Overview:
Follow along with our live blog, written by Vicky Collins, as she breaks down the 2026 election night results in real time.
*To view live election results page click here.* Bucket List Community News is live from the Buell Public Media Center in downtown Denver covering the 2026 midterm election results as they come in, along with KGNU Community Radio, MSU Denver’s The Metropolitan, and the PBS Student Reporting Lab. Here are live updates.
8:27 Democrat Brittany Petterson has won her race for the U.S. House’s 7th District. She won by a margin of 2-1 over Republican Tim Bennett.
8:14 The Associated Press has called Democrat Jenna Griswold as the winner in the Attorney General’s race. Democrat Jeff Bridges has been called as the winner in the Colorado Treasurer race.
7:54 According to the Associated Press, Democrat Amanda Gonzalez has won her race for Secretary of State over Republican James Wiley.
7:45 NBC News has called the 8th District U.S. House race for Manny Rutinel.
7:43 With 74% of votes counted, Democrat Eileen Laubacher is leading Republican Lauren Boebert by a 51% to 46% margin in District 4 U.S. House race.
7:23 Associated Press has called Melat Kiros as winner of Colorado’s 1st District. Shimon Blau received less than 6% of the vote and Republican Christy Peterson received almost 14% of the vote.
7:12 p.m. With 70% of votes counted, Melat Kiros has a commanding lead in her race to represent U.S. House District 1.
7:01 Associated Press calls Phil Weiser as Governor of Colorado and John Hickenlooper as U.S. Senator. Victor Marx is watching election returns with his family at a private event.
7:00 Polls Close. Secretary of State and Associated Press start reporting results.
6:30 p.m. The Secretary of State’s office reports turnout is up 4% over the 2022 midterms. There are over four million active voters in Colorado and about 1.6 million ballots cast. Voter turnout is highest among Democrats. Over 49% of registered Democrats have returned their ballots making up almost a third of all ballots returned. Unaffiliated voters account for over 43% of all ballots. Republicans account for 24.4% of ballots returned.
