Candidates Pursuant to Article 4 of Title 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, candidates for statewide office may qualify for the primary ballot by receiving 30% or more of the delegate vote at the party's state assembly, or by petitioning onto the ballot with sufficient voter signatures. Candidates who attend assembly but receive less than 10% of the delegate vote are disqualified from petitioning. At the Colorado Democratic Party State Assembly on March 28, 2026, Jena Griswold received 41.78% and David Seligman received 40.61%, qualifying both for the primary ballot. Michael Dougherty received 17.62% at assembly and separately petitioned onto the ballot; Hetal Doshi did not attend assembly and petitioned directly. All four candidates — Doshi, Dougherty, Griswold, and Seligman — will appear on the Democratic primary ballot on June 30, 2026.
Declared • Hetal Doshi, former deputy assistant attorney general • Michael Dougherty,
Boulder County District Attorney (2018–present) and candidate for attorney general in
2018 •
Jena Griswold,
Colorado Secretary of State (2019–present) • David Seligman, nonprofit law firm executive
Withdrawn •
Crisanta Duran, former speaker of the
Colorado House of Representatives (2017–2019) from the 5th district (2011–2019) and candidate for in
2020 Endorsements Polling == Republican primary ==