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Colorado, U.S. House, District 2

All U.S. congressional districts, including the 2nd Congressional District of Colorado, held elections in 2018.

Heading into the election the incumbent was Jared Polis (D), who was first elected in 2008. Polis announced his 2018 run for governor in June 2017.

Colorado's 2nd Congressional District is located in north central Colorado and includes Broomfield, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Larimer, and Summit counties. Portions of Boulder, Eagle, Jefferson, Park and Weld counties are also located in the district.


Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Joe Neguse Democratic Party $1,278,815 $1,064,034 $214,781 As of December 31, 2018
Peter Yu Republican Party $67,708 $67,708 $0 As of December 31, 2018
Roger Barris Libertarian Party $26,311 $34,508 $-8,197 As of December 31, 2018
Nick Thomas Independent $0 $0 $0 Data not available

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018.

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Colorado from 2000 to 2016.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Colorado every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Colorado 2000-2016

Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 48.2% Republican Party Donald Trump 43.3% 4.9%
2012 Democratic Party Barack Obama 51.5% Republican Party Mitt Romney 46.1% 5.4%
2008 Democratic Party Barack Obama 53.7% Republican Party John McCain 44.7% 9.0%
2004 Republican Party George W. Bush 51.7% Democratic Party John Kerry 47.0% 4.7%
2000 Republican Party George W. Bush 50.8% Democratic Party Al Gore 42.4% 8.4%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Colorado from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Colorado 2000-2016

Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Michael Bennet 50.0% Republican Party Darryl Glenn 44.3% 5.7%
2014 Republican Party Cory Gardner 48.2% Democratic Party Mark Udall 46.3% 1.9%
2010 Democratic Party Michael Bennet 48.1% Republican Party Ken Buck 46.4% 1.7%
2008 Democratic Party Mark Udall 52.8% Republican Party Bob Schaffer 42.5% 10.3%
2004 Democratic Party Ken Salazar 50.4% Republican Party Pete Coors 45.7% 4.7%
2002 Republican Party Wayne Allard 50.1% Democratic Party Tom Strickland 45.2% 4.9%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Colorado, and take place in even-numbered years between presidential elections.

Election results (Governor), Colorado 2000-2016

Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2014 Democratic Party John Hickenlooper 49.3% Republican Party Bob Beauprez 46.0% 3.3%
2010 Democratic Party John Hickenlooper 51.1% Grey.png Tom Tancredo 36.4% 14.7%
2006 Democratic Party Bill Ritter 56.0% Republican Party Bob Beauprez 39.5% 16.5%
2002 Republican Party Bill Owens 61.7% Democratic Party Rollie Heath 33.2% 28.5%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Colorado in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Colorado 2000-2016

Year Republicans Republicans (%) Democrats Democrats (%) Balance of power
2016 Republican Party 4 57.1% Democratic Party 3 42.9% R+1
2014 Republican Party 4 57.1% Democratic Party 3 42.9% R+1
2012 Republican Party 4 57.1% Democratic Party 3 42.9% R+1
2010 Republican Party 4 57.1% Democratic Party 3 42.9% R+1
2008 Republican Party 2 28.6% Democratic Party 5 71.4% D+3
2006 Republican Party 3 42.9% Democratic Party 4 57.1% D+1
2004 Republican Party 4 57.1% Democratic Party 3 42.9% R+1
2002 Republican Party 5 71.4% Democratic Party 2 28.6% R+3
2000 Republican Party 4 66.7% Democratic Party 2 33.3% R+2

Trifectas, 1992-2018

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Colorado Party Control: 1992-2019
Seven years of Democratic trifectasFour years of Republican trifectas

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Governor D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R D D R R D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D R R D D D D D D D


Demographics

Demographic data for Colorado

ColoradoU.S.
Total population:5,448,819316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):103,6423,531,905
Gender
Female:49.8%50.8%
Race and ethnicity**
White:84.2%73.6%
Black/African American:4%12.6%
Asian:2.9%5.1%
Native American:0.9%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.2%
Two or more:3.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:21.1%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:90.7%86.7%
College graduation rate:38.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$60,629$53,889
Persons below poverty level:13.5%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Colorado.

As of July 2017, Colorado had a population of approximately 5.6 million people, and its two largest cities were Denver (pop. est. 719,000) and Colorado Springs (pop. est. 484,000).