Don Coram, state senator from the 6th district Eliminated at Convention Marina Zimmerman, crane operator Declined Tim Foster, president of Colorado Mesa University Matt Soper, state representative from the 54th district (running for re-election) Endorsements Debates and forums Results Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Adam Frisch, former Aspen city councilman Eliminated in primary Sol Sandoval, community organizer Alex Walker, entrepreneur Did not qualify Debby Burnett, veterinarian Naziha Karima In'am Hadil Kellie Rhodes, rancher and public servant Root Routledge, U.S. Air Force veteran and candidate for this seat in 2020 Donald Valdez, state representative from the 62nd district and candidate for this seat in 2020 Colin Wilhelm, attorney and candidate for state house in 2020 Scott Yates Withdrew Colin Buerger Kerry Donovan, president pro tempore of the Colorado Senate from the 5th district Susan Martinez, nurse assistant and activist Gregg Smith, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former adviser to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Declined Diane Mitsch Bush, former state representative from the 26th district and nominee for this district in 2018 and 2020 (endorsed Sandoval) Leroy Garcia, former President of the Colorado Senate from the 3rd district Dylan Roberts, state representative from the 26th district (running for state senate) Endorsements Debates and forums Results Independents Candidates Filed paperwork Kristin Skowronski General election Predictions Endorsements Polling Lauren Boebert vs. generic opponent Results Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert faced a strong challenge from former Aspen city councilman and businessman Adam Frisch who led on election day. Despite many prediction sites like The Cook Political Report giving the race a rating of "Solid R" up to election day, the race would prove to become the closest race of the cycle. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight gave Boebert a 97% chance of winning and most projections showed Boebert defeating Frisch by a margin of nearly 15%. However, on election night, Frisch led Boebert with over 90% of votes counted. Over time the vote would narrow, with at one point Frisch leading by only 60 votes. Boebert took the lead two days after the election, though confusion would start to grow as to how many outstanding votes would be left due to military absentee ballots among other errors with vote counting. Although the close margin triggered an automatic recount, Frisch conceded the race on November 17 after all overseas, military and provisional ballots were counted, as he acknowledged that a recount was very unlikely to overturn Boebert's lead. On