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Read the current us senate state first, then inspect ratings, polling, markets, fundraising, and history for Colorado in one evidence flow.
Evidence & provenance
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Akashic Edge race ratings, polling ingests, Polymarket odds, fundraising files, and U.S. Census context.
Freshness
Rendered Apr 14, 2026 from the latest stored polling, market, and race-rating snapshots.
Boundary scope
2026 statewide race page for the current state and office only.
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Manual race ratings, stored live-market snapshots, polling context, and deterministic demographic history.
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Hickenlooper is running for re-election but faces a surprisingly spirited primary from state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a progressive who argues Hick has been too willing to work with Trump (he voted to confirm more Trump Cabinet nominees than nearly any other Senate Democrat). Polymarket gives Hickenlooper only 81% to survive the primary — low for an incumbent — and Gonzales would be the first Latina elected statewide in Colorado. Still, Hickenlooper has $3.9M cash on hand (roughly 25x Gonzales's total) and already submitted 17,700 nominating signatures. The GOP has essentially conceded this race: national Republicans plan to ignore Colorado entirely, and the only notable entrant is state Sen. Mark Baisley, who jumped over from the governor's race. Colorado hasn't elected a Republican senator since Cory Gardner in 2014, and he was promptly bounced by Hickenlooper six years later. Safe D.
Updated 2026-03-03
Will Anthony Zimpfer be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Colorado?
Data from Polymarket prediction markets