Colorado 7th Congressional District (CO) — Elections 1876–2024

Colorado 7th Congressional District, Colorado: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+14%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+14MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: TossupAkashic typology
Population: 741,8722024 5-year
Median household income: $106,6422024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 80.0%2024 5-year
Black: 1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 15.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+83 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+41 in 1972MIT Election Lab

PETTERSEN, BrittanyCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: PERLMUTTER, Ed (2021–2023), PERLMUTTER, Ed (2019–2021), PERLMUTTER, Ed (2017–2019), PERLMUTTER, Ed (2015–2017)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

9 counties · 5 D · 4 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+13.6%	254,876	192,301	460,244
2020	D	+12.7%	260,865	200,668	474,658
2016	D	+1.5%	189,299	182,979	408,787
2012	D	+1.0%	188,247	184,573	382,474
2008	D	+5.0%	186,932	168,870	362,444
2004	R	−8.5%	148,064	176,191	329,451
2000	R	−11.2%	109,275	139,029	264,767
1996	R	−7.0%	97,572	114,025	233,768
1992	R	−1.4%	88,058	91,424	245,279
1988	R	−15.1%	89,047	121,550	214,747
1984	R	−38.8%	59,203	135,853	197,745
1980	R	−33.3%	47,228	107,182	179,884
1976	R	−21.8%	59,770	94,376	158,899
1972	R	−41.2%	35,969	88,817	128,139
1968	R	−20.0%	36,714	57,280	102,772
1964	D	+14.6%	51,915	38,640	90,848
1960	R	−16.7%	30,306	42,453	72,938
1956	R	−28.2%	19,934	35,694	55,845
1952	R	−25.0%	18,295	30,561	49,150
1948	D	+0.0%	17,929	17,912	36,377
1944	R	−12.2%	14,959	19,127	34,248
1940	R	−1.4%	19,081	19,622	38,944
1936	D	+23.0%	20,223	12,483	33,619
1932	D	+16.4%	17,067	12,053	30,624
1928	R	−27.7%	9,565	17,064	27,026
1924	R	−34.8%	5,151	13,692	24,576
1920	R	−18.2%	7,995	11,792	20,830
1916	D	+30.6%	16,475	8,486	26,095
1912	D	+27.3%	12,618	5,295	26,837
1908	D	+9.5%	15,442	12,646	29,522
1904	R	−8.5%	14,896	17,747	33,451
1900	D	+25.8%	23,203	13,503	37,609
1896	D	+83.1%	18,903	1,635	20,774
1892	O	−37.3%	0	3,930	10,528
1888	R	−12.5%	5,798	7,544	13,915
1884	R	−12.1%	6,119	7,848	14,314
1880	R	−0.0%	8,311	8,313	16,971
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 16 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2022	D	55.9%	41.3%	2,500,201
2020	D	53.5%	44.2%	3,235,790
2016	D	50.0%	44.3%	2,743,023
2014	R	46.3%	48.2%	2,041,058
2010	D	48.1%	46.4%	1,772,286
2008	D	52.8%	42.5%	2,331,621
2004	D	51.3%	46.5%	2,107,472
2002	R	45.8%	50.7%	1,416,082
1998	R	35.0%	62.5%	1,327,235
1996	R	45.7%	51.4%	1,459,601
1992	D	51.8%	42.7%	1,552,289
1990	R	41.7%	55.7%	1,022,027
1986	D	49.9%	48.4%	1,060,765
1984	R	34.6%	64.2%	1,297,809
1980	D	50.3%	48.7%	1,173,142
1978	R	40.3%	58.7%	819,256

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

20.6%

English

14.5%

Irish

13.0%

Italian

6.2%

American

3.4%

Polish

3.1%

Scottish

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.3%

75–84

2.9%

5.6%

65–74

6.0%

6.6%

55–64

6.9%

6.6%

45–54

6.0%

7.9%

35–44

7.0%

8.0%

25–34

6.8%

3.8%

18–24

3.3%

7.0%

5–17

6.7%

2.3%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$106,642

Congressional District 7 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 7$106,642

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.2%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 187.6%

Working age (18–64)7.0%

Seniors (65+)7.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

90.4%

speak English only

Spanish5.4%

Other Indo-European2.1%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%

Other languages0.4%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

12.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

12.2%

Mainline Protestant

2.9%

Baptist

1.0%

Methodist

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Colorado's 7th district wraps around Denver's western and southern suburbs, where a diverse, college-educated electorate has produced Democratic presidential margins exceeding 20 points in recent cycles.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty-three points in 1896; the Republican margin reached forty-one points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 741,872, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $106,642 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 7, Colorado vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 7, Colorado voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+14), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 460,244 votes cast, 254,876 went Democratic and 192,301 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 7, Colorado's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 7, Colorado as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 22 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 7, Colorado last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 7, Colorado voted Republican was 2004.

How many people live in Congressional District 7, Colorado?

Congressional District 7, Colorado has a population of 741,872 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 7, Colorado?

Median household income in Congressional District 7, Colorado is $106,642 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.

What is the political history of Congressional District 7, Colorado?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 7, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Colorado 7th Congressional District delivered D+14 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

Key facts

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