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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
From 2013 to 2023 From 2023 to 2033 District boundaries
Representative	Jason Crow D–Centennial
Distribution	98.51% urban[1] 1.49% rural
Population (2021)	833,948[2]
Median household income	$92,522[3]
Ethnicity	62.1% White 19.4% Hispanic 9.2% Black 5.8% Asian 2.8% Two or more races 0.8% other
Cook PVI	D+6 (D+8 post redistricting) [4]

The district is currently represented by Democrat Jason Crow.

The district was created in 1983 as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 Census, 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 anchored in western Arapahoe County, however small parts of Jefferson, Douglas, and Adams Counties will be included as well to completely take in the cities of Littleton and 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 previous area; the district now consisted of the western portions of Arapahoe and Adams counties plus the community of Highlands Ranch in Douglas County and a very little part of Jefferson County.

2020s

During the 2020 Colorado Redistricting, the 6th Congressional district became a pure inner-suburban district consisting of western Arapahoe County, the portions of the City of Aurora located in Adams and Douglas counties, as well as parts of Jefferson County bordering Littleton near Highway 470.

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} 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 (Residency)	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 1983.
Vacant		January 3, 1983 – March 29, 1983	98th	Representative-elect Jack Swigert died December 27, 1982.[6]	1983–1993 Parts of Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, and Jefferson
Dan Schaefer (Wheat Ridge)	Republican	March 29, 1983 – January 3, 1999	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	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.
					1993–2003 Parts of Arapahoe and Jefferson
Tom Tancredo (Littleton)	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
					2003–2013 Douglas and Elbert; parts of Arapahoe, Jefferson, and Park
Mike Coffman (Aurora)	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election.
					2013–present Parts of Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas
Jason Crow (Centennial)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

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

2008

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

See also

• Colorado's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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