COLORADO'S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The '4th Congressional district of Colorado' is located in eastern Colorado, encompassing most of Colorado's rural eastern plains, as well as the larger cities of Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland and Longmont along Colorado's Front Range in north-central Colorado. It is represented in the 110th Congress by Republican Marilyn Musgrave.

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1990s alignment

2000s alignment

Competitiveness

2004 election

2006 election

1990s alignment

Following the 1990 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 4th Congressional district consisted of Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Otero, Phillips, Prowers, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma counties, as well as portions of Adams, and Arapahoe counties.

2000s alignment

Following the 2000 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 4th Congressional district consisted of Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Prowers, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma counties, as well as portions of Boulder, and Otero counties.

Competitiveness

This district consists mainly of the area of Colorado that is part of the Great Plains region of the United States. Mainly rural, the district is friendly territory for Republicans although Marilyn Musgrave was thrown for a scare in the 2006 election due to challenger Angie Paccione's strength in the more urban areas like Fort Collins. George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +9.

2004 election

2006 election