Everybody counts if they'll hold that oath. This page fills in as we find the real, sourced answer — never with a guess. A blank means we haven't found it yet, not that it doesn't matter.
The idea behind this page, in the words that started it:
"Everybody counts in this site if they will hold that Oath of Office — what if somebody did not know they could vote for them because I want it to show we the people what we can do when we can see?"
So this page doesn't tell you who to vote for. It shows you who's actually running, what they've actually said and filed, and the same numbers for everyone in the race — side by side, sourced, no label on top of it. You draw the conclusion. We just make sure you can see it.
Real, fixed dates from Colorado's own election authority — not a reminder we made up, a countdown against the actual deadline. Counting down in your own device's clock, local time.
Source: Colorado is an all-mail-ballot state with same-day registration through Election Day — there is no single hard registration deadline the way most states have one. Dates above from county-level official election offices citing Colorado Secretary of State rules, e.g. Boulder County, Nov. 3, 2026 General Election Information. Confirm hours with your own county clerk — Colorado runs elections at the county level.
Five official, government-run links. Not us, not a party, not a PAC — the actual agencies that run elections.
Six boxes. Check them as you actually do them — not as a promise, a record. Nothing here is saved on our end; the whole checklist lives in the link itself, so it only goes where you send it.
Check a few boxes, then copy the link — the checked state travels with the URL itself, so pasting it to someone else, or bookmarking it, brings the same boxes back checked. The download is a plain text file, nothing sent anywhere.
Colorado has no U.S. Senate race in 2026. Sen. Michael Bennet's term runs to January 2029 and Sen. John Hickenlooper's runs to January 2027, so neither seat is on this year's ballot. That is why this page has one race on it instead of two, and it's worth saying plainly rather than leaving the gap unexplained.
A term-limited incumbent's seat — and a sitting U.S. Senator gave up the remainder of his term to run for it, and lost.
Gov. Jared Polis (D) is term-limited and cannot seek a third consecutive term.
Every field below is sourced. A blank stays a blank until we find the real number.
| Candidate | Party | Current / former office | Running mate | June 30, 2026 primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Weiser | Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado (2019–present) | Lesley Dahlkemper | Won nomination, 56.9% (505,444 votes) |
| Victor Marx | Republican | Ministry founder and missionary — no prior elected office | George Markert | Won nomination, 39.9% (208,455 votes) |
| Marx's win margin was 0.5 points — 2,465 votes out of 522,974 cast. Barbara Kirkmeyer, a sitting Colorado State Senator, took 39.4% (205,990 votes); Scott Bottoms, a sitting State Representative, took 20.8% (108,529 votes). This was one of the closest primaries on any homework page in this series. | ||||
| Campaign money for this race — not yet pulled. Statewide Colorado races file with the Colorado Secretary of State's own TRACER system, not the FEC. Logged, not built yet. | ||||
Sources: 2026 Colorado gubernatorial election, Wikipedia, citing Colorado Secretary of State canvass data · Colorado Secretary of State, 2026 State Primary Election Statewide Abstract of Votes Cast (official, certified)
Phil Weiser's opponent for the Democratic nomination was a sitting U.S. Senator. Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the Senate since 2009, with a term that runs to January 2029 — nearly three years he was not required to give up. He ran for governor anyway and lost the primary, 56.9% to 43.1%. This page makes no claim about why. It states the two dated facts: he had years left on a Senate term, and he ran for a different office instead of finishing it.
Still blank, on purpose: every dollar figure for this race. Not built yet. Check back, or if you find it first with a source, that's homework too.
In the meantime: this site already tracks real, sourced money for Colorado's federal delegation currently in office — including Sen. Bennet, whose Senate seat this page is not about. See who's #PAC_FUNDED and who's #HIGH_PAC_SHARE → Or meet the whole federal delegation directly on the map →
Beta. Nine states built so far. Every number here is dated and linked to where it came from. A blank means we haven't found the real answer yet — we don't fill it with a guess to make the page look finished.
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