The 8th District, created last year due to Colorado’s population growth, is easily the state’s most competitive congressional race this autumn.
Kondik said the new ranking was given “primarily because this is a politically marginal open seat, which are the kinds of seats that often vote against the president’s party in a midterm, and because Republicans got the person who appeared to be the strongest candidate through the primary.”won in a four-way primary for the Republican nominationKirkmeyer is against abortion but makes an exception for the mother’s life.
Instead, according to Kirkmeyer’s campaign, voters in the 8th District, which encompasses big chunks of Adams and Weld counties and a small sliver of Larimer County, have their minds on other issues besides abortion or gun control.