The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the seven

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from the state of Colorado, one from each of the state's seven

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. The elections will coincide with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Colorado and

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Overview

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado by district:

District 1

The 1st district is located in

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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 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+18. Kathleen Cunningham and investment consultant Martin Walsh are running for the Republican nomination.

Primary results

General election

District 2

The 2nd district is located in North Central Colorado and includes Larimer, Grand, Boulder, Gilpin, Summit, Eagle, Clear Creek and Jefferson counties. The incumbent is Democrat Jared Polis, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+8. The Republican nominee is George Leing, an attorney and former chairman of the

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Republican Party.

Primary results

General election

District 3

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

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, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 53% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+5. Activist David Cox ran against Tipton in the Republican primary. Democratic Pueblo County Commissioner and former state representative Buffie McFadyen had been running against Tipton, but withdrew from the race in March 2014. Former

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Director, former state senator and former state representative

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jumped in after his withdrawal. Democrats Abel Gebre Lake and Stephen Sheldon had been running but also withdrew from the race.

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Joseph Garcia and State Senator

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were also speculated to run for the Democratic nomination to challenge Tipton, but declined to do so.

Primary results

General election

District 4

The 4th district is located in

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and includes numerous sparsely populated counties. The incumbent was Republican

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, who represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012. The district has a PVI of R+11. Gardner did not run for re-election. He instead ran for and won the U.S. Senate seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Declared

= * Ken Buck, Weld County

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and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 * Barbara Kirkmeyer, Weld County

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, former mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island and candidate for the U.S. Senate from Rhode Island in 2006 *

Scott Renfroe Scott Renfroe (born December 7, 1966) is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a United States Republican Party, Republican in 2006, Renfroe represented Colorado's 13th Senate district, Senate ...

, state senator

=Declined

= * Sean Conway, Weld County Commissioner * Tim Dore, state representative *

, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate) * Frank McNulty, state representative *

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, state representative * B.J. Nikkel, former state representative *

Jerry Sonnenberg Jerry Sonnenberg (born May 1958) is an American farmer and politician. He served in the Colorado Senate from the 1st district as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state senate he served as the President pro tempore. P ...

, state representative (running for the state senate)

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Vic Meyers, case manager in the Colorado Department of Corrections and nominee for the state house in 2000

=Withdrew

= * Dan Chapin

Results

General election

District 5

The 5th district is located in

and includes Fremont, El Paso, Teller and Chaffee counties and the city of Colorado Springs. The incumbent is Republican

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, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+13. Former Air Force Major General and candidate for the seat in

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is challenging Lamborn in the Republican primary.

Irv Halter Irving Leslie Halter Jr. is a retired Air Force Major General and a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in Colorado's 5th congressional district in the United Sta ...

, also a retired Air Force major general, is the Democratic nominee.

Primary results

General election

District 6

The 6th district is located in

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 48% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+1.

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, the former Speaker of the

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, is the Democratic nominee to challenge Coffman. Former state representative Karen Middleton and State Senator

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had considered running for the Democratic nomination, but declined to do so.

Primary results

General election

Polling

Results

District 7

The 7th district is located in

, to the north and west of Denver and includes the cities of Thornton and Westminster and most of

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. The incumbent is Democrat

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, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 54% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+5. The Republican nominee is Don Ytterberg, former vice chairman of the

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. Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell, a perennial candidate for office and Tyler Bagley ran for the American Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party, respectively, but neither made the ballot.

Primary results

General election

References

External links

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United States House of Representatives

Overview

By district

District 1

Primary results

General election

District 2

Primary results

General election

District 3

Primary results

General election

District 4

Republican primary

Candidates

=Declared

=Declined

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Withdrew

Results

General election

District 5

Primary results

General election

District 6

Primary results

General election

Polling

Results

District 7

Primary results

General election

See also

References

External links