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Colorado District 1 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Colorado District 1

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U.S. House, Colorado District 1 · Open seat
DEMNominee
Melat Kiros
>99%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
INDOn the ballot
Shimon Blau
—Not published for this candidate
LIBOn the ballot
Chad Humphrey
—Not published for this candidate
OTHOn the ballot
Critter Milton
—Not published for this candidate
REPNominee
Christy Peterson
<1%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentNot available

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
>99% Melat Kiros · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Melat Kiros >99%
REP Christy Peterson <1%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+29 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat DEM 76.6% 2024 general · margin 55.0%

Side by side

5 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMKirosINDBlauLIBHumphreyOTHMiltonREPPeterson
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Melat Kiros$1,308,527.59
Shimon Blau$204,360.60
Chad HumphreyNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Critter MiltonNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Christy Peterson$9,446.32
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Melat Kiros$1,232,803.19
Shimon Blau$144,600.48
Chad HumphreyNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Critter MiltonNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Christy Peterson$2,053.40
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Melat Kiros$75,724.40
Shimon Blau$59,760.12
Chad HumphreyNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Critter MiltonNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Christy Peterson$7,392.92
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Melat KirosNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Shimon BlauNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Chad HumphreyNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Critter MiltonNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Christy PetersonNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Melat KirosD+29seat-level
Shimon BlauD+29seat-level
Chad HumphreyD+29seat-level
Critter MiltonD+29seat-level
Christy PetersonD+29seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    D+29
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    +28.855

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Diana DegetteDEM264,60676.56%
    Valdamar ArchuletaREP74,59821.58%
    Critter MiltonOTH4,0841.18%
    Daniel LutzOTH2,3510.68%

    Total votes 345,639 · winning margin 54.97% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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