US Midterms 2026
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Joe Neguse, a Democrat who has represented Colorado's 2nd congressional district since 2019 and serves as House assistant Democratic leader, seeks reelection in 2026 against Republican Kelley Dennison, a business owner and licensed massage therapist.
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BentzKurdianU.S. Rep. Joe Neguse joined Colorado Democrats in Greeley to kick off a six-day statewide bus tour ahead of elections.
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Joe Neguse was born on May 13, 1984, in Bakersfield, California, where his parents, who had immigrated to the United States from Eritrea, met and married.
The family moved to Colorado when he was six years old, living in Aurora and Littleton before settling in Highlands Ranch, and Neguse graduated from ThunderRidge High School.
At the University of Colorado Boulder he served as student body president and earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics summa cum laude in 2005, followed by a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School in 2009.
While still a student, Joe Neguse founded New Era Colorado, an organization to get young people involved in politics, and he worked at the Colorado State Capitol as an assistant to Andrew Romanoff. In 2008 he was elected to the Regents of the University of Colorado.
After losing the 2014 race for Colorado secretary of state to Wayne W. Williams, he was appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies by Governor John Hickenlooper in June 2015.
Neguse resigned in 2017 to seek the 2nd district seat held by Jared Polis, who was running for governor, and he won the 2018 Democratic primary with 65.7% of the vote and the general election with 60.2%.
He became the first Eritrean-American elected to Congress and Colorado's first black member of Congress, and he was reelected in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
In the House, Neguse was an impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump in 2021, and in December 2022 he was elected chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. On March 20, 2024, he was elected House assistant Democratic leader, succeeding Jim Clyburn.
In the 119th Congress he sits on the Committee on Natural Resources, where he is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands, as well as the Committee on Rules and the Committee on the Judiciary.
Joe Neguse is seeking reelection in Colorado's 2nd congressional district, which lies in north-central Colorado and includes the northwestern Denver suburbs, such as Boulder and Fort Collins. He was re-elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2024.
In the 2026 Democratic primary he received 136,146 votes, or 100.0%, and Cinque Mason withdrew from the Democratic race. His Republican opponent, Kelley Dennison, a business owner and licensed massage therapist, won the Republican primary with 57.9% of the vote against business owner Christina Blunt.
The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
