Fort Collins: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) — Colorado coordinated election votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Hickenlooper seat, class 2); U.S. Representative CO-2; Governor/Lieutenant Governor (joint ticket, open seat) and other statewide offices; Colorado House HD-53 (City Hall; SD-14 is not up) plus the other Fort Collins legislative seats; Larimer County offices, CU regent, State Board of Education, judicial retention; possible City of Fort Collins ballot questions. No City of Fort Collins offices — the next regular municipal election is November 2, 2027 (Mayor and Districts 2, 4 and 6)..
Holding office14
the sitting council
On the ballot25
3 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Fort Collins is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Colorado's 2nd congressional district (City Hall, 300 LaPorte Ave) — Joe Neguse (Democratic)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Francis ✉️ Elected | Mayor | Independent | City of Fort Collins |
2
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Hoeven ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 5 | City of Fort Collins |
| Anne Nelsen ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 6 | City of Fort Collins |
| Chris Conway ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 1 | City of Fort Collins |
| Josh Fudge ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 3 | City of Fort Collins |
| Julie Pignataro ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 2 | City of Fort Collins |
| Melanie Potyondy ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | District 4 | City of Fort Collins |
3
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Polis Elected | Governor | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Eric Mulder | Governor Running | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Erik Underwood | Governor Running | Approval Voting | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Greg Lopez | Governor Running | — | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Jeff Peckman | Governor Running | Unity | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Phil Weiser | Governor Running | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Stephen T. Hamilton | Governor Running | American Constitution | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Victor Marx | Governor Running | 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 Running | Approval Voting | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| George Washington Markert | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| James K Treibert | Lieutenant Governor Running | American Constitution | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Lesley Dahlkemper | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| T.J. Cole | Lieutenant Governor Running | Unity | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Taralyn Romero | Lieutenant Governor Running | — | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Wayne Harlos | Lieutenant Governor Running | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State |
5
State Representative — HD-53
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Boesenecker ✉️ Elected | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Colorado General Assembly | |
| Daniel Frick | State Representative Running | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State |
6
State Senator — SD-14
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy Kipp ✉️ Elected | State Senator | Democratic | Colorado General Assembly |
7
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 → Running | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov known 403 | |
| Adam Withrow | U.S. Senator Running | Unity | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Blake Huber | U.S. Senator Running | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Bob Chew | U.S. Senator Running | Forward | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Christopher Baum | U.S. Senator Running | Approval Voting | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Mark Baisley | U.S. Senator Running | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State |
8
U.S. Representative — CO-2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Neguse Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) | |
| Gaylon Kent | U.S. Representative Running | Libertarian | Colorado Secretary of State | |
| Kelley Anne Dennison | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | Colorado Secretary of State |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Municipal: City of Fort Collins City Council page (fortcollins.gov/Government/City-Council, retrieved 2026-10-29): Mayor Emily Francis (elected at-large, two-year term) and six district Councilmembers, District 2's Julie Pignataro also Mayor Pro Tem. Official fortcollins.gov emails as printed; council-page phones not copied. Photos linked from the council page, not copied. fcgov.com redirects there; both robots.txt allow (single '*' group, Crawl-Delay 10 honoured; no Claude/anthropic group).
- Next municipal election: November 2, 2027 (Mayor and Councilmembers for Districts 2, 4 and 6), per fortcollins.gov/Government/Elections/On-the-Ballot; regular elections are the first Tuesday in November of odd years, non-partisan, ranked voting where three or more candidates. The page says Nov. 3, 2026 brings 'possible local ballot questions' only; none were verified (Larimer County's site returned a Cloudflare challenge and was not used).
- Districts: City Hall (300 LaPorte Ave; 40.58896, -105.08075) geocodes (Census Geocoder, Current) to CO-2, State Senate 14 and State House 53. A point sample of the city via the Census Geocoder coordinates endpoint: 49 points on a ~3 km grid, 29 answered (the rest timed out or 502), 14 of them inside 'Fort Collins city': all 14 in CO-2; State Senate 14 (13) and 23 (1); State House 52 (7) and 53 (7). So CO-2 appears to be the only congressional district covering the city (a sample, not a polygon intersect; TIGERweb was not used), and at least two Senate and two House districts cover it. Only City Hall's legislators are recorded as people.
- Federal: U.S. Senators and CO-2 (Joe Neguse) term data from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json. No photos linked. Statewide rows (Senators, Senate candidates, Governor, Lt. Governor and their candidates) carried over from the us-colorado-springs record (2026-10-22) with region changed, every candidate name re-checked against the SOS list fetched 2026-10-29.
- State: Kipp (SD-14) and Boesenecker (HD-53) from the leg.colorado.gov legislator list (official coleg.gov emails as printed; capitol phones not copied). Governor Polis and Lt. Governor Primavera from the SOS 2022 official abstract (carried over).
- Candidates: Colorado SOS '2026 General Election Official Candidate List' (HTML table; 'certified to the counties on September 4'; 'Last updated September 15, 2026, 11:09 AM'), retrieved 2026-10-29. Captured: U.S. Senate, CO-2 (Neguse D, Kelley Anne Dennison R, Gaylon Kent L), Governor, Lt. Governor, HD-53 (Andy Boesenecker D, Daniel Frick R). SD-14 is not on the 2026 list. Excluded: certified write-ins (3 for U.S. Senate, none for CO-2 or HD-53). The only struck-through (withdrawn) name on the list is in SD-35, out of scope. 'Unaffiliated' recorded as party null, partyShort 'Independent'. Incumbent-running: Hickenlooper, Neguse, Boesenecker. No contest in scope is unopposed.
- Robots/terms: coloradosos.gov (robots allows /pubs/), leg.colorado.gov (allows member pages; disallows /rails/ and /active_storage/ where photos live), fortcollins.gov (allows; Disclaimer and Copyright: non-commercial use with attribution, redistribution/modification without written permission prohibited — only facts and links taken), unitedstates.github.io (CC0), geocoding.geo.census.gov (robots 404). Not used: larimer.gov (robots.txt and pages behind a Cloudflare challenge — not bypassed), so the Larimer County sample ballot was not read; tigerweb.geo.census.gov (robots.txt returned 'Request Rejected'). No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded. standsFor null for everyone.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-29. 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) 22
- City of Fort Collins — City Council 7
- Colorado General Assembly — Legislators 2
- Colorado Secretary of State — 2022 General Election official abstract, Governor/Lieutenant Governor 2
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov known 403 2
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) 1