Overview:
Latest 2026 Colorado congressional results, including Boebert-Laubacher, Rutinel-Evans and three uncalled House races.
Colorado Democrats gained ground in the state’s congressional delegation Tuesday night, flipping the highly competitive 8th District while threatening Republican incumbents in three other seats that remained too close to call Wednesday morning.
Democrat Manny Rutinel defeated Republican Rep. Gabe Evans in the 8th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. The victory returns the northern Front Range seat to Democratic control after Evans narrowly flipped it in 2024.
The biggest remaining questions are in Colorado’s 3rd, 4th and 5th districts.
- District 1: Democrat Melat Kiros won the Denver-based seat after defeating longtime Rep. Diana DeGette in the June primary. Kiros had about 78% of the vote in the general election when the race was called.
- District 2: Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse easily won a fifth term over Republican Kelley Anne Dennison.
- District 3: Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd has maintained his lead over challenger Democrat Dwayne L. Romero. With over 95% of the votes counted as of Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 10:28 p.m. (ET), Hurd has 160,263 (49.2%), while Romero has 154,867 (47.6%), leaving the Western Slope and southern Colorado race too close to call.
- District 4: With over 95% of the votes counted, Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert. As of 1:19 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, Nov. 5, Laubacher has 176,162 votes (48.73%), while Boebert has 173,649 votes (48.04%). The race in Colorado’s traditionally Republican Eastern Plains district remained uncalled Thursday morning.
- District 5: Democrat Jessica Killin remains ahead of Republican Rep. Jeff Crank by nearly 13,000 votes, or about 5 percentage points, with roughly 95% counted as of Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 10:28 p.m. (ET). A Democratic victory would be historic: the Colorado Springs-based district has never elected a Democrat to Congress.
- District 6: Democratic Rep. Jason Crow won reelection over Republican Jason Clark in the Aurora-centered district.
- District 7: Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen won a third term, defeating Republican Tim Bennett and four minor-party or independent candidates.
- District 8: Rutinel defeated Evans, giving Democrats one confirmed Colorado House pickup. The race was called Tuesday night after Rutinel built a double-digit lead.
The results are still unofficial, and Colorado counties will continue processing ballots before completing their canvasses. The Associated Press calls races only when it determines that no plausible path remains for the trailing candidate to win.
If Democratic leads hold in the 4th and 5th districts, Tuesday’s election would dramatically reshape Colorado’s congressional delegation. The 3rd District remains the closest unresolved race in the state.
