Republicans have struggled to break through at the presidential and gubernatorial levels in Colorado, but finally won a Senate seat last year and have held a steady 4-3 lead in the House delegation since 2010. The most competitive seat in the state by far is the Aurora-based 6th CD, where GOP Rep. Mike Coffman has survived two tough elections and just announced he will forgo a Senate run to seek reelection. CO-01: Diana DeGette (D) - Central: Denver Solid Democratic. DeGette will never have any real electoral concerns in a Denver district that gave President Obama 69 percent of the vote in 2012. The 1st CD barely changed in redistricting and remains the most Democratic in the state. CO-02: Jared Polis (D) - North: Boulder, Ft. Collins Solid Democratic. Redistricting in 2012 changed the geographic makeup of this Boulder-based district drastically, but retained the 2nd CD's Democratic bent. The 2nd CD gave up some northern Denver suburbs in Jefferson County and parts of liberal ski haven Eagle County in the Rockies (though it kept Vail). In exchange, it picked up
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