorado, including Grand
Pueblo
Republican primary: U.S. Lauren Boebert, the Republican who has occupied the seat since 2021, opted to run in the 4th Congressional District this year. Several candidates have made the ballot in the open GOP race:
Russ Andrews, a Carbondale financial adviser.
Ron Hanks, a former state representative from Fremont County.
Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction electric co-op attorney.
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