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Colorado District 3 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Colorado District 3

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U.S. House, Colorado District 3 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Dwayne L. Romero
46%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
INDOn the ballot
Clifton Brown
—Not published for this candidate
LIBOn the ballot
Cory Robertson
—Not published for this candidate
REPNominee
Jeff Hurd incumbent
54%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentJeff Hurd

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
54% Jeff Hurd · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP Jeff Hurd 54%
DEM Dwayne L. Romero 46%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Hurd 46.0% · Romero 47.0% DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department · 2026-10-21
Seat lean (Hume PVI) R+7 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat REP 50.8% 2024 general · margin 5.0%

Side by side

4 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMRomeroINDBrownLIBRobertsonREPHurd
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Dwayne L. Romero$1,701,091.41
Clifton BrownNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Cory RobertsonNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Jeff Hurd$4,168,636.04
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Dwayne L. Romero$1,504,967.24
Clifton BrownNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Cory RobertsonNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Jeff Hurd$3,940,003.96
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Dwayne L. Romero$196,124.17
Clifton BrownNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Cory RobertsonNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Jeff Hurd$237,767.58
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Dwayne L. Romero47.0%DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department · 2026-10-21
Clifton BrownNot available Not named in the newest listed poll (2026-10-21)
Cory RobertsonNot available Not named in the newest listed poll (2026-10-21)
Jeff Hurd46.0%DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department · 2026-10-21
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Dwayne L. RomeroR+7seat-level
Clifton BrownR+7seat-level
Cory RobertsonR+7seat-level
Jeff HurdR+7seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

1 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-21
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleRomeroBrownRobertsonHurdOthers
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department2026-10-20 to 2026-10-21LV · n=40247.0%not namednot named46.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    R+7
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    -7.180

    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
    Jeff HurdREP201,95150.80%
    Adam FrischDEM182,14745.82%
    James WileyLIB10,7342.70%
    Adam WithrowOTH2,7210.68%

    Total votes 397,553 · winning margin 4.98% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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