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Colorado

U.S. Senate · Colorado

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 97% chance of winning, with an average lead of 17.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 7%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 57.3%

    John Hickenlooper, incumbent

  • Republican 40.4%

    Mark Baisley

  • Other 2.3%

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
Colorado 57.3%40.4%2.3%
National averageUnited States 47.3%+10.0 48.7%−8.3 4.0%−1.7

Simple average of the 100 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

John Hickenlooper · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 30, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary John Hickenlooper 52.8% 472,870 votes
Republican primary Mark Baisley 100.0% 445,352 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    John Hickenlooper

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Chew, Bob

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Other Challenger

    Chew, Robert

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Other Challenger

    Pond, Sean M.

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Mark Baisley

    source

Other races in the region

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. IowaDemocrat54%4.5-point gap
  2. TexasDemocrat58%4.5-point gap
  3. MaineDemocrat58%4.5-point gap
Forecast updated