Colorado 2026 Election Results: Weiser Elected Governor as Democrats Sweep Statewide Offices

Colorado voted in the 2026 midterm elections on November 3, and the results below are the collective choice of the state's voters. According to the Colorado Secretary of State's semi-official count and Associated Press race calls, Democrats won the governorship and every statewide constitutional office: Phil Weiser was elected governor and Sen. John Hickenlooper was reelected. Seven U.S. House seats have been called — six for Democrats and one for a Republican — with one still uncalled, and all 14 statewide ballot measures are now decided (three called by the AP, the rest per the Secretary of State). The full list follows.

Governor and U.S. Senator

Governor: Phil Weiser (D), 1,319,781 votes, 60.9%, elected. Gov. Jared Polis was term-limited; Weiser is his successor. Called by the AP.

Governor, other candidates: Victor Marx (R), 728,650 votes, 33.6%; Greg Lopez (unaffiliated), 60,227 votes; Eric Mulder (Libertarian), 33,080 votes.

U.S. Senator: John Hickenlooper (D), 1,310,937 votes, 60.2%, reelected. Called by the AP.

U.S. Senate, other candidates: Mark Baisley (R), 773,936 votes, about 35.6%. The state's other senator, Michael Bennet, was not up this year; his seat is next contested in 2028.

Other Statewide Offices

Attorney General: Jena Griswold (D), 1,251,725 votes, 58.5%, elected. Called by the AP.

Secretary of State: Amanda Gonzalez (D), 1,285,055 votes, 59.8%, elected. Called by the AP. She is reported to be Colorado's first Latino secretary of state.

Treasurer: Jeff Bridges (D), about 58.5%, elected; Kevin Grantham (R) took about 39.1%. Called by the AP.

In sum, Democrats took all four statewide constitutional offices: governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer.

Ballot Measures

The ballot carried 14 statewide measures: Amendments 81-87 and Proposition NN plus Propositions 132-137. Amendments 81-86 require 55% to pass; Amendment 87 and the propositions require a simple majority. Three have been called by the AP; the other 11 are also decided under the Secretary of State's count.

Amendment 81: Require law enforcement to coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security on immigration status. Yes 45.0%, below the 55% threshold — fails.

Amendment 82: Establish a constitutional right to buy and sell natural gas. Yes 46.1%, below the threshold — fails.

Amendment 83: Establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish. Yes 44.8%, below the threshold — fails.

Amendment 84: Require mail ballot envelopes to carry a signature and ID number. No 63.4% — rejected. Called by the AP.

Amendment 85: Require ballot measures to be written in plain language. Yes 50.8%, below the 55% threshold — fails.

Amendment 86: Clarify procedures for off-cycle congressional redistricting. Yes 46.6%, below the threshold — fails.

Amendment 87: Replace the flat 4.4% income tax with graduated rates of 3.71%-8.41%. Yes 50.5% — passed (simple majority required; Secretary of State's count).

Proposition NN: Raise the TABOR revenue cap so the state may retain revenue for K-12 education and other purposes. Yes 55.4% — passed. Called by the AP.

Proposition 132: Increase penalties for fentanyl crimes. Yes 52.7% — passed (Secretary of State's count).

Proposition 133: Life imprisonment for sex trafficking of minors. Yes 61.8% — passed. Called by the AP.

Proposition 134: Require school sports participation by biological sex. Yes 52.4% — passed (Secretary of State's count).

Proposition 135: Ban gender-affirming surgery for minors. Yes 51.9% — passed (Secretary of State's count).

Proposition 136: Cap personal and corporate income tax rates at 4.4%. Yes 47.3% — fails.

Proposition 137: Dedicate sporting-goods sales tax revenue to environmental conservation. Yes 50.3% — passed (Secretary of State's count).

U.S. House

Overview: the state has 8 seats, split 4-4 before the election. Seven have been called — six for Democrats and one for a Republican; one (District 4) remains uncalled.

District 1: Melat Kiros (D), 78.3%, elected, succeeding fellow Democrat Diana DeGette — not a flip. Kiros is Colorado's first self-described socialist elected to Congress and is reported to be the first Gen Z woman in Congress.

District 2: Joe Neguse (D), 74.8%, reelected.

District 3: called. Incumbent Jeff Hurd (R) won reelection with 50.13% (Secretary of State's count), defeating Dwayne Romero (D).

District 4: not yet called. Eileen Laubacher (D), 49.2%, leads incumbent Lauren Boebert (R), 47.7%.

District 5: called. Jessica Killin (D) won with 155,598 votes, 50.52% (Secretary of State's count), defeating incumbent Jeff Crank (R, 141,074 votes) — a flip from Republican to Democratic.

District 6: Jason Crow (D), 66.1%, reelected.

District 7: Brittany Pettersen (D), 61.0%, reelected.

District 8: Manny Rutinel (D), 55.5%, defeated incumbent Gabe Evans (R), 40.8% — a flip from Republican to Democratic. Called by the AP.

Chinese American / Asian American winners: none among the seven called House winners.

State Legislature

State Senate: Democratic control, no flip. Democrats held 23 seats to the Republicans' 12 before the election; the count points to 24-11, a two-thirds supermajority, with final numbers pending all calls.

State House: Democratic control, no flip. Democrats held 43 seats to 22; the count points to as many as 49 Democratic seats, with final numbers pending.

Chinese American winner: Kevin Leung (D) defeated incumbent Republican state Sen. John Carson by about 52.5% to 47.6% in State Senate District 30. Leung has said he immigrated from Hong Kong 38 years ago.

All figures are from the Colorado Secretary of State's count and AP calls. Uncalled contests are listed with their current leaders only, and final results are subject to official certification. GSM will update this list as the remaining races are called.

Related: 2026 midterm results: all 50 states

Related: AP Calls Colorado's 4th District for Laubacher, Defeating Incumbent Boebert by 3,523 Votes

Source: Colorado Secretary of State

Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

Photo: 图片来源：科罗拉多州议会大厦（Denver），CC BY 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）

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