Colorado 4th District 2026: Laubacher Leads, Not Certified

Who won the 2026 Colorado 4th District race?

Key facts

No winner is official yet in Colorado's 4th Congressional District: unofficial state results show Democrat Eileen Laubacher at 186,218 votes and Republican Lauren Boebert at 182,856. Source: Colorado Secretary of State Confirmed Nov 12, 2:07 AM ET Link to this fact Challenge this fact
Laubacher has 48.79 percent and Boebert has 47.91 percent of the 381,689 votes counted in the contest, in results last updated on November 10, 2026, at 8:17 p.m. Mountain time. Source: Colorado Secretary of State Confirmed Nov 12, 2:07 AM ET Link to this fact Challenge this fact
The Colorado Secretary of State says results on its election night reporting site are unofficial until each county's canvass board certifies them, on or before the 22nd day after election day. Source: Colorado Secretary of State Confirmed Nov 12, 2:06 AM ET Link to this fact Challenge this fact
Lauren Boebert, a Republican, is the current representative for Colorado's 4th Congressional District in the 119th Congress. Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Confirmed Nov 12, 2:08 AM ET Link to this fact Challenge this fact

The Colorado Secretary of State's count is labeled unofficial, shows a gap of 3,362 votes and names no winner, and the results have not yet been made official.

By Politics Desk

Published Nov 12, 2026, 2:09 AM EST.

What is known

Verified

Unofficial results from the Colorado Secretary of State show Eileen Laubacher with 186,218 votes and Lauren Boebert with 182,856 votes.
The state's results page is labeled unofficial and marks no winner in the contest.

Not yet known

The official result, which follows certification by the county canvass boards.

No winner is official yet in the 2026 race for Colorado's 4th Congressional District. The Colorado Secretary of State's results page, which is labeled "Unofficial Results" and marks no winner, shows Democrat Eileen Laubacher with 186,218 votes and Republican Lauren Boebert with 182,856 votes, a gap of 3,362 votes. Those figures were last updated on November 10, 2026, at 8:17 p.m. Mountain time.

The unofficial count

The state results page lists three candidates in the contest for Representative to the 120th United States Congress, District 4, from the general election held on November 3, 2026. The party labels below are the ones the page uses.

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Eileen Laubacher (DEM)	186,218	48.79
Lauren Boebert (REP)	182,856	47.91
Douglas Mangeris (LBR)	12,615	3.31

The page counts 381,689 votes in the contest. The totals can still change, because counties upload updated results after election night.

Why there is no official winner yet

The Secretary of State's election night reporting FAQ states that election results in ENR are unofficial. The reporting site does not count votes itself. It displays the results that counties upload after they tabulate ballots.

Results become official county by county. The same FAQ says a county's results are marked official after its canvass board certifies them, which happens on or before the 22nd day after election day. The state's list of county statuses adds that all counties must provide substantially complete results by the 9th day after election day, and that a county which has finished counting is still not official until its canvass board certifies.

Who holds the seat now

Lauren Boebert is the current representative for the district. The Clerk of the House lists her as a Republican representing Colorado's 4th Congressional District in the 119th Congress, sworn in on January 3, 2025. The contest on the ballot is for a seat in the 120th Congress, and separate pages cover when the new Congress starts and which party controls Congress.