DENVER — All eight of Colorado’s congressional districts will have candidates on the June 25 primary ballot. And in three of those districts — the 3rd, 4th and 5th — the seat is open, providing the ingredients for a more boisterous fight than normal ahead of November’s election.

Here is a look at the current list of candidates who will be on the ballot in the state’s congressional primaries, district by district. Listed are major-party contenders who qualified by petitioning onto the ballot, by winning support at party assemblies, or by taking both routes.

The listing doesn’t include third-party and independent candidates who are running in this fall’s general election.

1st Congressional District

(Includes the city and county of Denver)

Democratic primary: U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, the stalwart representative of the district centered in liberal-leaning Denver, has occupied the seat since 1997 — the longest of any current Colorado member of Congress, by far — and is unopposed.

Republican primary: Valdamar Archuleta, a Denver native who told Ballotpedia he’s worked as a massage therapist and photographer, is running unopposed.

2nd Congressional District

(Includes the north-central mountains, Fort Collins and Boulder)

Democratic primary: U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, now the House’s assistant Democratic leader, has held the seat since 2019. The Lafayette resident is running unopposed.

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