Colorado 12026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 Colorado 1st District House Forecast:

The Pollsmax 2026 Colorado 1st District House forecast currently gives Democrat Melat Kiros a 99.4% chance of defeating Republican Christy Peterson. Pollsmax projects Kiros to receive 63.1% of the vote compared with 36.9% for Peterson, a projected Democratic margin of 26.2 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Solid Democratic. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.

The 2026 Colorado 1st District House election features Democrat Melat Kiros and Republican Christy Peterson. The seat is open in 2026, but the race to fill it is not expected to be competitive. In 2024, Kamala Harris won Colorado's 1st congressional district by 19.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as solid Democratic in 2026.