April 23, 2026 11:11 AM UTC

Which Republican Will Lose the General Election for Governor? (4/26)

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Republican field for Governor has been reduced from nearly two dozen names a year ago to three: State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, State Rep. Scott “Rock” Bottoms, and “ministry leader” Victor Marx.

These three Republicans are competing for the right to get smashed by either Democrat Michael Bennet or Phil Weiser in November. Colorado hasn’t selected a Republican for Governor since Bill Owens in 2002, and no GOP candidate has managed to lose by less than a double-digit margin since 2014, so we’re comfortable saying that the June Republican Primary Election is a battle for the ultimate booby prize. But somebody has to win in June, so who will it be?

As always with our totally unscientific reader polls, we want to know what you THINK is going to happen — not what you might prefer or which candidate you may support yourself. If you had to place a sizable wager on the outcome below, where would you put your money?

We’ll update this poll regularly to get a sense for how perceptions are trending. As we’ve seen in every election cycle since we started doing these polls, our readers are pretty good at predicting outcomes in individual races.

[Click here for results from our January poll]

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