Colorado’s 1st Congressional District is the state’s smallest, densest and bluest.
The district covers the city of Denver, plus a few thousand people in Glendale and Holly Hills. When it comes to elections, Democrats have had a nearly 60 percent advantage in recent years.
This year, Democrat Diana DeGette, currently the longest-serving member of Colorado’s congressional delegation, faces an array of challengers.
Three of them — Republican Valdamar Archuleta, Daniel Lutz from the Approval Voting Party and Critter Milton of the Unity Party — will appear on the ballot.
There are also two approved write-in candidates (under Colorado law, write-in votes are only counted for candidates who have filed official paperwork with the state): John R. Johnson, unaffiliated, and Charles “Chuck” Norris, a Democrat.
