2026 Colorado Attorney General election

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2026 Colorado Attorney General election
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Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent Attorney General

Phil Weiser
Democratic



The 2026 Colorado Attorney General election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the Attorney General of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office; he is instead running for governor. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Potential

Endorsements

Michael Dougherty

Executive Branch officials

Statewide officials

State legislators

  • 5 state senators [7]
  • 5 state representatives [7]

County officials

Local officials

Jena Griswold

Executive Branch officials

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

  • 22 state legislators [5]

Local officials

Labor unions

Organizations

David Seligman

State senators

State representatives

Party officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Hetal
Doshi		Michael
Doughtery		Crisanta
Duran		Jena
Griswold		David
Seligman		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [14] [A] June 9–11, 2025600 (LV)± 4.0%1%8%2%42%4%42%

Republican primary

Candidates

Filed paperwork

  • Connor Pennington [9]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Safe DAugust 21, 2025

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Griswold's campaign

References

  1. ↑ Paul, Jesse (January 2, 2025). "Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser launches 2026 campaign for governor". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Alvarez, Alayna (June 5, 2025). "Exclusive: Former federal prosecutor Hetal Doshi to run for Colorado AG". Axios . Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Paul, Jesse (February 25, 2025). "Boulder County DA Michael Dougherty launches bid to become Colorado's attorney general". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ Paul, Jesse (February 27, 2025). "Crisanta Duran, a former Colorado House speaker, jumps into 2026 race for attorney general". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Paul, Jesse (April 7, 2025). "Jena Griswold is running to be Colorado's next attorney general". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ Klamann, Seth (May 13, 2025). "Legal advocate for workers, renters announces run for Colorado attorney general". The Denver Post . Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Luning, Ernest (March 26, 2025). "Democratic AG candidate Michael Dougherty endorsed by 90 Colorado officials, community leaders". Colorado Politics . Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Luning, Ernest (May 9, 2025). "Democrat Jena Griswold lands endorsements from Perlmutter, Peña in Colorado attorney general primary". Colorado Politics. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Luning, Ernest (April 7, 2025). "Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold joins Democratic primary for attorney general". Colorado Politics . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ "End Citizens United Endorses Secretary of State Jena Griswold for Colorado Attorney General". admin.endcitizensunited.org. August 12, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  11. ↑ https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2026/progressive-legal-advocate-david-seligman-joins-democratic-primary-for-colorado-attorney-general/article_abd71d60-e84c-42fc-bd9c-930f74e43dd0.html
  12. ↑ https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2026/progressive-legal-advocate-david-seligman-joins-democratic-primary-for-colorado-attorney-general/article_abd71d60-e84c-42fc-bd9c-930f74e43dd0.html
  13. ↑ https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2026/progressive-legal-advocate-david-seligman-joins-democratic-primary-for-colorado-attorney-general/article_abd71d60-e84c-42fc-bd9c-930f74e43dd0.html
  14. ↑ Luning, Ernest (June 15, 2025). "Democrat Jena Griswold swamps primary rivals for Colorado attorney general, her internal poll shows". Colorado Politics. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  15. ↑ "State Attorneys General: The Top Races to be "Top Cop"". Sabato's Crystal Ball. August 21, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.

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