Colorado's 2nd Congressional District

Colorado's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Joe Neguse

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Colorado's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Joe Neguse (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Colorado representatives represented an average of 722,771 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 720,704 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 2

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse (D)	69.6	202,249
		Marshall Dawson (R)	28.5	82,797
		Gaylon Kent (L)	0.9	2,662
		Cynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni (Unity Party)	0.6	1,853
		Jan Kok (Approval Voting Party)	0.4	1,230
		Mike Watson (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 290,791
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Incumbent Joe Neguse advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse	100.0	91,218

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,218
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bernard Coleman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Marshall Dawson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marshall Dawson	100.0	30,825

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,825
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2022

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Incumbent Joe Neguse defeated Marshall Dawson, Steve Yurash, Gary Nation, and Tim Wolf in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse (D)	70.0	244,107
		Marshall Dawson (R)	28.0	97,700
		Steve Yurash (Colorado Center Party)	0.8	2,876
		Gary Nation (American Constitution Party)	0.6	2,188
		Tim Wolf (Unity Party)	0.6	1,968

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 348,839
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Incumbent Joe Neguse advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse	100.0	91,793

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,793
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Marshall Dawson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marshall Dawson	100.0	43,164

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,164
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2020

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Incumbent Joe Neguse defeated Charles Winn, Thom Atkinson, and Gary Swing in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse (D)	61.5	316,925
		Charles Winn (R)	35.4	182,547
		Thom Atkinson (L)	2.6	13,657
		Gary Swing (Unity Party)	0.5	2,534

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 515,663
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Matyi (Independent)
• Alex Johnson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Incumbent Joe Neguse advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse	100.0	168,393

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 168,393
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Charles Winn advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Winn	100.0	66,297

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,297
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Cutcher (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Thom Atkinson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on April 13, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Thom Atkinson (L)

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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Gary Swing advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on April 4, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Swing (Unity Party)

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2018

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Joe Neguse defeated Peter Yu, Nick Thomas, and Roger Barris in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse (D)	60.3	259,608
		Peter Yu (R)	33.6	144,901
		Nick Thomas (Independent)	3.8	16,356
		Roger Barris (L)	2.3	9,749
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	151

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 430,765 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Joe Neguse defeated Mark Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Neguse	65.7	76,829
		Mark Williams	34.3	40,044

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 116,873
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kristopher Larsen (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2

Peter Yu advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Peter Yu

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2016

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Jared Polis (D) defeated Nicholas Morse (R) and Richard Longstreth (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jared Polis Incumbent	56.9%	260,175
	Republican	Nicholas Morse	37.2%	170,001
	Libertarian	Richard Longstreth	5.9%	27,136
Total Votes				457,312
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2014

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jared Polis (D) defeated George Leing (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jared Polis Incumbent	56.7%	196,300
	Republican	George Leing	43.3%	149,645
Total Votes				345,945
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2012

See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Jared Polis won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jared Polis Incumbent	55.7%	234,758
	Republican	Kevin Lundberg	38.6%	162,639
	Libertarian	Randy Luallin	3.3%	13,770
	Green	Susan Hall	2.5%	10,413
Total Votes				421,580
Source: Colorado Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Jared Polis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stephen Bailey (R), Jenna Goss (American Constitution), Curtis Harris (L) and Henry Railbourn (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jared Polis incumbent	67.4%	140,073
	Republican	Stephen Bailey	28.8%	59,747
	American Constitution	Jenna Goss	1.4%	2,923
	Libertarian	Curtis Harris	1.4%	2,867
	Write-in	Henry Railbourn	1%	2,141
Total Votes				207,751

2008
On November 4, 2008, Jared Polis won election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Starin (R), J. A. Calhoun (G) and William Robert Hammons (Unity Party of America) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jared Polis	62.6%	215,571
	Republican	Scott Starin	33.9%	116,591
	Green	J. A. Calhoun	2.9%	10,026
	Unity	William Robert Hammons	0.6%	2,176
Total Votes				344,364

2006
On November 7, 2006, Mark Udall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rich Mancuso (R), Norm Olsen (L) and J. A. Calhoun (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Udall incumbent	68.2%	157,850
	Republican	Rich Mancuso	28.3%	65,481
	Libertarian	Norm Olsen	2.2%	5,025
	Green	J. A. Calhoun	1.3%	2,951
Total Votes				231,307

2004
On November 2, 2004, Mark Udall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stephen Hackman (R) and Norm Olsen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Udall incumbent	67.2%	207,900
	Republican	Stephen Hackman	30.4%	94,160
	Libertarian	Norm Olsen	2.4%	7,304
Total Votes				309,364

2002
On November 5, 2002, Mark Udall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sandy Hume (R), Norm Olsen (L), Patrick West (Natural Law) and Erik Brauer (American Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Udall incumbent	60.1%	123,504
	Republican	Sandy Hume	36.8%	75,564
	Libertarian	Norm Olsen	1.7%	3,579
	Natural Law	Patrick West	0.8%	1,617
	American Constitution	Erik Brauer	0.6%	1,258
Total Votes				205,522

2000
On November 7, 2000, Mark Udall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Carolyn Cox (R), Ronald Forthofer (G) and David Baker (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Udall incumbent	55%	155,725
	Republican	Carolyn Cox	38.6%	109,338
	Green	Ronald Forthofer	4.4%	12,398
	Libertarian	David Baker	2%	5,655
Total Votes				283,116

1998
On November 3, 1998, Mark Udall won election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Greenlee (R) and Patrick West (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Udall	49.9%	113,946
	Republican	Bob Greenlee	47.4%	108,385
	Natural Law	Patrick West	2.7%	6,111
Total Votes				228,442

1996
On November 5, 1996, David Skaggs won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Patricia Miller (R), Larry Johnson (I) and W. Earl Allen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Skaggs incumbent	57%	145,894
	Republican	Patricia Miller	38.3%	97,865
	Independent	Larry Johnson	2.5%	6,304
	Libertarian	W. Earl Allen	2.2%	5,721
Total Votes				255,784

1994
On November 8, 1994, David Skaggs won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Patricia Miller (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Skaggs incumbent	56.8%	105,938
	Republican	Patricia Miller	43.2%	80,723
Total Votes				186,661

1992
On November 3, 1992, David Skaggs won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bryan Day (R) and Vern Tharp (American Grass Roots Alternative) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Skaggs incumbent	60.7%	164,790
	Republican	Bryan Day	32.6%	88,470
	American Grass Roots Alternative	Vern Tharp	6.7%	18,101
Total Votes				271,361

1990
On November 6, 1990, David Skaggs won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jason Lewis (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 2 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Skaggs incumbent	60.7%	105,248
	Republican	Jason Lewis	39.3%	68,226
Total Votes				173,474

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Colorado after the 2020 census

On November 1, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court approved the congressional redistricting plan that the state's Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission approved on September 28, 2021. Colorado was apportioned eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, a net gain of one seat as compared to apportionment after the 2010 census. This map took effect for Colorado’s 2022 congressional elections.

The Denver Post's Alex Burness said that the approved map "gives comfortable advantages to each of Colorado’s seven incumbent members of Congress" and that the newly created 8th District would be competitive based on recent results.

How does redistricting in Colorado work? On November 6, 2018, Colorado voters approved two constitutional amendments, Amendment Y and Amendment Z, establishing separate non-politician commissions for congressional and state legislative redistricting. Each commission consists of four members belonging to the state's largest political party, four members belonging to the state's second-largest party, and four members belonging to no party. Commission members are appointed by a panel of three judges selected by the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. The amendment requires at least eight of the commission's 12 members, including at least two members not belonging to any political party, to approve a map.

The Colorado Constitution requires that state legislative district boundaries "be contiguous, and that they be as compact as possible based on their total perimeter." In addition, "to the extent possible, districts must also preserve the integrity of counties, cities, towns and–where doing so does not conflict with other goals–communities of interest." There are no similar requirements for congressional districts.

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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Colorado after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Colorado after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Colorado State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Colorado's 2nd the 80th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 68.7%-28.8%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Colorado's 2nd the 79 most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 68.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 28.8%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Colorado's 2nd Congressional District the 127th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.07. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.07 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Colorado
• Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Michael Bennet (D)

John Hickenlooper (D)

Representatives

District 1

Diana DeGette (D)

District 2

Joe Neguse (D)

District 3

Lauren Boebert (R)

District 4

Greg Lopez (R)

District 5

Doug Lamborn (R)

District 6

Jason Crow (D)

District 7

Brittany Pettersen (D)

District 8

Yadira Caraveo (D)

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (3)