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Wednesday 4 November 2026

Colorado's 3rd, 4th and 5th House districts are still uncalled, Democrats lead all three, and only three of the 14 ballot measures have been called

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Democrats lead Colorado's three close House races in the count so far, with Jessica Killin ahead of Representative Jeff Crank in the 5th, Eileen Laubacher ahead of Representative Lauren Boebert in the 4th, and Dwayne Romero ahead of Representative Jeff Hurd in the 3rd. None has an Associated Press call as of November 4, and 11 of the state's 14 measures are still uncalled.

Colorado voted for a Democratic governor and a Democratic senator on Tuesday, in Phil Weiser and John Hickenlooper, and the state's three contested House seats may follow them. In the 5th District, which covers El Paso County and Colorado Springs, Jessica Killin led Representative Jeff Crank 118,290 votes to 103,246 in the state's late Tuesday count, 51.78 percent to 45.19 percent. The district is a single county, and El Paso County had not finished reporting. Only Republicans have ever held this seat.

In the 4th District, on the Eastern Plains and the northern Front Range, Eileen Laubacher led Representative Lauren Boebert 158,198 to 151,117, 49.63 percent to 47.41 percent, with Libertarian Douglas Mangeris at 9,443 votes. None of the district's 21 counties had finished election night reporting. In the 3rd District, on the Western Slope and in southern Colorado, Dwayne Romero led Representative Jeff Hurd 131,384 to 127,862, 49.17 percent to 47.85 percent, and Romero's margin narrowed in every batch counted after the first. All three races are listed as too early to call as of November 4, and Colorado counties keep counting mail ballots that arrived by the 7 p.m. Tuesday deadline.

The ballot measures are mostly open too. The AP has called three of the 14: Proposition 133, which raises penalties for human trafficking of a minor, passed; Proposition NN, which lets the state keep the TABOR surplus for K-12 schools and children's programs, about 500 million dollars a year, passed; and Amendment 84, which would have required a voter signature and identification number on the outside of mail ballots, was rejected.

The other 11 measures have no call as of November 4. Several amendments need 55 percent to change the state constitution, and in the count so far the yes side runs below that bar on Amendment 81, on law enforcement coordination with federal immigration authorities, at 955,821 yes votes to 1,175,851 no votes, and on Amendment 83, the hunting and fishing right, at 944,651 yes to 1,169,372 no. Proposition 135, which would prohibit gender affirming surgery for minors, leads 1,095,835 to 1,022,625 in the count so far, and Proposition 132, on fentanyl penalties, leads 1,112,307 to 1,003,864. Both are plain majority measures and both are still too early to call.

Source: Associated Press

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