Winner
Melat Kiros 53.2%
Riding profile
CO-1
The question
CO-1: a safe seat for the Democrats?
Current forecast
Democrat
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 66.4
- P(close race)
- 0%
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In context
How this riding stacks up
| Democrat | Republican | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HereCO-1 | 83.0% | 16.7% | 0.3% |
| National averageUnited States | 54.3% +28.7 | 44.9% −28.2 | 5.1% −4.8 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Editorial read
CO-1, a mixed riding in CO, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 55-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 83% vote share, against 17% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
DEGETTE, DIANA L
Sits with Democrat
Primary race
Primary results
Held Jun 30, 2026 · Certified official result
Winner
Christy Peterson 100.0%
Who's running
The candidates
Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.
- Democrat Challenger
Kiros, Melat
-
Republican Open seat Christy Peterson
Previous election · 2024
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