Colorado's 7th congressional district

Colorado's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in the central part of the state, the district encompasses much of the northern and western parts of the Denver metropolitan area, including Golden, Lakewood, Arvada and Westminster. The district is currently represented by Democrat Ed Perlmutter.

"CO-7" redirects here. For the state highway, see Colorado State Highway 7.
Colorado's 7th congressional district
Colorado's 7th congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Ed Perlmutter
D–Arvada
Distribution
  • 99.44% urban[1]
  • 0.56% rural
Population (2019)808,543[2]
Median household
income		$77,164[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6[4]

History

2000s

The 7th congressional district was created following the 2000 U.S. Census and associated realignment and reapportionment of Colorado congressional districts. It consists of portions of Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson counties. The boundaries were drawn by a court after the state legislature failed to agree on a redistricting plan.

Characteristics

As originally drawn, the 7th was a "fair fight" district that was split roughly 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans. The seat's original congressman, Republican Bob Beauprez, gave up the seat in 2006 to run for governor, and was succeeded by Democrat Ed Perlmutter. Since then, a growing Democratic trend in the Denver suburbs allowed Perlmutter to strengthen his hold on the seat.

Redistricting after the 2010 census shifted the district to the more populated portions of Jefferson County, making it slightly friendlier to Democrats.

Voting

Election results from presidential races[5]

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2004 President Kerry 51–48%
2008 President Obama 59–40%
2012 President Obama 56–41%
2016 President Clinton 51–39%
2020 President Biden 60–37%

List of members representing the district
Representative Party Years Congress(es) District home Electoral history
District created January 3, 2003

Bob Beauprez		 Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2007		 108th
109th		 Arvada Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired after running for Governor of Colorado.

Ed Perlmutter		 Democratic January 3, 2007 –
present		 110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th		 Arvada Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Election results

2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020

2002
United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Beauprez 81,789 47%
Democratic Mike Feeley 81,668 47%
Green Dave Chandler 3,274 2%
Reform Victor Good 3,133 2%
Libertarian G. T. "Bud" Martin 2,906 2%
Independent Stanford Andress (as a write-in) 109 0%
Total votes 172,879 100%
Republican win (new seat)

2004
United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Beauprez (incumbent) 135,571 55%
Democratic Dave Thomas 106,026 43%
Constitution Clyde J. Harkins 6,167 2%
Total votes 247,764 100%
Republican hold

2006
Main article: Colorado's 7th congressional district election, 2006
United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter 103,918 55%
Republican Rick O'Donnell 79,571 42%
Green Dave Chandler 3,073 2%
Constitution Roger McCarville 2,605 1%
Total votes 189,172 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2008
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 173,931 63%
Republican John W. Lerew 100,055 37%
Total votes 273,986 100%
Democratic hold

2010
United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 112,667 53%
Republican Ryan Frazier 88,026 42%
Libertarian Buck Bailey 10,117 5%
Total votes 210,810 100%
Democratic hold

2012
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 182,460 54%
Republican Joe Coors, Jr. 139,066 41%
Libertarian Buck Bailey 9,148 3%
Constitution Douglas Campbell 10,296 2%
Total votes 340,970 100%
Democratic hold

2014
United States House of Representatives elections, 2014[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 148,225 55%
Republican Don Ytterberg 120,918 45%
Total votes 269,143 100%
Democratic hold

2016
United States House of Representatives elections, 2016[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 199,758 55.18%
Republican George Athanasopoulos 144,066 39.80%
Libertarian Martin L. Buchanan 18,186 5.02%
Total votes 362,010 100%
Democratic hold

2018
United States House of Representatives elections, 2018[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 204,260 60.42%
Republican Mark Barrington 119,734 35.42%
Libertarian Jennifer Nackerud 14,012 4.14%
Total votes 338,067 100%
Democratic hold

2020
United States House of Representatives elections, 2020[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Perlmutter (incumbent) 250,525 59.1%
Republican Casper Stockham 159,301 37.6%
Libertarian Ken Biles 11,510 2.7%
Unity Dave Olszta 2,355 0.6%
Total votes 423,691 100%
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries
2003–2013[16]

See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=08&cd=07
  3. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=08&cd=07
  4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
  6. 2002 Election Results
  7. 2004 Election Results
  8. 2006 Election Results
  9. 2008 Election Results
  10. "2010 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  11. 2012 Election Results
  12. 2014 Election Results
  13. 2016 Election Results
  14. "2018 Colorado general election results". Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  15. "2020 General Election - Official Compiled Results". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  16. "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.

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