2024 Colorado's 4th congressional district special election

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2024 Colorado's 4th congressional district special election
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Colorado's 4th congressional district
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NomineeGreg LopezTrisha Calvarese
Party Republican Democratic
U.S. Representative before election

Ken Buck
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

TBD

The 2024 Colorado's 4th congressional district special election will be held on June 25, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in Colorado's 4th congressional district. The winner will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress. The seat became vacant on March 22, 2024, when Ken Buck resigned from Congress. [1]

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The 4th district is based in eastern Colorado and the exurbs of Denver, taking in Highlands Ranch, Loveland, and Castle Rock. [2] It is considered a safe Republican district. [1]

Nominees were not be chosen via primary election. Instead, each party's nominee was selected by a committee of party leaders and elected officials in the 4th congressional district. [3]

Republican nomination

The Republican nominee was chosen on March 28, 2024, by a 111-member committee. Two candidates in the election, Holtorf and Lynch, served on the committee. [4]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Greg Lopez
State legislators
Jerry Sonnenberg (eliminated)
State legislators
Declined to endorse
U.S. representatives
  • Ken Buck, incumbent U.S. representative for this district [9]

Convention results

Republican convention results [11]
CandidateFirst ballotSecond ballotThird ballotFourth ballotFifth ballotSixth ballot
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Greg Lopez1212.2%1717.3%2727.6%3434.7%4545.9%5152.6%
Jerry Sonnenberg 2323.5%2424.5%2424.5%2424.5%3030.6%4647.4%
Ted Harvey 2424.5%2727.6%2424.5%2626.5%2323.5%Eliminated
Richard Holtorf 1212.2%1313.3%1616.3%1414.3%Eliminated
Mike Lynch 1111.2%1010.2%77.1%Eliminated
Scott Melbye1010.2%44.1%Eliminated
Chris Phelen66.1%44.1%Eliminated
Floyd Trujillo00.0%00.0%Eliminated
Peter Yu00.0%00.0%Eliminated

Democratic nomination

The Democratic nominee was chosen at a meeting on April 1, 2024. [12]

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

Convention results

Democratic convention results [14]
CandidateFirst ballotSecond ballotThird ballot
 % % % %
Trisha Calvarese31.8%47.2%64.5%
John Padora29.0%26.4%56.6%35.5%
Ike McCorkle26.5%26.4%43.4%Eliminated
Karen Breslin12.8%Eliminated

Libertarian convention

Nominated

General election

Results

2024 Colorado's 4th congressional district special election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Greg Lopez
Democratic Trisha Calvarese
Libertarian Hannah Goodman
Total votes
By county
CountyGreg Lopez
Republican 		Trisha Calvarese
Democratic 		Hannah Goodman
Libertarian 		Write-inMarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%#%#%
Adams
Arapahoe
Baca
Bent
Cheyenne
Crowley
Douglas
Elbert
El Paso
Kiowa
Kit Carson
Larimer
Lincoln
Logan
Morgan
Phillips
Prowers
Sedgwick
Washington
Weld
Yuma
Total

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References

  1. 1 2 Kim, Caitlyn (March 12, 2024). "Rep. Ken Buck to leave office early". Colorado Public Radio. On Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis said he's scheduling the vacancy election for June 25, to coincide with the state primary.
  2. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections congressional district geographic descriptions & largest places (119th Congress)". Daily Kos . Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ Luning, Ernest (March 12, 2024). "Colorado's Ken Buck to step down from Congress next week". Colorado Politics . Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  4. ↑ Singer, Jeff (March 19, 2024). "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 3/19". Daily Kos . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Eason, Brian; Fish, Sandra; Paul, Jesse (March 22, 2024). "Colorado's marijuana tax situation is even worse than budget writers thought" . The Colorado Sun. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018 and 2022, said Thursday he will run for the Republican special election nomination in Colorado's 4th Congressional District
  6. ↑ Paul, Jesse (March 13, 2024). "Lauren Boebert won't pursue special election nomination to replace Ken Buck after his abrupt resignation". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Luning, Ernest (March 18, 2024). "Lauren Boebert touts Trump endorsement in first TV ad of primary election campaign". Colorado Politics . Retrieved March 19, 2024. Additional Republicans running in the crowded primary include state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf...unlike Boebert, the other announced primary candidates have said they will seek the GOP nod to run in the special election
  8. 1 2 3 4 Luning, Ernest (March 28, 2024). "Colorado Republicans to pick nominee for special election to fill Ken Buck's vacant US House seat" . Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Paul, Jesse (March 12, 2024). "Ken Buck announces he will leave Congress on March 22, scrambling race to replace him that includes Lauren Boebert". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  10. ↑ Coltrain, Nick (March 13, 2024). "U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert blasts Ken Buck's resignation, says she will skip special election to focus on primary race". The Denver Post . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 @eluning (March 7, 2012). "Republicans running for the #CO04 special election to fill the remainder of Ken Buck's term draw cards for speaking order at convention to nominate GOP candidate to June ballot #copolitics" (Tweet). Retrieved March 29, 2024– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Nir, David (March 15, 2024). "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 3/15". Daily Kos . Retrieved March 15, 2024. Reporter Ernest Lee Luning says Democrats in Colorado's 4th Congressional District will meet on April 1 to pick a nominee for the June 25 special election to replace Republican Rep. Ken Buck.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Paul, Jesse (April 1, 2024). "Democrats select Trisha Calvarese to be their nominee for the special election to replace Ken Buck". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  14. ↑ @eluning (April 2, 2024). "First round of voting completed in Colorado Democrats' convention to pick a candidate for #CO04 seat vacated by Ken Buck: Trisha Calvarese 31.8% John Padora 29% Ike McCorkle 26.5% Karen Breslin 12.8% Since no one got a majority, Breslin drops out for next round. #copolitics" (Tweet). Retrieved April 2, 2024– via Twitter.
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