Lauren Boebert
RIncumbentFEC H0CO03165
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Raised this cycle$813K
Cash on hand: $161K
All Colorado races
2026 race
CO-04 — U.S. House
6 active candidates on file with the FEC. Incumbent: Lauren Boebert.
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Election day
135days
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Disclosed money in race
$12M
Candidate + outside spending. See finance breakdown below.
Incumbent
Currently in office
Challengers
Sorted by fundraising
Eileen Laubacher
DChallengerFEC H6CO04202
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Raised this cycle$8.6M
Cash on hand: $3.1M
Trisha Calvarese
DChallengerFEC H4CO04280
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Raised this cycle$2.2M
Cash on hand: $341K
John Padora
DChallengerFEC H4CO04165
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Raised this cycle$94K
Cash on hand: $10K
Jenna Michalik Preston
DChallengerFEC H6CO04228
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Raised this cycle$92K
Cash on hand: $28K
Timothy Veldhuizen
IChallengerFEC H6CO04251
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Raised this cycle$13K
Cash on hand: $4K
Local signal
Early read on CO-04 — U.S. House
A directional read on where this seat is trending, from the signals we have so far. This is an early scaffold — more inputs light up as coverage and constituent activity accrue.
Coverage tone · leans negative
Recent news coverage of Lauren Boebert over the last 90 days.
0 positive23 neutral6 negative
29 articles · AI-assessed sentiment toward the rep. A media signal, not a poll of the district.
Constituent stakes
No one here has staked a position on a tracked vote yet. As neighbors weigh in on /pressure campaigns, the district's lean will show up here.
Money in the race
Finance breakdown
Disclosed funding shaping this race — both the money candidates raise themselves and the outside spending dropped by independent groups. Issue-ad spending by 501(c)(4) groups is excluded; the FEC doesn't require disclosure of it. See the note below for details.
Total disclosed
$12M
Candidate fundraising + independent expenditures (FEC).
Candidate-direct (Schedule A)
$12M
Raised by candidate committees themselves.
Outside spending (Schedule E)
$62
$62 for · $0 against
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eileen Laubacher(D) | $8.6M | — | — | $8.6M |
Trisha Calvarese(D) + OUR DEMOCRACY PAC $62 | $2.2M | $62 | — | $2.2M |
Lauren Boebert(R)incumbent | $813K | — | — | $813K |
John Padora(D) | $94K | — | — | $94K |
Jenna Michalik Preston(D) | $92K | — | — | $92K |
Timothy Veldhuizen | $13K | — | — | $13K |
Where the money comes from
In-state vs out-of-state
Share of each candidate's itemized individual contributions from donors inside CO versus the rest of the country. Excludes sub-$200 unitemized donations (no geography on file) and PAC money — see note below.
Eileen Laubacher(D)24% in-state · $2.0M itemized
$466K in-state$1.5M out-of-state
Trisha Calvarese(D)30% in-state · $459K itemized
$140K in-state$319K out-of-state
Lauren Boebert(R)46% in-state · $394K itemized
$180K in-state$215K out-of-state
What's counted, what isn't
Candidate-direct is each campaign's reported receipts on FEC Schedule A — individual contributions plus PAC contributions to the candidate's own committee — through the most recent filing.
Outside spending is independent expenditures on FEC Schedule E: money spent by PACs, super PACs, and party committees for or against a candidate, without legal coordination with the campaign. The committees listed under each candidate are the largest disclosed spenders on either side.
In-state vs out-of-state covers only itemized individual contributions — donations over $200, which are the only ones that carry a contributor address at the FEC. Sub-$200 unitemized donations (often a large share for grassroots campaigns) have no geography on file and are excluded, as is PAC money. So the percentages describe where a candidate's itemized individual money comes from, not where every dollar raised comes from.
Not counted: 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations run issue ads that frequently mention candidates by name but aren't classified as express advocacy under FEC rules — they file no Schedule E and don't appear in this breakdown. Press reporting on a race may cite figures that include this dark-money spending; ours doesn't.
About this race page
Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.
Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.
News coverage is from the GDELT 2.0 global news feed, filtered to a curated list of national, political, and regional outlets.