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Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

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Filing deadline: March 19, 2024
Primary: June 25, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Colorado
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Cook Political Report: Lean Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Republican
Inside Elections: Lean Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 25, 2024, in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Adam Frisch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 50.1%-49.9%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 52.9%-44.7%.[2]

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 19, 2024
June 25, 2024
November 5, 2024


A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election.

Colorado utilizes a semi-closed primary system. According to Section 1-7-201 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, "An eligible unaffiliated elector, including a preregistrant who is eligible under section 1-2-101 (2)(c), is entitled to vote in the primary election of a major political party without affiliating with that political party."[3][4]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Colorado's 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results


Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Adam Frisch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Adam Frisch
 
100.0
 
51,719

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,719
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Candidate profiles

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Adam Frisch

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: Aspen City Council (2011-2019)

Biography:  Frisch received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Colorado. As of the 2024 election, he was a business owner and substitute teacher.


Key Messages

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Frisch said he would address the following issues if elected: "the ongoing drought that risks the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers and their ability to feed our district and our country; rising inflation, housing, and health care costs that are making it difficult for families to make ends meet; and a federal government that routinely ignores the needs of rural America."

Frisch said he was building "a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters" and, if elected, would "join the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus ...  to break the gridlock in Congress and address the issues affecting CO-3 residents."

Frisch said, "I will work with anyone in Congress willing to ... secure our border and reform our immigration system. We need immigrants. Our economy depends on them. And they are part of the fabric of our country."

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Sources: Adam Frisch 2024 campaign website, "Meet Adam," accessed July 15, 2024, X, "Adam Frisch for CD-3," July 7, 2024; Adam Frisch 2024 campaign website, "Meet Adam," accessed July 15, 2024, LinkedIn, "Adam Frisch," accessed July 15, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Colorado District 3 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Colorado

Election information in Colorado: June 25, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 17, 2024
  • Online: June 17, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 25, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

June 17, 2024 to June 25, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (MST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Adam Frisch Democratic Party $17,188,573 $17,314,502 $239,381 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Colorado in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Colorado, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Colorado U.S. House Major party 10% of votes cast for the office in the last primary, or 1,500, whichever is less N/A 3/19/2024 Source
Colorado U.S. House Minor party 2.5% of votes cast for the office in the last general election, or 1,500, whichever is less N/A 4/1/2024 Source
Colorado U.S. House Unaffiliated 2.5% of votes cast for the office in the last general election, or 1,500, whichever is less N/A 7/11/2024 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ LexisNexis, "Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-7-201," accessed August 6, 2025
  4. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Primary Elections FAQs," accessed August 6, 2025


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