LEFT: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. (Photo by Shaun Stanley/Special to The Denver Post) | RIGHT: Eileen Laubacher, the Democratic nominee in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in the 2026 election. (Campaign handout) When President Trump’s approval dropped below 40% in September, I blogged, “Can Democrats Go For Eight?” Clerks are still counting but Democrats add three new seats (Laubacher, Killian, Rutinel). The 4th CD of Boebert has just been called and now the delegation is 7 Democrats and 1 Republican. Jeff Hurd, the only Republican left, won the 3rd. The massive wave even helped Democratic incumbents run ahead of their 2024 vote totals in all four of their districts (average of 6 points).
National wave elections have helped Colorado Democrats on several occasions pick up seats. Tim Wirth in post-Watergate, 1974; Jason Crow in Trump’s 2018 midterm debacle. This Democratic wave shifted the 5th district centered in El Paso County, which has never been represented by a Democrat since its founding in 1972. It also helped defeat Lauren Boebert, the controversial Republican congressperson who abandoned the 3rd district in 2024 to adopt the 4th, thinking it was safer -- not this year!
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