#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
Colorado Democrats took the House seats of Gabe Evans, Jeff Crank and Lauren Boebert, who lost Colorado's most Republican district to Eileen Laubacher. Jeff Hurd was the only one of the four who won, 49.3% to 47.4%. And two of the losers won't accept it: Boebert's lawyer says he's 'investigating some very unusual voting patterns' and hasn't named one, and Evans asked for a recount after losing by more than 42,000 votes.
On November 11, the House voted 245-175 to force a standalone vote on the Major Richard Star Act, which would stop cutting the retirement pay of about 58,000 combat-wounded veterans. Every no vote came from a Republican. Here are the 153 on this site, and the 85 of them whose names are on the bill.
On November 10, the House voted 211-204 to bury the articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in committee. Here is what he has done, and the 182 Republicans on this site who voted to protect him.
Harris won Colorado with 54.1% of the vote to 43.1%, a margin of 11 points, with 73.4% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
4 of 10 — 40%. In the U.S. House, Colorado has 4 Republicans and 4 Democrats; in the Senate, 0 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Colorado, on Wikipedia.)
Colorado ranks #12 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare Colorado directly to other states on our Compare States page.
We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Colorado. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.