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Colorado’s 4th District

U.S. House · CO-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 63% chance of winning, with an average lead of 6.1 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 50%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 49.4%

    Lauren Boebert, incumbent

  • Democrat 47.2%

    Eileen Laubacher

  • Other 3.4%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 50% chance (63% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican63%
OrbitRepublican50%
50/50 blendRepublican57%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat Other
CO-4 49.4%47.2%3.4%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+5.5 54.9%−7.7 1.2%+2.2

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over11.8% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Lauren Boebert · Republican

Primary results

Held June 30, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Eileen Laubacher 100.0% 72,483 votes
Republican primary Lauren Boebert 100.0% 92,651 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Lauren Boebert

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Eileen Laubacher

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Veldhuizen, Timothy

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 11.6 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 6.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • CO-5 Republican, toss-up
  • CO-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • CO-1 Democrat, safe seat
  • CO-8 Democrat, toss-up
  • CO-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • CO-2 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated