2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the seven U.S. Representatives from the state of Colorado, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 28.

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
All seven Colorado seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Last election 4 3 0
Seats won 4 3 0
Seat change
Popular vote 1,288,618 1,263,791 143,338
Percentage 47.70% 46.78% 5.25%
Swing 2.30% 0.03% 3.56%
Popular vote by congressional district. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote in the state, but instead by results in each congressional district.
Elections in Colorado

Summary
Congressional district Incumbent This race
District PVI Representative Party First
elected		 Results Candidates
Colorado 1 D+18 Diana DeGette Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Diana DeGette (Democratic) 67.9%
Casper Stockham (Republican) 27.7%[1]
Darrell Dinges (Libertarian) 4.4%[2]
Colorado 2 D+8 Jared Polis Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Jared Polis (Democratic) 56.9%[3]
Nic Morse (Republican) 37.2%[3]
Richard Longstreth (Libertarian) 5.9%[2]
Colorado 3 R+5 Scott Tipton Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Scott Tipton (Republican) 54.6%[4]
Gail Schwartz (Democratic) 40.4%[5]
Gaylon Kent (Libertarian) 5.0%[2]
Colorado 4 R+11 Ken Buck Republican 2014 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Ken Buck (Republican) 63.6%[6]
Bob Seay (Democratic) 31.5%[7]
Bruce Griffith (Libertarian) 4.8%[2]
Donald Howbert (Write-in)[8]
Colorado 5 R+13 Doug Lamborn Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Doug Lamborn (Republican) 62.3%[9]
Misty Plowright (Democratic) 30.8%[9]
Mike McRedmond (Libertarian) 6.9%[2]
Curtis Imrie (write-in)[10]
Colorado 6 D+1 Mike Coffman Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Mike Coffman (Republican) 50.9%[11]
Morgan Carroll (Democratic) 42.6%[12]
Norm Olsen (Libertarian) 5.0%[2]
Robert Lee Worthey (Green) 1.5%[13]
Colorado 7 D+5 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 2006 Incumbent re-elected. ✓ Ed Perlmutter (Democratic) 55.2%
George Athanasopoulos (Republican) 39.8%[14]
Martin Buchanan (Libertarian) 5.0%[2]

District 1
See also: Colorado's 1st congressional district

The 1st district is located in Central Colorado and includes most of the city of Denver. The incumbent is Democrat Diana DeGette, who has represented the district since 1997. She was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of D+18.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 55,925 86.4
Democratic Charles H. "Chuck" Norris 8,770 13.6
Total votes 64,065 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Charles "Casper" Stockham

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles "Casper" Stockham 15,616 100.0

General election

Results
Colorado's 1st congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diana DeGette (incumbent) 257,254 67.9
Republican Charles "Casper" Stockham 105,030 27.7
Libertarian Darrell Dinges 16,752 4.4
Total votes 379,036 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2
See also: Colorado's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district is located in Northern Colorado and encompasses seven counties. The incumbent is Democrat Jared Polis, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2014 and isn't expected to have a primary challenger.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jared Polis (incumbent) 43,660 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Nicholas Morse, marketing executive

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas Morse 36,417 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates
  • Richard Longstreth

General election

Results
Colorado's 2nd congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jared Polis (incumbent) 260,175 56.9
Republican Nicholas Morse 170,001 37.2
Libertarian Richard Longstreth 27,136 5.9
Total votes 457,312 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3
See also: Colorado's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district is located in Western and Southern Colorado and includes a large number of sparsely populated counties and the city of Grand Junction. The incumbent is Republican Scott Tipton, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+5.

Tipton was mentioned as a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate, but announced that he will run for re-election instead.[17]

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Gail Schwartz

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gail Schwartz 35,823 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Tipton (incumbent) 43,992 78.9
Republican Alexander Beinstein 11,790 21.1
Total votes 55,782 100.0

General election

Results
Colorado's 3rd congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Tipton (incumbent) 204,220 54.6
Democratic Gail Schwartz 150,914 40.4
Libertarian Gaylon Kent 18,903 5.0
Total votes 374,037 100.0
Republican hold

District 4
See also: Colorado's 4th congressional district

The 4th district is located in Eastern Colorado and includes numerous sparsely populated counties. The incumbent is Republican Ken Buck, who has represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 65% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+11.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Bob Seay

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Seay 22,520 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck (incumbent) 58,848 100.0

General election

Results
Colorado's 4th congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Buck (incumbent) 248,230 63.5
Democratic Bob Seay 123,642 31.7
Libertarian Bruce Griffith 18,761 4.8
Total votes 390,633 100.0
Republican hold

District 5
See also: Colorado's 5th congressional district

The 5th district is located in Central Colorado and includes Fremont, El Paso, Teller and Chaffee counties and the city of Colorado Springs. The incumbent is Republican Doug Lamborn, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+13.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Misty Plowright 13,419 58.2
Democratic Donald E. Martinez 9,658 41.8
Total votes 23,077 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 51,018 68.0
Republican Calandra Vargas 23,968 32.0
Total votes 74,986 100.0

General election

Results
Colorado's 5th congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 225,445 62.3
Democratic Misty Plowright 111,676 30.8
Libertarian Mike McRedmond 24,872 6.9
Total votes 361,993 100.0
Republican hold

District 6
See also: Colorado's 6th congressional district

The 6th district is located in Central Colorado and surrounds the city of Denver from the east, including the city of Aurora. The incumbent is Republican Mike Coffman, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 52% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+1. The conservative political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, which receives funding from the Koch brothers, launched a six-figure campaign effort supporting Coffman's candidacy.[19][20]

On July 5, 2015, Morgan Carroll, the former president of the Colorado Senate, announced she planned to challenge Coffman.[21] Andrew Romanoff, the former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives and the 2014 Democratic nominee, considered running again but ultimately decided against it.[22] Former state representative Edward Casso established an exploratory committee in 2014 in preparation for a potential challenge,[23] but ultimately did not run.[15]

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
Declined

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Morgan Carroll 30,704 100.0
Total votes 30,704 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 41,288 100.0
Total votes 41,288 100.0

General election

Results
Colorado's 6th congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 191,626 50.9
Democratic Morgan Carroll 160,372 42.6
Libertarian Norm Olsen 18,778 5.0
Green Robert Lee Worthey 5,641 1.5
Total votes 376,417 100.0
Republican hold

District 7
See also: Colorado's 7th congressional district

The 7th district is located in Central Colorado, to the north and west of Denver and includes the cities of Thornton and Westminster and most of Lakewood. The incumbent is Democrat Ed Perlmutter, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of D+5.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

Results
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 35,196 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
  • George Athanasopoulos

Results
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Athanasopoulos 29,614 100.0

General election

Results
Colorado's 7th congressional district, 2016 [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 199,758 55.2
Republican George Athanasopoulos 144,066 39.8
Libertarian Martin L. Buchanan 18,186 5.0
Total votes 362,010 100.0
Democratic hold

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