United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2012

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The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Colorado will take place on November 6, 2012. Voters will elect seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
April 2, 2012	June 26, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: Colorado has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by March 5. For the general election, the voter registration deadline is October 9.^[1]

See also: Colorado elections, 2012

According to the New York Times race ratings in July 2012, two of the seven districts are considered to be in play. Those are the 3rd and 6th districts.^[2]

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party holds four of the seven Congressional seats from Colorado.

Members of the U.S. House from Colorado -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	3	3
	Republican Party	4	4
Total		7	7

Incumbents

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the seven congressional districts are:

Name	Party	District
Cory Gardner	Republican	4
Diana DeGette	Democratic	1
Doug Lamborn	Republican	5
Ed Perlmutter	Democratic	7
Jared Polis	Democratic	2
Mike Coffman	Republican	6
Scott Tipton	Republican	3

General election candidates

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Diana DeGette Danny Stroud	Diana DeGette	Pending	Pending
2nd	Jared Polis Kevin Lundberg	Jared Polis	Pending	Pending
3rd	Sal Pace Scott Tipton Gregory Gilman Tisha Casida Jaime McMillan	Scott Tipton	Pending	Pending
4th	Brandon Shaffer Cory Gardner Doug Aden	Cory Gardner	Pending	Pending
5th	Doug Lamborn Jim Pirtle Dave Anderson Kenneth R. Harvell	Doug Lamborn	Pending	Pending
6th	Joe Miklosi Mike Coffman	Mike Coffman	Pending	Pending
7th	Ed Perlmutter Joe Coors, Jr. Douglas Campbell	Ed Perlmutter	Pending	Pending

Candidates

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