Grand Junction: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) — Colorado coordinated election, with a City of Grand Junction special election (ballot issue only) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Hickenlooper seat); U.S. Representative CO-3; Governor/Lt. Governor (joint ticket, open seat) and other statewide offices; State Senate District 7 and State House District 55; Mesa County offices. City: a special election on the Orchard Mesa Pool ballot issue only — no Council seats (next regular municipal election November 2027)..
Holding office14
the sitting council
On the ballot27
4 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Grand Junction is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Colorado's 3rd congressional district (City Hall, 250 N 5th St; the whole city on the sample) — Jeff Hurd (Republican)
1
Council President
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Lutz ✉️ Elected | Council President | Independent | District D | City of Grand Junction |
2
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Stout ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District C | City of Grand Junction |
| Ben Van Dyke ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At-Large | City of Grand Junction |
| Cody Kennedy ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District A | City of Grand Junction |
| Jason Nguyen ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District B | City of Grand Junction |
| Robert Ballard ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District E | City of Grand Junction |
| Scott Beilfuss ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At-Large | City of Grand Junction |
3
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Polis Elected | Governor | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Eric Mulder | Governor Concede 33,080 votes · 1.53% | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Erik Underwood | Governor Concede 6,544 votes · 0.3% | Approval Voting | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Greg Lopez | Governor Concede 60,227 votes · 2.78% | — | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Jeff Peckman | Governor Concede 4,168 votes · 0.19% | Unity | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Phil Weiser | Governor Winner 1,319,781 votes · 60.94% | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Stephen T. Hamilton | Governor Concede 13,187 votes · 0.61% | American Constitution | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Victor Marx | Governor Concede 728,650 votes · 33.65% | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State |
4
Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dianne Primavera Elected | Lieutenant Governor | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Frank Atwood | Lieutenant Governor Concede 6,544 votes · 0.3% | Approval Voting | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| George Washington Markert | Lieutenant Governor Concede 728,650 votes · 33.65% | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| James K Treibert | Lieutenant Governor Concede 13,187 votes · 0.61% | American Constitution | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Lesley Dahlkemper | Lieutenant Governor Winner 1,319,781 votes · 60.94% | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| T.J. Cole | Lieutenant Governor Concede 4,168 votes · 0.19% | Unity | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Taralyn Romero | Lieutenant Governor Concede 60,227 votes · 2.78% | — | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Wayne Harlos | Lieutenant Governor Concede 33,080 votes · 1.53% | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State |
5
State Representative — HD-55
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Taggart ✉️ Elected | State Representative → Winner 22,941 votes · 59.12% | Republican | Colorado General Assembly | |
| Brittni Packard | State Representative Concede 15,862 votes · 40.88% | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State |
6
State Senator — SD-7
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janice Rich ✉️ Elected | State Senator → Winner 50,526 votes · 100% | Republican | Colorado General Assembly |
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U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael F. Bennet Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov known 403 | |
| John W. Hickenlooper Elected | U.S. Senator → Winner 1,310,937 votes · 60.24% | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov known 403 | |
| Adam Withrow | U.S. Senator Concede 9,465 votes · 0.43% | Unity | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Blake Huber | U.S. Senator Concede 23,165 votes · 1.06% | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Bob Chew | U.S. Senator Concede 55,682 votes · 2.56% | Forward | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Christopher Baum | U.S. Senator Concede 3,082 votes · 0.14% | Approval Voting | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Mark Baisley | U.S. Senator Concede 773,936 votes · 35.56% | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State |
8
U.S. Representative — CO-3
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Hurd Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Republican | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Clifton Brown | U.S. Representative Running | — | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Cory Robertson | U.S. Representative Running | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Dwayne L. Romero | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Region check: local/data/us-grand-junction.json is Grand Junction, Colorado (centre 39.0760,-108.5470).
- Districts: Census Geocoder matched City Hall, 250 N 5th St, 81501 (39.0688,-108.5644) to CD-3 (120th), State Senate District 7 and State House District 55 (2026 layers). An 8x8 grid over 39.03-39.14 N, 108.45-108.66 W gave 26 points inside 'Grand Junction city', all in CD-3, SD-7 and HD-55. A point sample, not a polygon intersect.
- Municipal: City Council page https://www.gjcity.org/313/City-Council and each member's page (retrieved 2026-10-31): seven members, 'five of whom are elected from and represent certain City districts - and two that are elected at-large'; Council President Laurel Lutz (Cole) and President Pro Tem Ben Van Dyke. Official @gjcity.org emails as printed; phones not copied; photos linked, not copied. No other city-wide elected office (Council-Manager charter).
- City elections (https://www.gjcity.org/277/Election-Information): 'City of Grand Junction Special Election - November 3, 2026' (Orchard Mesa Pool ballot issue, per the City's Notice of Financial Information and a City news item 'City Council Approves the Orchard Mesa Pool on the November 2026 Ballot'); 'The next general Grand Junction Municipal Election will be held in November 2027'; 'Regular municipal elections are held in November of odd years' (the last regular election was April 8, 2025). Terms printed: Districts A, D, E and one at-large to November 2029; Districts B, C and one at-large to November 2027.
- Candidates: Colorado SOS '2026 General Election Official Candidate List' (HTML, 'certified to the counties on September 4', 'Last updated September 15, 2026, 11:09 AM'), retrieved 2026-10-31. Captured: U.S. Senate (Hickenlooper D*, Baisley R, Chew Forward, Baum Approval Voting, Huber L, Withrow Unity — the Senate/Governor/Lt. Governor rows carried over from us-fort-collins and re-checked name by name), CO-3 (Hurd R*, Dwayne L. Romero D, Cory Robertson L, Clifton Brown Unaffiliated), Governor/Lt. Governor (7 tickets), SD-7 (Janice Rich R*, alone: counts.unopposed = 1), HD-55 (Rick Taggart R*, Brittni Packard D). Certified write-ins excluded (three for U.S. Senate; none for CO-3, SD-7, HD-55). 'Unaffiliated' recorded as party null, partyShort 'Independent'.
- Federal: Senators (Bennet class 3 to 2029; Hickenlooper class 2, on the ballot) from the us-fort-collins rows (CC0 @unitedstates); CO-3 confirmed on house.gov/representatives (2026-10-31). State: Rich and Taggart from https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators (official coleg.gov emails as printed; capitol phones not copied). Governor Polis / Lt. Governor Primavera carried over.
- Robots/terms: gjcity.org robots.txt has a ClaudeBot group (admin/search paths only) and Crawl-delay 10 — honoured. coloradosos.gov, leg.colorado.gov, house.gov allow. Mesa County (mesacounty.us) sample ballot not requested. standsFor null throughout.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Colorado Secretary of State — 2026 General Election Official Candidate List (certified to the counties September 4, 2026; page updated September 15, 2026) 19
- Colorado Secretary of State — 2026 General Election Official Candidate List (certified to the counties September 4; last updated September 15, 2026) 4
- Colorado Secretary of State — 2022 General Election official abstract, Governor/Lieutenant Governor 2
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov known 403 2
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Anna Stout) 1
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Ben Van Dyke) 1
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Cody Kennedy) 1
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Jason Nguyen) 1
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Laurel Lutz) 1
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Robert Ballard) 1
- City of Grand Junction — City Council (Scott Beilfuss) 1
- Colorado General Assembly — Legislators ('Rich, Janice 7 Republican') 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives ('3rd Hurd, Jeff R') 1
- Colorado General Assembly — Legislators ('Taggart, Rick 55 Republican') 1