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2026 results · Colorado · Colorado Governor

Phil Weiser, the Democrat, holds Colorado's governorship for the Democrats

Kamala Harris carried Colorado by 11.0 points in 2024; this year's count is a 16.8-point move toward the Democrats.

Colorado Governor: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Phil WeiserDemocrat1,616,48361.1%
Victor MarxRepublican880,76433.3%
Greg LopezOther party73,3712.8%
Eric MulderOther party43,9191.7%
Stephen T. HamiltonOther party17,0760.7%
2 others15,1520.6%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:01 AM EST · 96% counted.

About 96% of the expected vote counted2,646,765 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 11:28 AM EST · checked Nov 7, 6:28 PM ESTSource: Colorado Secretary of State

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What moved most

Scroll through Colorado, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.

What the count shows

Added together, the 64 counties compared moved 16.8 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 83% as many votes as in 2024, from 88% in Chaffee County to 74% in Archuleta County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.23).

Adams County moved most: D+9.0 for president in 2024, D+33.3 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+80EvenD+80Move
Adams County195,236 votes24.3 pts → D
Weld County146,839 votes20.6 pts → D
Arapahoe County257,609 votes20.0 pts → D
Jefferson County306,523 votes16.4 pts → D
Denver County306,165 votes16.4 pts → D
Garfield County24,867 votes15.8 pts → D
Douglas County204,267 votes15.6 pts → D
Larimer County192,927 votes15.5 pts → D
Broomfield County40,154 votes15.2 pts → D
El Paso County311,895 votes15.1 pts → D

2024 president 2026

El Paso County added 53,777 net votes for Weiser against the 2024 margin, 14% of the statewide change

Across the 64 counties compared, the margin moved by 385,001 votes toward Weiser: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. El Paso County+53,777 Weiser
  2. Adams County+43,995 Weiser
  3. Jefferson County+39,625 Weiser
  4. Arapahoe County+37,827 Weiser
  5. Weld County+37,163 Weiser
  6. Douglas County+34,654 Weiser
  7. Larimer County+24,119 Weiser
  8. Denver County+18,255 Weiser

7 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Weiser this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • El Paso CountyR+9.8D+5.3
  • Douglas CountyR+7.0D+8.6
  • Pueblo CountyR+5.1D+9.2
  • Grand CountyR+0.8D+10.4
  • Archuleta CountyR+14.0D+0.9
  • Alamosa CountyR+10.8D+11.0
  • Huerfano CountyR+8.6D+4.1

What the places that moved have in common

Each of Colorado’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.

Urban, suburban and rural counties

Urban2 counties, 13% of the vote16.2 pts → D
Suburban7 counties, 62% of the vote17.1 pts → D
Rural55 counties, 25% of the vote15.6 pts → D

2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).

Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.

The seat that changed party

U.S. HouseBefore the election 4–4, now D 7–1, counting the leaders in 3 uncalled seats

  1. D+64.2Kiros
  2. D+51.0Neguse
  3. R+1.9Hurd
  4. D+0.8Laubacher
  5. D+4.7Killin
  6. D+34.5Crow
  7. D+24.6Pettersen
  8. D+14.7Rutinel

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Colorado Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Phil Weiser, by Phil Photos, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Victor Marx, by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.