Colorado's 7th Congressional District

Colorado's 7th Congressional District

Incumbent

Brittany Pettersen

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Colorado's 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Brittany Pettersen (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Colorado representatives represented an average of 722,771 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 720,704 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Incumbent Brittany Pettersen defeated Sergei Matveyuk, Patrick Bohan, Ron Tupa, and Patrick Flaherty in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittany Pettersen (D)	55.3	235,688
		Sergei Matveyuk (R)	41.1	175,273
		Patrick Bohan (L)	2.3	9,697
		Ron Tupa (Unity Party)	1.2	5,271
	Submit photo	Patrick Flaherty (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	37

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 425,966
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Morgan Law (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Incumbent Brittany Pettersen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittany Pettersen	100.0	71,052

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,052
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Sergei Matveyuk advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sergei Matveyuk	100.0	46,154

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,154
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James Hemenway (R)

2022

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Brittany Pettersen defeated Erik Aadland, Ross Klopf, Critter Milton, and JP Lujan in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittany Pettersen (D)	56.4	204,984
		Erik Aadland (R)	41.4	150,510
		Ross Klopf (L)	1.7	6,187
		Critter Milton (Unity Party)	0.5	1,828
		JP Lujan (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	92

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363,601
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Brittany Pettersen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittany Pettersen	100.0	71,497

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,497
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kyle Faust (D)
• Julius Mopper (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Erik Aadland defeated Tim Reichert and Laurel Imer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erik Aadland	47.9	43,469
	Submit photo	Tim Reichert	35.9	32,583
		Laurel Imer	16.2	14,665

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,717
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brad Dempsey (R)
• Carl Andersen (R)

2020

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Incumbent Ed Perlmutter defeated Casper Stockham, Ken Biles, David Olszta, and Steve Zorn in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Perlmutter (D)	59.1	250,525
		Casper Stockham (R)	37.6	159,301
		Ken Biles (L)	2.7	11,510
		David Olszta (Unity Party)	0.6	2,355
		Steve Zorn (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 423,691
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Anthony Malgieri (Independent)
• James Treibert (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Incumbent Ed Perlmutter advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Perlmutter	100.0	125,880

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nathan Clay (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Casper Stockham advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Casper Stockham	100.0	52,488

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,488
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Ken Biles advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on April 13, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Ken Biles (L)

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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 7

David Olszta advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on April 4, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		David Olszta (Unity Party)

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2018

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Incumbent Ed Perlmutter defeated Mark Barrington and Jennifer Nackerud in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Perlmutter (D)	60.4	204,260
		Mark Barrington (R)	35.4	119,734
	Submit photo	Jennifer Nackerud (L)	4.1	14,012
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	61

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 338,067 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nathan Clay (Independent)
• Marcus France (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Incumbent Ed Perlmutter advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Perlmutter	100.0	81,991

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Mark Barrington advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Barrington	100.0	46,028

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2016

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Ed Perlmutter (D) defeated George Athanasopoulos (R) and Martin Buchanan (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Perlmutter Incumbent	55.2%	199,758
	Republican	George Athanasopoulos	39.8%	144,066
	Libertarian	Martin Buchanan	5%	18,186
Total Votes				362,010
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2014

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 7th Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ed Perlmutter (D) defeated Don Ytterberg (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Perlmutter Incumbent	55.1%	148,225
	Republican	Don Ytterberg	44.9%	120,918
Total Votes				269,143
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2012

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 7th Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Ed Perlmutter won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Perlmutter Incumbent	53.5%	182,460
	Republican	Joe Coors, Jr.	40.8%	139,066
	Libertarian	Buck Bailey	2.7%	9,148
	Constitution	Douglas Campbell	3%	10,296
Total Votes				340,970
Source: Colorado Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Ed Perlmutter won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ryan Frazier (R) and Buck Bailey (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Perlmutter incumbent	53.4%	112,667
	Republican	Ryan Frazier	41.8%	88,026
	Libertarian	Buck Bailey	4.8%	10,117
Total Votes				210,810

2008
On November 4, 2008, Ed Perlmutter won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Lerew (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Perlmutter incumbent	63.5%	173,931
	Republican	John Lerew	36.5%	100,055
Total Votes				273,986

2006
On November 7, 2006, Ed Perlmutter won election to the United States House. He defeated Rick O'Donnell (R), Dave Chandler (G) and Roger McCarville (American Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Perlmutter	54.9%	103,918
	Republican	Rick O'Donnell	42.1%	79,571
	Green	Dave Chandler	1.6%	3,073
	American Constitution	Roger McCarville	1.4%	2,605
Total Votes				189,167

2004
On November 2, 2004, Bob Beauprez won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dave Thomas (D) and Clyde Harkins (American Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Beauprez incumbent	54.7%	135,571
	Democratic	Dave Thomas	42.8%	106,026
	American Constitution	Clyde Harkins	2.5%	6,167
Total Votes				247,764

2002
On November 5, 2002, Bob Beauprez won election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Feeley (D), Dave Chandler (G), Victor Good (Colorado Reform), G.T. Martin (L) and Stanford Andress (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 7 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Beauprez	47.3%	81,789
	Democratic	Mike Feeley	47.2%	81,668
	Green	Dave Chandler	1.9%	3,274
	Colorado Reform	Victor Good	1.8%	3,133
	Libertarian	G.T. Martin	1.7%	2,906
	Write-in	Stanford Andress	0.1%	109
Total Votes				172,879

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Colorado after the 2020 census

On November 1, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court approved the congressional redistricting plan that the state's Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission approved on September 28, 2021. Colorado was apportioned eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, a net gain of one seat as compared to apportionment after the 2010 census. This map took effect for Colorado’s 2022 congressional elections.

The Denver Post's Alex Burness said that the approved map "gives comfortable advantages to each of Colorado’s seven incumbent members of Congress" and that the newly created 8th District would be competitive based on recent results.

How does redistricting in Colorado work? On November 6, 2018, Colorado voters approved two constitutional amendments, Amendment Y and Amendment Z, establishing separate non-politician commissions for congressional and state legislative redistricting. Each commission consists of four members belonging to the state's largest political party, four members belonging to the state's second-largest party, and four members belonging to no party. Commission members are appointed by a panel of three judges selected by the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. The amendment requires at least eight of the commission's 12 members, including at least two members not belonging to any political party, to approve a map.

The Colorado Constitution requires that state legislative district boundaries "be contiguous, and that they be as compact as possible based on their total perimeter." In addition, "to the extent possible, districts must also preserve the integrity of counties, cities, towns and–where doing so does not conflict with other goals–communities of interest." There are no similar requirements for congressional districts.

Colorado District 7
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Colorado District 7
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2010-2011

This is the 7th Congressional District of Colorado after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Colorado after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Colorado State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Colorado's 7th the 175th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 55.7%-41.5%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Colorado's 7th the 175th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 55.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 41.5%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Colorado's 7th Congressional District the 164th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.09. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.09 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Colorado
• Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
• Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
• Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
• Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 7

Footnotes

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Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Michael Bennet (D)

John Hickenlooper (D)

Representatives

District 1

Diana DeGette (D)

District 2

Joe Neguse (D)

District 3

Jeff Hurd (R)

District 4

Lauren Boebert (R)

District 5

Jeff Crank (R)

District 6

Jason Crow (D)

District 7

Brittany Pettersen (D)

District 8

Gabe Evans (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)