Killin wins the 5th District, the first Democrat elected to the seat

The Associated Press called the race for Killin on Thursday, two days after the polls closed. In the AP tally published after the call, Killin had 155,598 votes, 50.52 percent, against 141,074 votes, 45.80 percent, for Crank. Libertarian Mark Elworth had 5,989 votes, and American Constitution Party candidate Christopher Mitchell had 5,334.

The margin was 14,524 votes, with the AP estimating that 99 percent of the expected vote had been counted and 390 of the district's 394 precincts reporting.

The district is built around Colorado Springs in El Paso County and takes in suburbs and communities that include Cimarron Hills and Fort Carson. Voters there had never sent a Democrat to the House from this seat. The district was created on January 3, 1973, its first member was Republican William L. Armstrong, and every member since then, through Crank, has been a Republican.

Crank was first elected in 2024 and was seeking a second term in the seat. The win makes Killin the first Democrat elected to represent the district, in a year when Democrats also won every statewide office on the Colorado ballot and flipped the 8th District.

The 5th District call leaves two of Colorado's eight House races undecided. In the 4th District, Democrat Eileen Laubacher had 184,103 votes against 181,079 for Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, a lead of 3,024 votes, with Libertarian Douglas Mangeris at 12,465. The AP estimated that 97.03 percent of the expected vote there had been counted and rated the race too early to call.

In the 3rd District, Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd had 162,669 votes against 156,472 for Democrat Dwayne Romero, a lead of 6,197 votes, with Libertarian Cory Robertson at 5,483 and unaffiliated candidate Clifton Brown at 5,271. The AP estimated that 96.87 percent of the expected vote had been counted and also rated that race too early to call. The six called races include the 8th District, where Manny Rutinel defeated Rep. Gabe Evans on election night.

None of these results is official. Counties have moved from election night reporting into post election reporting, and ballots are still being counted across the state. Ballots from military and overseas voters can still arrive, voters whose signatures were questioned have until Nov. 12 to cure the problem, and every result remains unofficial until the county canvass boards certify their counts, which state rules require on or before the 22nd day after Election Day.