The 2026 Colorado Attorney General election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the Attorney General of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office; he is instead running for governor.[1]

Democratic primary

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.[2] Michael Dougherty received 17.62% at assembly and separately petitioned onto the ballot; Hetal Doshi did not attend assembly and petitioned directly.[2] Both Dougherty's and Doshi's petitions were deemed sufficient by the Colorado Secretary of State on April 14, 2026.[3] All four candidates — Doshi, Dougherty, Griswold, and Seligman — appeared on the Democratic primary ballot on June 30, 2026.

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Hetal Doshi, former deputy assistant attorney general[5]
  • Michael Dougherty, Boulder County District Attorney (2018–present) and candidate for attorney general in 2018[6]
  • David Seligman, nonprofit law firm executive[7]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Michael Dougherty
Executive branch officials
Statewide officials
State legislators
County officials
Local officials
Newspapers
Jena Griswold
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
David Seligman
State legislators
Labor unions
Organizations

Political parties

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Hetal
Doshi		 Michael
Dougherty		 Crisanta
Duran		 Jena
Griswold		 David
Seligman		 Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[22][A] June 9–11, 2025 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 1% 8% 2% 42% 4% 42%

Results

Primary results by county:
  Griswold
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Dougherty
  •   30–40%
  Tie
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jena Griswold 382,855 44.3
Democratic David Seligman 171,062 19.8
Democratic Michael Dougherty 168,826 19.5
Democratic Hetal Doshi 142,371 16.5
Total votes 865,114 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

To move forward to the primary, candidates had to petition onto the ballot or achieve 30% or more at the Colorado Republican Party State Assembly. No candidates pursued petitioning onto the primary ballot. Both candidates went through the State Assembly process. Michael Allen and David Wilson were the only candidates to achieve 30% or more.[23]

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • David Willson, attorney[23]

Eliminated at convention

  • Connor Pennington[13]

Results

Primary results by county:
  Allen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Willson
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Allen 284,910 59.9
Republican David Willson 190,710 40.1
Total votes 475,620 100.0

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25] Safe D August 21, 2025

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Griswold's campaign

See also

References

  1. ↑ Paul, Jesse (January 2, 2025). "Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser launches 2026 campaign for governor". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Democratic Party Concludes 2026 State Assembly, Announces Results". Colorado Democratic Party. March 28, 2026. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  3. ↑ "2026 Primary Election Petition Candidates Who Submitted Petition Signatures". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Paul, Jesse (April 7, 2025). "Jena Griswold is running to be Colorado's next attorney general". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ Alvarez, Alayna (June 5, 2025). "Exclusive: Former federal prosecutor Hetal Doshi to run for Colorado AG". Axios. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ Paul, Jesse (February 25, 2025). "Boulder County DA Michael Dougherty launches bid to become Colorado's attorney general". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ Klamann, Seth (May 13, 2025). "Legal advocate for workers, renters announces run for Colorado attorney general". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ Paul, Jesse (August 31, 2025). "Crisanta Duran ends her bid to become Colorado's next attorney general". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Luning, Ernest (March 26, 2025). "Democratic AG candidate Michael Dougherty endorsed by 90 Colorado officials, community leaders". Colorado Politics. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vote Michael Dougherty for Attorney General in the Democratic Primary". The Denver Post. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 Luning, Ernest (May 9, 2025). "Democrat Jena Griswold lands endorsements from Perlmutter, Peña in Colorado attorney general primary". Colorado Politics. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Luning, Ernest (August 7, 2025). "Democrat Jena Griswold endorsed by Jamie Raskin, James Coleman in Colorado's attorney general primary". Colorado Politics. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Luning, Ernest (April 7, 2025). "Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold joins Democratic primary for attorney general". Colorado Politics. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ "EMILYs List Endorses Jena Griswold for Colorado Attorney General". EMILYs List. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  15. ↑ "End Citizens United Endorses Secretary of State Jena Griswold for Colorado Attorney General". admin.endcitizensunited.org. August 12, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Vote Mama PAC | Candidates". Vote Mama PAC. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 Luning, Ernest (May 13, 2025). "Progressive legal advocate David Seligman joins Democratic primary for Colorado attorney general". Colorado Politics. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
  18. ↑ "We are proud to endorse David Seligman for CO Attorney General!". CWA7777 on Instagram. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Our 2026 Endorsed Candidates". UFCW 7. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Endorsement Archives". Our Revolution.
  21. ↑ "Our 2026 Candidates". Working Families Party. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  22. ↑ Luning, Ernest (June 15, 2025). "Democrat Jena Griswold swamps primary rivals for Colorado attorney general, her internal poll shows". Colorado Politics. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  23. 1 2 "State Rep. Scott Bottoms secures top spot on Republican primary ballot for Colorado governor". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
  24. ↑ Springer, Celeste (January 6, 2026). "District Attorney Michael J. Allen to run for Colorado's attorney general seat". KRDO. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  25. ↑ "State Attorneys General: The Top Races to be "Top Cop"". Sabato's Crystal Ball. August 21, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.

Official campaign websites

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Colorado_Attorney_General_election