2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


The 2006 congressional elections in Colorado were elections for Colorado's delegation to the United States [House of Representatives], which occurred along with 2006 [United States House of Representatives elections|congressional elections nationwide] on November 7, 2006.

Overview

By district

Results of the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado by district:

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of D+18.

Democratic primary

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Nominee

Republican primary

No Republicans filed.

Green primary

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Nominee

General election

Finances

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District 2

Incumbent Democrat Mark Udall, who had represented the district since 1999, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of D+8.

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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Libertarian primary

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Green primary

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Nominee
  • J. A. Calhoun

General election

Finances

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District 3

Incumbent Democrat John Salazar, who had represented the conservative, west Colorado district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of R+6.

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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Libertarian primary

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Nominee
  • Bert Sargent, engineer

General election

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District 4

Incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave, who had represented this conservative east Colorado-based district since 2003, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 51.0% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of R+9.

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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Reform primary

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General election

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District 5

Incumbent Republican Joel Hefley, who had represented this conservative district based in Colorado Springs and its suburbs district since 1987, retired rather than run for re-election. He was re-elected with 70.5% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of R+16.

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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General election

On August 29, 2006, Hefley expressed anger that his successor was not his top aide, Jeff Crank. Commenting on the primary campaign, Hefley said, "I spent eight years trying to get rid of the sleaze factor in Congress. It's not something I can do to help put more sleaze factor in Congress." Hefley was incensed at tactics such as a mailed brochure from the Christian Coalition of Colorado associating Crank with "public support for members and efforts of the homosexual agenda." Hefley said that he "suspected, but couldn't prove, collusion between Lamborn's campaign, which is managed by Jon Hotaling, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado, which is run by Hotaling's brother, Mark." Hefley called it "one of the sleaziest, most dishonest campaigns I've seen in a long time," and refused to endorse Lamborn.

Finances

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Outside Spending

District 6

Incumbent Republican Tom Tancredo, who had represented this solidly conservative district based in the Denver suburbs since 1999, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.5% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of R+10.

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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Libertarian primary

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General election

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District 7

Incumbent Republican Bob Beauprez, who had represented the district since 2003, decided to run for Governor rather than for re-election. He was re–elected with 55.7% of the vote in 2004 and the district had a PVI of D+2.

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

With Beauprez declining to seek a third term this district emerged as a top pick-up opportunity for House Democrats.

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Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dave Chandler

Constitution primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Roger McCarville