Governor · Colorado · 2026
General election · 3 on the November ballot · Open seat (no incumbent)
Model rating Leans Democratic (Anchored) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated
News attention 55/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated yesterday. How it works
On the November ballot (3)
From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-30. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.
Other filers (7)
Registered with the FEC or listed in public records, but not on the November ballot as far as the results show.
Ballot source: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/126592/web.345435/#/detail/54
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
No polls on file for this race yet. See latest polls across every race.
Results
Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.
Democratic primary
| Phil Weiser won | 505,444 | 56.9% |
| Michael Bennet | 383,131 | 43.1% |
Republican primary
| Victor Marx won | 208,455 | 39.9% |
| Barbara Kirkmeyer | 205,990 | 39.4% |
| Scott Bottoms | 108,529 | 20.8% |
Unity Party of America primary · official results
| Jeff Peckman won | 146 | 53.7% |
| Paul Noel Fiorino | 126 | 46.3% |
Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-30 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-06-30 — Primary election: U.S. Senate
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Primary and hypothetical polls (6)
Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.
- Democratic primary · Public Policy Polling (partisan) · 2026-06-24–2026-06-25 · n=600 · Phil Weiser (D) 45%, Michael Bennet 36% · release
- Democratic primary · Public Policy Polling (partisan) · 2026-06-01–2026-06-02 · n=505 · Michael Bennet 36%, Phil Weiser (D) 30% · release
- Democratic primary · Colorado Community Research · 2026-05-22–2026-05-28 · n=796 · Phil Weiser (D) 41%, Michael Bennet 34% · release
- Republican primary · Cygnal (partisan) · 2026-05-07–2026-05-08 · n=600 · Victor Marx (R) 42%, Barbara Kirkmeyer 13%, Scott Bottoms 7% · release
- Democratic primary · Global Strategy Group (partisan) · 2025-06-09–2025-06-11 · n=600 · Michael Bennet 53%, Phil Weiser (D) 22% · release
- Democratic primary · Healthier Colorado (D)/ Magellan Strategies (partisan) · 2024-12-04–2024-12-09 · n=630 · Joe Neguse 20%, Jena Griswold 16%, Ken Salazar 11%, Phil Weiser (D) 8% · release
Signals (experimental)
Attention 55 Vector D · Anchored
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 1dec10ad887f · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
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