2026 forecast · Colorado 5th

Jeff Crank is favored to win Colorado's 5th District.

Jessica Killin vs Jeff Crank. The model has Crank ahead by 3.9 points, winning 77 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean RModel R +3.9Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Jessica Killin
Democrat
46.9%
166,837 projected votes
Jeff Crank
Republican
50.9%
180,802 projected votes
77%Crank
23%Killin
Crank favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Crank wins about 77 of 100
RatingLean R77% chance for Crank
Model marginR +3.9Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +3.1 to R +10.92,000 simulations
Projected votes355,528Crank 50.9%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Colorado districts

8 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Jessica KillinDemocrat · 23% to win
46.9%
Jeff CrankRepublican · 77% to win
50.9%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

355,528 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Crank R180,80250.9%
Jessica Killin D166,83746.9%
Christopher Mitchell I7,8892.2%
Total355,528100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%23% Killin77% Crank14 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Crank +3.9
Chance of winning
Jessica Killin23%
Jeff Crank77%
Simulated vote
Jessica Killin46.9%
Jeff Crank50.9%
Christopher Mitchell2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +9.0
FundamentalsR +3.9
With pollsR +5.0
Early vote turnoutD +1.1
With early voteR +3.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Colorado, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +11R +11Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +9.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +3.9With pollsaverage R +0.0R +5.0With early voteturnout so farR +3.9
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.