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Colorado's 8th Congressional District election, 2022 (June 28 Democratic primary)

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Colorado's 8th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 15, 2022
Primary: June 28, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Colorado
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): EVEN
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
Inside Elections: Tilt Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
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Colorado elections, 2022
U.S. Congress elections, 2022
U.S. Senate elections, 2022
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 28, 2022, in Colorado's 8th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Yadira Caraveo advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 15, 2022
June 28, 2022
November 8, 2022


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."[1][2]

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

This district was one of seven new U.S. House districts created as a result of apportionment after the 2020 census. Click here to read more.

This page focuses on Colorado's 8th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8

Yadira Caraveo advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Yadira Caraveo
 
100.0
 
38,837

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

Total votes: 38,837
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

News and conflicts in this primary

This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party. Click here to read more about conflict in this and other 2022 Democratic U.S. House primaries. Click here to subscribe to the newsletter.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Yadira Caraveo Democratic Party $3,563,280 $3,545,738 $17,542 As of December 31, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. 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 requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Colorado in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Colorado, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
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 3/15/2022 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 4/4/2022 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 7/14/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Colorado District 8
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Colorado after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[5] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[6]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Colorado
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Colorado's 1st 79.5% 18.2% 75.6% 22.1%
Colorado's 2nd 68.7% 28.8% 63.7% 33.6%
Colorado's 3rd 44.7% 52.9% 46.1% 51.6%
Colorado's 4th 39.5% 58.0% 40.8% 56.6%
Colorado's 5th 43.1% 53.2% 41.8% 54.7%
Colorado's 6th 60.6% 36.8% 58.2% 39.2%
Colorado's 7th 55.7% 41.5% 60.0% 37.1%
Colorado's 8th 50.8% 46.3% --- ---

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Colorado.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Colorado in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 1, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Thirty candidates filed to run for Colorado’s eight U.S. House districts, including 12 Democrats and 18 Republicans. That’s 3.75 candidates per district, more than the 2.28 candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.43 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census, which resulted in Colorado gaining one congressional district. The 30 candidates who filed to run this year were the most candidates running for Colorado’s U.S. House seats since at least 2012, the earliest year for which we have data.

Two seats — the 7th and the newly-created 8th district — were open. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D), who represented the 7th district, didn't file to run for re-election. The two open seats this year were the most open seats in Colorado since at least 2014. There were no open seats in 2020 and 2016, and one open seat in 2018 and 2014.

Six candidates, including incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn (R), filed to run in the 5th district, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year. There were three contested Democratic primaries, the most since 2018, when five Democratic primaries were contested. There were five contested Republican primaries, the most since at least 2014, the earliest year for which we have data.

Four incumbents faced primary challengers, the most since at least 2014. Two incumbents, Rep. Joe Neguse (D) from the 2nd district and Rep. Jason Crow (D) from the 6th district, didn't face any primary challengers. Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, so no seats are guaranteed to either party this year.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were about the same as the national average. This made Colorado's 8th the 221st most Republican district nationally.[7]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Colorado's 8th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
50.8% 46.3%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Colorado, 2020

Colorado presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 13 Democratic wins
  • 18 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D R D D D R R R D D R R D R R R D R R R R R R D R R R D D D D


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Colorado and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Colorado
Colorado United States
Population 5,773,714 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 103,636 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 81.5% 70.4%
Black/African American 4.1% 12.6%
Asian 3.2% 5.6%
Native American 0.9% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.2%
Other (single race) 4.1% 5.1%
Multiple 5.9% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 21.7% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 92.1% 88.5%
College graduation rate 41.6% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $75,231 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 9.8% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Colorado's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Colorado, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 4 6
Republican 0 3 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 7 9

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Colorado's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Colorado, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Jared Polis
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Dianne Primavera
Secretary of State Democratic Party Jena Griswold
Attorney General Democratic Party Phil Weiser

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Colorado General Assembly as of November 2022.

Colorado State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 21
     Republican Party 14
     Vacancies 0
Total 35

Colorado House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 41
     Republican Party 23
     Vacancies 1
Total 65

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Colorado was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Colorado Party Control: 1992-2022
Ten years of Democratic trifectas  •  Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R D D R R D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D R R D D D D D D D D D D

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ LexisNexis, "Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-7-201," accessed August 6, 2025
  2. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Primary Elections FAQs," accessed August 6, 2025
  3. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  4. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  5. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  6. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  7. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Michael Bennet (D)
John Hickenlooper (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
Jeff Hurd (R)
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
Democratic Party (6)
Republican Party (4)


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