Melat Kiros
DEMOCRATIC
Graduate Student
Colorado1st District2026 HOUSE FORECAST
Christy Peterson
REPUBLICAN
Office Manager
2026 Colorado 1st District House Forecast:
Proprietary forecast for Colorado's 1st congressional district House election between Democrat Melat Kiros and Republican Christy Peterson. This page will update with a daily set of 100,000 new simulations as race fundamentals change in order to produce race odds, projected margin, and forecasted vote share. This page also includes polling averages when available.
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.
- Year
- 2026
- Race
- House
- District
- CO-1
- Democratic candidate
- Melat Kiros
- Republican candidate
- Christy Peterson
- Incumbent / open seat
- Open seat
- Forecast rating
- Solid D
- Projected vote
- 70.0% D / 30.0% R
- Projected margin
- D +40.0
- Forecast odds
- 99.9% D / 0.1% R
- Forecast last updated
- 12:00 AM on July 2, 2026
- Polling average
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- Polling average margin
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- Polling last updated
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- Polls included
- 0
- Latest poll
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