Riding profile

CO-7

US House district — CO · Mixed · us co

The question

CO-7: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

CO-7, a mixed riding in CO, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 60% vote share, against 39% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

PETTERSEN, BRITTANY LOUISE

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Pettersen, Brittany Louise

  • Republican Challenger

    Bennett, Timothy

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
20.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 59.8%
  • Republican 39.1%
  • Other 1.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereCO-7 59.8%39.1%1.1%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +7.9 46.6% −7.5 5.4% −4.3

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
14.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.4 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026