Colorado's 6th congressional district

Colorado's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in central Colorado, the district encompasses much of the eastern part of the Denver metropolitan area, including all of Aurora, as well as portions of the southern (Centennial and Littleton) and northern metro area (Brighton and Henderson).

Colorado's 6th congressional district
District boundaries
Representative
  Jason Crow
D–Centennial
Distribution
  • 98.51% urban[1]
  • 1.49% rural
Population (2019)828,201[2]
Median household
income		$87,312[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6 (D+8 post redistricting) [4]

The district is currently represented by Democrat Jason Crow.

The district was created in 1983, and was originally a classic suburban Republican bastion; this was once the safest seat for Colorado Republicans outside of Colorado Springs. However, changing demographics in the Front Range, especially in Arapahoe County which went from a traditional conservative suburban/exurban stronghold to a densely populated, ethnically and culturally diverse Democratic-leaning inner suburban county, has made suburban Denver much friendlier to Democrats. The 2010 redistricting shifted the more rural, GOP-dominated sections of the district to the nearby 4th and added heavily populated and Democratic parts of Aurora, turning the 6th district into a Democratic-leaning swing district. However, Republicans are still competitive downballot, and the Democratic strength was limited to western Arapahoe County for much of its history, as the components of Douglas County and Adams County in the 6th were still Republican leaning: this changed in 2020, as Joe Biden and Representative Jason Crow won all county areas in the district.

After the 2020 redistricting, the 6th will become a purely inner suburban district located in western Arapahoe County, with a small part in southwestern Adams County to take in all of Aurora.

History

1990s

Following the 1990 U.S. Census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 6th Congressional district consisted of portions of Arapahoe and Jefferson counties.

2000s

Following the 2000 U.S. Census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 6th Congressional district consisted of Douglas and Elbert counties as well as portions of Arapahoe, Jefferson, and Park counties.

2010s

During the 2010 Colorado Redistricting, the 6th Congressional district lost most of its current area; the district now consists of the western portions of Arapahoe and Adams counties plus the community of Highlands Ranch in Douglas County.

2020s

During the 2020 Colorado Redistricting, the 6th Congressional district became a pure inner-suburban district located in western Arapahoe County and the portions of the City of Aurora located in Adams.

Characteristics

A suburban swing district anchored by Aurora, Republicans are the strongest in the Adams County and Douglas County portions of the district, while the Democrats are strongest in the Arapahoe suburbs.

While Adams County leans Democratic, most of the denser and more populated areas of the county lie in the 7th congressional district, leaving the more Republican leaning parts of the county in the district such as Brighton and Henderson: similarly, while Douglas County is a Republican stronghold, the parts of the county in the 6th, such as Highlands Ranch, is not nearly as Republican as the rest of the county and is slowly swinging towards the Democrats.

Arapahoe County makes up the bulk of the population and is historically a mixed bag, though it has been becoming a Democratic stronghold as of late. Aurora, a racially and economically diverse city, provides a large base for the Democrats, although not uniformly throughout the city: central Aurora near I-225 is one of the most Democratic parts of Colorado and votes similarly to neighboring parts of Denver, however the further parts of the city are far more competitive between parties. Similarly, Englewood and Sheridan are strongly Democratic due to their sociological and economic proximity to nearby Denver neighborhoods. The more southern and eastern parts of the county were formerly Republican strongholds, however have swung rapidly to the Democrats in recent years, as cities such as Centennial and Littleton swung from high single digit cities for McCain and Romney to mild wins for Clinton and double digit wins for Biden. Similarly, the district's PVI has changed from R+1 when it was first drawn to a D+6 district in its current iteration.

Voting

Election results from presidential races[5]

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2000 President Bush 60–37%
2004 President Bush 60–39%
2008 President McCain 53–46%
2012 President Obama 52–47%
2016 President Clinton 50–41%
2020 President Biden 58–39%

List of members representing the district
Representative Party Term duration Cong
ress(es)		 District home Electoral history
District created January 3, 1983
Vacant January 3, 1983 –
March 29, 1983		 98th Republican Jack Swigert was elected in 1982 but died before taking office[6]

Dan Schaefer		 Republican March 29, 1983 –
January 3, 1999		 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th		 Wheat Ridge Elected to finish Swigert's term.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired.

Tom Tancredo		 Republican January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2009		 106th
107th
108th
109th
110th		 Littleton Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Retired.

Mike Coffman		 Republican January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2019		 111th
112th
113th
114th
115th		 Aurora Elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Lost re-election.

Jason Crow		 Democratic January 3, 2019 –
Present		 116th
117th		 Centennial Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Election results

1982 • 1983 (Special) • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020

1982
1982 United States House of Representatives elections[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Swigert 98,909 62.16%
Democratic Steve Hogan 56,598 35.57%
Libertarian J. Craig Green 3,605 2.27%
Total votes 159,112 100%
Republican win (new seat)

1983 (Special)
1983 Colorado's 6th congressional district special election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer 49,816 63.29%
Democratic Steve Hogan 27,779 35.29%
Concerns of People Party John Heckman 1,112 1.41%
Total votes 78,707 100%
Republican hold

1984
1984 United States House of Representatives elections[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 171,427 89.40%
Concerns of People Party John Heckman 20,333 10.60%
Total votes 191,760 100%
Republican hold

1986
1986 United States House of Representatives elections[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 104,359 63.04%
Democratic Chuck Norris 58,834 35.54%
Concerns of People Party John Heckman 2,338 1.41%
Total votes 165,531 100%
Republican hold

1988
1988 United States House of Representatives elections[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 136,487 63.03%
Democratic Martha Ezzard 77,158 35.63%
Concerns of People Party John Heckman 2,911 1.34%
Total votes 216,556 100%
Republican hold

1990
1990 United States House of Representatives elections[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 105,312 64.50%
Democratic Don Jarrett 57,961 35.50%
Total votes 163,273 100%
Republican hold

1992
1992 United States House of Representatives elections[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 142,021 60.93%
Democratic Tom Kolbe 91,073 39.07%
Prohibition Earl Higgerson (write-in) 3 0.00%
Total votes 233,097 100%
Republican hold

1994
1994 United States House of Representatives elections[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 124,079 69.82%
Democratic John Hallen 49,701 27.97%
Concerns of People Party John Heckman 2,536 1.43%
Natural Law Stephen D. Dawson 1,393 0.78%
Total votes 177,709 100%
Republican hold

1996
1996 United States House of Representatives elections[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Schaefer (incumbent) 146,018 62.24%
Democratic Joan Fitz-Gerald 88,600 37.76%
Total votes 234,618 100%
Republican hold

1998
1998 United States House of Representatives elections[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Tancredo 111,374 55.91%
Democratic Henry L. Strauss 82,622 41.48%
Natural Law George E. Newman 5,152 2.59%
Total votes 199,188 100%
Republican hold

2000
2000 United States House of Representatives elections[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Tancredo (incumbent) 141,410 53.88%
Democratic Kenneth A. Toltz 110,568 42.12%
Libertarian Adam David Katz 6,882 2.62%
Concerns of People Party John Heckman 3,614 1.38%
Total votes 262,477 100%
Republican hold

2002
2002 United States House of Representatives elections[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Tancredo (incumbent) 158,851 66.88%
Democratic Lance Wright 71,327 30.03%
Libertarian Adam David Katz 7,323 3.08%
Total votes 237,501 100%
Republican hold

2004
2004 United States House of Representatives elections[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Tancredo (incumbent) 212,778 59.48%
Democratic Joanna Conti 139,870 39.10%
Libertarian Jack J. Woehr 3,857 1.08%
Constitution Peter Shevchuck 1,235 0.35%
Total votes 357,741 100%
Republican hold

2006
2006 United States House of Representatives elections[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Tancredo (incumbent) 158,806 58.61%
Democratic Bill Winter 108,007 39.87%
Libertarian Jack J. Woehr 4,093 1.51%
Republican Juan B. Botero (write-in) 25 0.01%
Total votes 270,931 100%
Republican hold

Republican primary
2008 Republican primary in Colorado's 6th congressional district[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman 28,509 40.12%
Republican Wil Armstrong 23,213 32.67%
Republican Ted Harvey 10,886 15.32%
Republican Steve Ward 8,452 11.89%
Total votes 71,060 100%

General election
2008 United States House of Representatives elections[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman 250,877 60.67%
Democratic Hank Eng 162,641 39.33%
Total votes 413,516 100%
Republican hold

2010
2010 United States House of Representatives elections[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 217,400 65.67%
Democratic John Flerlage 104,159 31.46%
Libertarian Rob McNealy 9,471 2.86%
Write-in Michael Shawn Kearns 7 0.00%
Total votes 331,037 100%
Republican hold

2012
2012 United States House of Representatives elections[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 163,938 47.81%
Democratic Joe Miklosi 156,937 45.77%
Libertarian Patrick E. Provost 8,597 2.51%
UNA Kathy Polhemus 13,442 3.92%
Total votes 342,914 100%
Republican hold

2014
2014 United States House of Representatives elections[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 143,467 51.90%
Democratic Andrew Romanoff 118,847 42.99%
Libertarian Norm Olsen 8,623 3.12%
Green Gary Swing 5,503 1.99%
Total votes 276,440 100%
Republican hold

2016
2016 United States House of Representatives elections[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 191,626 50.91%
Democratic Morgan Carroll 160,372 42.60%
Libertarian Norm Olsen 18,778 4.99%
Green Robert Lee Worthey 5,641 1.50%
Total votes 376,417 100%
Republican hold

2018
2018 United States House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Crow 184,399 54.08%
Republican Mike Coffman (incumbent) 146,339 42.92%
Libertarian Kat Martin 5,733 1.68%
Independent Dan Chapin 4,512 1.32%
Total votes 340,983 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2020
2020 United States House of Representatives elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Crow (incumbent) 250,314 57.09%
Republican Steve House 175,192 39.96%
Libertarian Norm Olsen 9,083 2.07%
Unity Jaimie Kulikowski 3,884 0.89%
Total votes 438,473 100%
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries
2003–2013

See also

References
  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  5. Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
  6. "Ex-Astronaut, Newly Elected to House, Dies". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. December 29, 1982. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1982 Election Results
  8. 1983 Special Election Results
  9. 1984 Election Results
  10. 1986 Election Results
  11. 1988 Election Results
  12. 1990 Election Results
  13. 1992 Election Results
  14. 1994 Election Results
  15. 1996 Election Results
  16. 1998 Election Results
  17. 2000 Election Results
  18. 2002 Election Results
  19. 2004 Election Results
  20. 2006 Election Results
  21. 2008 Primary Results
  22. 2008 Election Results
  23. "2010 Election Results". Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  24. 2012 Election Results
  25. "Official Results November 4, 2014 General Election". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  26. "Official Certified Results November 8, 2016 General Election". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 15, 2017.

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