2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

November 8, 2022
All 8 Colorado seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 4 3 Seats won 5 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,365,427 1,051,030 Percentage 55.23% 42.51% Swing 2.18% 1.04%
299px 299px Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Colorado gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, elections to the U.S. Senate, and various state and local elections.

District boundaries were redrawn to ensure that the districts are apportioned based on data from the 2020 census, which added an eighth seat to Colorado's delegation.

Statewide results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic Party	8	1,365,427	55.23%	5	1	62.5%
	Republican Party	8	1,051,030	42.51%	3		37.5%
	Libertarian Party	5	34,234	1.38%	0		0.0%
	American Constitution Party	3	14,428	0.58%	0		0.0%
	Unity Party	2	3,796	0.15%	0		0.0%
	Colorado Center Party	1	2,876	0.12%	0		0.0%
	Write-in	4	414	0.02%	0		0.0%
	Independent	1	9	>0.01%	0		0.0%
Total		35	2,472,214	100%	8	1	100%

Statewide Popular vote
Democratic			55.23%
Republican			42.51%
Libertarian			1.38%
American Constitution			0.58%
Unity			0.15%
Colorado Center			0.12%
Write-in			0.02%
Independent			0.01%

House seats
Democratic			62.5%
Republican			37.5%

District 1

2022 Colorado's 1st congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Diana DeGette Jennifer Qualteri Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 226,929 49,529 Percentage 80.3% 17.5%

200px County Results DeGette:      70-80%      80-90%

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 includes almost all of Denver, as well as the enclaves of Glendale and Holly Hills. The district is very similar to its predecessor before 2020 redistricting. The incumbent is Democrat Diana DeGette, who was re-elected with 73.6% of the vote in 2020. She is running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Diana DeGette, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Neal Walia, grassroots activist and former staffer for Governor John Hickenlooper

Did not qualify

• Dom Waters, graphic artist and educator

Endorsements

Neal Walia
Individuals Marianne Williamson, author and candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020 Organizations Working Families Party Progressive Democrats of America

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	79,391	81.1
	Democratic	Neal Walia	18,472	18.9
Total votes			97,863	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jennifer Qualteri

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Qualteri	18,568	100.0
Total votes			18,568	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid D	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid D	November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe D	November 17, 2021
Politico	Solid D	April 5, 2022
RCP	Safe D	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Solid D	July 11, 2022
DDHQ	Solid D	July 20, 2022
538	Solid D	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Safe D	September 28, 2022

Results

2022 Colorado's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	226,929	80.3
	Republican	Jennifer Qualteri	49,530	17.5
	Libertarian	John Kittleson	6,157	2.2
	Green	Iris Boswell (write-in)	70	0.0
Total votes			282,686	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2022 Colorado's 2nd congressional district election

x150px Nominee Joe Neguse Marshall Dawson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 244,107 97,770 Percentage 70.0% 28.0%

200px County Results Neguse:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Dawson:      70-80%

U.S. Representative before election Joe Neguse Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Joe Neguse Democratic

See also: Colorado's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district is located in north-central Colorado, taking in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Longmont, as well as the surrounding mountain ski towns, including Vail, Grand Lake and Idaho Springs. The district was made slightly larger during redistricting, and it is now based in the north-central part of the state rather than just west of Denver. The incumbent is Democrat Joe Neguse, who was re-elected with 61.5% of the vote in 2020. He is running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Neguse, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Neguse (incumbent)	91,793	100.0
Total votes			91,793	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Marshall Dawson

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marshall Dawson	43,164	100.0
Total votes			43,164	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid D	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid D	November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe D	November 17, 2021
Politico	Solid D	April 5, 2022
RCP	Safe D	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Solid D	July 11, 2022
DDHQ	Solid D	July 20, 2022
538	Solid D	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Safe D	September 28, 2022

Results

2022 Colorado's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Neguse (incumbent)	244,107	70.0
	Republican	Marshall Dawson	97,770	28.1
	Colorado Center Party	Steve Yurash	2,876	0.8
style="background-color: Template:American Constitution Party (Colorado)/meta/color; width: 2px;" |	[[American Constitution Party (Colorado)|Template:American Constitution Party (Colorado)/meta/shortname]]	Gary L. Nation	2,188	0.6
	Unity	Tim Wolf	1,968	0.6
Total votes			348,839	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3

2022 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Lauren Boebert Adam Frisch Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 163,832 163,278 Percentage 50.06% 49.89%

250px County results Boebert:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Frisch:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Lauren Boebert Republican Elected U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert Republican

See also: Colorado's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district encompasses the Colorado Western Slope, including the cities of Montrose, Pueblo, and Grand Junction. Redistricting made the district slightly safer for the incumbent, Republican Lauren Boebert, who was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2020. The district absorbs part of the old 4th district. She ran for re-election. Under the new district lines, the seat has a Cook PVI of R+7 and Donald Trump would have carried the district by 8 points. Despite this, Democrats very nearly flipped the seat, as Boebert defeated Adam Frisch by a razor-thin margin of 546 votes. This was the closest house race in 2022.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lauren Boebert, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Don Coram, state senator from the 6th district

Eliminated at Convention

• Marina Zimmerman, crane operator

Declined

• Tim Foster, president of Colorado Mesa University
• Matt Soper, state representative from the 54th district (running for re-election)

Endorsements

Lauren Boebert
U.S. Executive Branch officials Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021) Newspaper and other media Colorado Springs Gazette Organizations House Freedom Fund Turning Point Action

Don Coram
Newspaper and other media Durango Herald

Debates and forums

2022 CO-03 Republican primary debates and forums

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Participants
P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
					Boebert	Coram
1	May 26, 2022		Dave Woodruff		P	P

Results

File:2022 Republican primary in Colorado's 3rd congressional district.svg

Results by county

  Boebert

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Coram

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauren Boebert (incumbent)	86,322	66.0
	Republican	Don Coram	44,486	34.0
Total votes			130,808	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Adam Frisch, former Aspen city councilman

Eliminated in primary

• Sol Sandoval, community organizer
• Alex Walker, entrepreneur

Did not qualify

• Debby Burnett, veterinarian
• Naziha Karima In'am Hadil
• Kellie Rhodes, rancher and public servant
• Root Routledge, U.S. Air Force veteran and candidate for this seat in 2020
• Donald Valdez, state representative from the 62nd district and candidate for this seat in 2020
• Colin Wilhelm, attorney and candidate for state house in 2020
• Scott Yates

Withdrew

• Colin Buerger
• Kerry Donovan, president pro tempore of the Colorado Senate from the 5th district
• Susan Martinez, nurse assistant and activist
• Gregg Smith, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former adviser to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince

Declined

• Diane Mitsch Bush, former state representative from the 26th district and nominee for this district in 2018 and 2020 (endorsed Sandoval)
• Leroy Garcia, former President of the Colorado Senate from the 3rd district
• Dylan Roberts, state representative from the 26th district (running for state senate)

Endorsements

Sol Sandoval
State legislators Polly Baca, former state senator from the 25th district and former chair of the Colorado Democratic Party Diane Mitsch Bush, former state representative from the 26th district and nominee for this district in 2018 and 2020 Organizations Working Families Party

Debates and forums

2022 CO-03 Democratic primary debates and forums

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Participants
P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
					Frisch	Sandoval	Walker
1	May 25, 2022	Mesa County Democratic Party			P	P	P

Results

File:2022 Democratic primary in Colorado's 3rd congressional district.svg

Results by county

  Frisch

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Sandoval

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Tie

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Frisch	25,751	42.4
	Democratic	Sol Sandoval	25,462	41.9
	Democratic	Alex Walker	9,504	15.7
Total votes			60,717	100.0

Independents

Candidates

Filed paperwork

• Kristin Skowronski

General election

Debate

2022 Colorado's 3rd congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Lauren Boebert	Adam Frisch
1	Sep. 19, 2022	Club Twenty	Edie Sunn	YouTube	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid R	May 20, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Likely R	November 17, 2021
Politico	Likely R	April 5, 2022
RCP	Likely R	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Likely R	July 11, 2022
DDHQ	Solid R	July 20, 2022
538	Solid R	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Safe R	September 28, 2022

Endorsements

Adam Frisch (D)
State officials Don Coram, State Senator from the 6th District (2017–2023) (Republican) Russ George, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives (1999–2000) and state representative from the 57th District (1993–2000) (Republican) Newspapers Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Organizations Forward Party

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lauren Boebert (R)	Adam Frisch (D)	Undecided
Center Street PAC (D)	Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2022	144 (RV)	± 5.2%	40%	45%	15%
Keating Research (D)	Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	45%	8%
Keating Research (D)	Jul 21–25, 2022	550 (LV)	± 4.2%	49%	42%	9%

Hypothetical polling

Lauren Boebert vs. generic opponent

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lauren Boebert (R)	Generic Opponent	Undecided
Keating Research (D)	July 21–25, 2022	550 (LV)	± 4.2%	45%	48%	7%

Results

Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert faced a strong challenge from former Aspen city councilman and businessman Adam Frisch who led on election day. Despite many prediction sites like The Cook Political Report giving the race a rating of "Solid R" up to election day, the race would prove to become the closest race of the cycle. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight gave Boebert a 97% chance of winning and most projections showed Boebert defeating Frisch by a margin of nearly 15%. However, on election night, Frisch led Boebert with over 90% of votes counted. Over time the vote would narrow, with at one point Frisch leading by only 60 votes. Boebert took the lead two days after the election, though confusion would start to grow as to how many outstanding votes would be left due to military absentee ballots among other errors with vote counting. Although the close margin triggered an automatic recount, Frisch conceded the race on November 17 after all overseas, military and provisional ballots were counted, as he acknowledged that a recount was very unlikely to overturn Boebert's lead. On December 12, Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced that the results of the recount showed minimal change, with Boebert losing 3 votes and Frisch gaining 1.

2022 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauren Boebert (incumbent)	163,839	50.06
	Democratic	Adam Frisch	163,293	49.89
	Write-in		153	0.05
Total votes			327,285	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2022 Colorado's 4th congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Ken Buck Ike McCorkle Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 216,024 129,619 Percentage 60.9% 36.6%

200px County Results Buck:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

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 encompasses rural eastern Colorado and the southern Denver exurbs, including Castle Rock and Parker. The incumbent is Republican Ken Buck, who was re-elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2020. The old 4th district ceded parts to the new 3rd district. Buck is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ken Buck, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Bob Lewis

Endorsements

Ken Buck
Organizations American Conservative Union Family Research Council Action PAC Newspaper and other media Colorado Springs Gazette

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Buck (incumbent)	90,070	74.0
	Republican	Robert Lewis	31,585	26.0
Total votes			121,655	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ike McCorkle, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and nominee for this district in 2020

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ike McCorkle	42,238	100.0
Total votes			42,238	100.0

Independents

Candidates

Filed paperwork

• Ryan McGonigal

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid R	November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	November 17, 2021
Politico	Solid R	April 5, 2022
RCP	Safe R	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Solid R	July 11, 2022
DDHQ	Solid R	July 20, 2022
538	Solid R	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Safe R	September 28, 2022

Results

2022 Colorado's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Buck (incumbent)	216,024	60.9
	Democratic	Ike McCorkle	129,619	36.6
style="background-color: Template:American Constitution Party (Colorado)/meta/color; width: 2px;" |	[[American Constitution Party (Colorado)|Template:American Constitution Party (Colorado)/meta/shortname]]	Ryan McGonigal	8,870	2.5
Total votes			354,513	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2022 Colorado's 5th congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Doug Lamborn David Torres Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 155,528 111,978 Percentage 56.0% 40.3%

200px County Results Lamborn:      50-60%

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 based in Colorado Springs and its suburbs, including Fountain, Black Forest, and Ellicott after previously being spread out over central Colorado. The incumbent is Republican Doug Lamborn, who was re-elected with 57.6% of the vote in 2020. He is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Doug Lamborn, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Andrew Heaton, business owner
• Rebecca Keltie, U.S. Navy veteran and Unity nominee for this district in 2020
• Dave Williams, state representative from the 15th district and former vice-chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party

Did not qualify

• Christopher Mitchell, electrical engineer

Endorsements

Doug Lamborn
U.S. Executive Branch officials Mike Pompeo, 75th U.S. Secretary of State (2018–2021) and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018) U.S. Representatives Jim Jordan, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 4th congressional district (2007–) Newspapers The Gazette

Dave Williams
U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district (1999–2009) Individuals Michelle Malkin, political commentator

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Lamborn (incumbent)	46,178	47.3
	Republican	Dave Williams	32,669	33.5
	Republican	Rebecca Keltie	12,631	12.9
	Republican	Andrew Heaton	6,121	6.3
Total votes			97,599	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Torres, U.S. Air Force veteran

Eliminated in primary

• Michael Colombe

Did not qualify

• Orlondo Avion
• Jeremy Dowell, attorney

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Torres	24,413	54.7
	Democratic	Michael C. Colombe	20,237	45.3
Total votes			44,650	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid R	November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	November 17, 2021
Politico	Likely R	April 5, 2022
RCP	Safe R	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Solid R	July 11, 2022
DDHQ	Solid R	July 20, 2022
538	Solid R	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Safe R	September 28, 2022

Results

2022 Colorado's 5th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Lamborn (incumbent)	155,528	56.0
	Democratic	David Torres	111,978	40.3
	Libertarian	Brian Flanagan	7,079	2.5
style="background-color: Template:American Constitution Party (Colorado)/meta/color; width: 2px;" |	[[American Constitution Party (Colorado)|Template:American Constitution Party (Colorado)/meta/shortname]]	Christopher Mitchell	3,370	1.2
	Independent	Matthew Feigenbaum	9	0.0
Total votes			277,964	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

2022 Colorado's 6th congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Jason Crow Steve Monahan Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 170,140 105,084 Percentage 60.6% 37.4%

200px County Results Crow:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. Representative before election Jason Crow Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Jason Crow Democratic

See also: Colorado's 6th congressional district

The 6th district is based in the southern suburbs of the Denver metropolitan area including Aurora, Centennial, and Littleton. The incumbent is Democrat Jason Crow, who was re-elected with 57.1% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jason Crow, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Crow (incumbent)	61,074	100.0
Total votes			61,074	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Monahan

Declined

• Lora Thomas, Douglas County commissioner (running for Douglas County Sheriff)

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Monahan	47,556	100.0
Total votes			47,556	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Eric Mulder, nominee for Arapahoe County sheriff in 2018

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid D	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid D	November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe D	November 17, 2021
Politico	Solid D	April 5, 2022
RCP	Safe D	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Solid D	July 11, 2022
DDHQ	Solid D	July 20, 2022
538	Solid D	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Safe D	September 28, 2022

Results

2022 Colorado's 6th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Crow (incumbent)	170,140	60.6
	Republican	Steve Monahan	105,084	37.4
	Libertarian	Eric Mulder	5,531	2.0
Total votes			280,755	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

2022 Colorado's 7th congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Brittany Pettersen Erik Aadland Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 204,984 150,509 Percentage 56.4% 41.4%

200px County Results Pettersen:      50-60%      60-70% Aadland:      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. Representative before election Ed Perlmutter Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen Democratic

See also: Colorado's 7th congressional district

The 7th district includes the western suburbs of Denver and central Colorado, including Arvada, Lakewood, Broomfield, and Cañon City, but also a large portion of central Colorado. The incumbent was Democrat Ed Perlmutter, who was re-elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2020. Perlmutter announced that he would retire at the end of his term, creating an open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Brittany Pettersen, state senator from the 22nd district

Did not qualify

• Kyle Faust
• Julius B. Mopper

Declined

• Lesley Dahlkemper, Jefferson County commissioner
• Jessie Danielson, state senator from the 20th district (endorsed Pettersen)
• Ed Perlmutter, incumbent U.S. Representative (endorsed Pettersen)
• Brianna Titone, state representative from the 27th district (endorsed Pettersen)

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brittany Pettersen	71,497	100.0
Total votes			71,497	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Erik Aadland, army veteran

Eliminated in primary

• Laurel Imer, small business owner and candidate for state house in 2020
• Timothy Reichert, economist, businessman

Did not qualify

• Carl Anderson, vice chair of the Teller County Republican Party
• Brad Dempsey, lawyer

Endorsements

Laurel Imer
U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district (1999–2009) State legislators Dave Williams, state representative from the 15th district (2017–present) Individuals Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County (1993–2017)

Timothy Reichert
U.S. Senators Hank Brown, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (1991–1997) U.S. Representatives Bob Beauprez, former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 7th congressional district (2003–2007) Newspapers Denver Gazette

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Aadland	43,469	47.9
	Republican	Timothy Reichert	32,583	35.9
	Republican	Laurel Imer	14,665	16.2
Total votes			90,717	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely D	January 26, 2022
Inside Elections	Likely D	November 22, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean D	July 28, 2022
Politico	Lean D	November 7, 2022
RCP	Lean D	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Lean D	August 22, 2022
DDHQ	Lean D	July 20, 2022
538	Likely D	June 30, 2022
The Economist	Likely D	September 28, 2022

Endorsements

Brittany Pettersen (D)

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator from Colorado (2009–present) U.S. Representatives Jason Crow, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district (2019–present) Diana DeGette, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district (1997–present) Joe Neguse, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district (2019–present) Ed Perlmutter, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 7th congressional district (2007–present) Organizations American Israel Public Affairs Committee EMILY's List Human Rights Campaign PAC League of Conservation Voters NARAL Pro-Choice America New Democrat Coalition Action Fund Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Erik Aadland (R)
U.S. Senators Cory Gardner, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (2015-2021) U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district (1999–2009) Organizations Tea Party Express

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Brittany Pettersen (D)	Erik Aadland (R)	Undecided
RMG Research	July 24–30, 2022	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	44%	41%	13%
Meeting Street Insights (R)	July 18–21, 2022	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	44%	42%	13%

Hypothetical polling

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Undecided
Meeting Street Insights (R)	July 18–21, 2022	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	45%	44%	11%

Results

2022 Colorado's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brittany Pettersen	204,984	56.4
	Republican	Erik Aadland	150,510	41.4
	Libertarian	Ross Klopf	6,187	1.7
	Unity	Critter Milton	1,828	0.5
	Independent	JP Lujan (write-in)	92	0.0
Total votes			363,601	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election

x150px x150px Nominee Yadira Caraveo Barbara Kirkmeyer Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 114,377 112,745 Percentage 48.4% 47.7%

300px County results Caraveo:      50–60% Kirkmeyer:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election None (New district) Elected U.S. Representative Yadira Caraveo Democratic

See also: Colorado's 8th congressional district

The 8th district is a new district created after the 2020 census. It includes the northern Front Range cities and surrounding Denver communities, including Thornton, Brighton, Johnstown, and Greeley.

Democratic nominee Yadira Caraveo won the open seat by just 0.7 percentage points. This was largely seen as an upset win, as polls almost unanimously had Republican nominee Barbara Kirkmeyer in the lead.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Yadira Caraveo, state representative from the 31st district

Did not qualify

• Johnny Humphrey, gay rights advocate
• Chaz Tedesco, Adams County commissioner

Declined

• Joe Salazar, former state representative from the 31st district and candidate for Attorney General in 2018 (Running for state senate)
• Brianna Titone, state representative from the 27th district (endorsed Caraveo)
• Faith Winter, state senator from the 24th district (endorsed Caraveo)

Endorsements

Yadira Caraveo

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator from Colorado (2009–present) John Hickenlooper, U.S Senator from Colorado (2021–present) U.S. Representatives Jason Crow, U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th congressional district (2019–present) Diana DeGette, U.S. Representative from Colorado's 1st congressional district (1997–present) Katie Porter, U.S. Representative from California's 45th congressional district (2019–present) State legislators Irene Aguilar, former state senator from the 32nd district Judy Amabile, state representative from the 13th district KC Becker, former speaker of the Colorado house of representatives (2019–2021) Andrew Boesenecker, state representative from the 53rd district Jeff Bridges, state senator from the 26th district Janet Buckner, state senator from the 28th district Jessie Danielson, state senator from the 20th district Lindsey Daugherty, state representative from the 29th district Monica Duran, state representative from the 24th district Daneya Esgar, Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives and state representative from the 46th district Tony Exum, state representative from the 17th district Meg Froelich, state representative from the 3rd district Alec Garnett, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives and state representative from the 2nd district Matt Gray, state representative from the 33rd district Iman Jodeh, state representative from the 41st district Chris Kennedy, state representative from the 23rd district Cathy Kipp, state representative from the 52nd district Sonya Jaquez Lewis, state senator from the 17th district Susan Lontine, state representative from the 1st district Julie McCluskie, state representative from the 61st district Karen McCormick, state representative from the 11th district Anne McGihon, former state representative from the 3rd district Barbara McLachlan, state representative from the 59th district Kyle Mullica, state representative from the 34th district Brittany Pettersen, state senator from the 22nd district David Ortiz, state representative from the 38th district Dylan Roberts, state representative from the 26th district Emily Sirota, state representative from the 9th district Marc Snyder, state representative from the 18th district Kerry Tipper, state representative from the 28th district Brianna Titone, state representative from the 27th district Mike Weissman, state representative from the 36th district Faith Winter, state senator from the 24th district Steven Woodrow, state representative from the 6th district Mary Young, state representative from the 50th district Local officials Jennifer Arndt, mayor of Fort Collins Organizations 314 Action American Israel Public Affairs Committee EMILY's List End Citizens United Human Rights Campaign PAC Latino Victory League of Conservation Voters Let America Vote NARAL Pro-Choice America New Democrat Coalition Action Fund Planned Parenthood Action Fund Newspapers The Denver Post

Chaz Tedesco

State legislators Andrew Romanoff, former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives (2005–2009) and former state representative (2001–2009) Joe Miklosi, former state representative (2009–2013) Joe Salazar, former state representative (2013–2019) Individuals Greg Boyd, former NFL player Randy Bryce, ironworker, activist, and former political candidate Organizations International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local 9 International Association of Fire Fighters International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Pipefitters Local Union 208 Retired Members Council of the Communication Workers of America 777 United Steelworkers VoteVets.org

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yadira Caraveo	38,837	100.0
Total votes			38,837	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Barbara Kirkmeyer, state senator from the 23rd district

Eliminated in primary

• Tyler Allcorn, U.S. Army Special Forces veteran
• Jan Kulmann, mayor of Thornton
• Lori Saine, Weld County commissioner and former state representative from the 63rd district

Did not qualify

• Ryan Gonzalez
• Jewels Gray, professional photographer

Endorsements

Tyler Allcorn
Former executive branch officials Ryan Zinke, former United States Secretary of the Interior (2017–2019)

Barbara Kirkmeyer
Organizations Americans for Prosperity Tea Party Express (post primary) United States Chamber of Commerce (post primary)

Jan Kulmann
State senators John Cooke, state senator from the 13th district (2015–)

Lori Saine

U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th congressional district (1999–2009) State legislators Mark Baisley, state representative from the 39th district (2019–) Richard Holtorf, state representative from the 64th district (2019–) Kevin Lundberg, former state senator (2009–2019) Kim Ransom, state representative from the 44th district (2019–) David Schultheis, former state senator (2007–2011) Shane Sandridge, state representative from the 14th district (2019–) Matt Soper, state representative from the 54th district (2019–) Individuals John Lott Jr., author and gun rights activist

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Kirkmeyer	22,724	39.0
	Republican	Jan Kulmann	13,398	23.0
	Republican	Lori Saine	12,357	21.2
	Republican	Tyler Allcorn	9,743	16.7
Total votes			58,222	100.0

Independents

Candidates

Filed paperwork

• Matthew Payette

General election

Debates and forums

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district general election debates and forums

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Participants
P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
					Caraveo	Kirkmeyer	Long	Ward
1	October 13, 2022	9NEWS	Kyle Clark	YouTube	P	P	N	N

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Tossup	November 29, 2021
Inside Elections	Tilt R	November 3, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean R	November 2, 2022
Politico	Lean R	November 3, 2022
RCP	Lean R	June 9, 2022
Fox News	Lean R	November 1, 2022
DDHQ	Lean R	October 18, 2022
538	Likely R	October 20, 2022
The Economist	Lean R	November 5, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Yadira Caraveo (D)	Barbara Kirkmeyer (R)	Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)	October 11–16, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	44%	46%	12%
Global Strategy Group (D)	July 26 – August 2, 2022	700 (LV)	± 4.4%	42%	44%	15%
Global Strategy Group (D)	June 9–13, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	36%	44%	20%

Hypothetical polling

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)	June 9–13, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	42%	46%	13%

Results

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yadira Caraveo	114,377	48.4
	Republican	Barbara Kirkmeyer	112,745	47.7
	Libertarian	Richard Ward	9,280	3.9
	Colorado Center Party	Tim Long (write-in)	99	0.0
Total votes			236,501	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

• Colorado Secretary of State

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

• Diana DeGette (D) for Congress
• Jennifer Qualteri (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates

• Marshall Dawson (R) for Congress
• Joe Neguse (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 3rd district candidates

• Lauren Boebert (R) for Congress
• Adam Frisch (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 4th district candidates

• Ken Buck (R) for Congress
• Ike McCorkle (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 5th district candidates

• Doug Lamborn (R) for Congress
• David Torres (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 6th district candidates

• Jason Crow (D) for Congress
• Steve Monahan (R) for Congress
• Eric Mulder (L) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 7th district candidates

• Erik Aadland (R) for Congress
• Brittany Pettersen (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 8th district candidates

• Yadira Caraveo (D) for Congress
• Barb Kirkmeyer (R) for Congress