Published by TrenBuzz.com | July 1, 2026 | BREAKING COLORADO ELECTION RESULTS
Key Points at a Glance – Phil Weiser Defeats Michael Bennet
- Phil Weiser, Colorado’s two-term attorney general, defeated US Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic gubernatorial primary on June 30, 2026, winning 55% to 45%.
- The AP called the race at 7:55 p.m., just 55 minutes after polls closed, making it a decisive, early call.
- Weiser was the underdog in June 2025, trailing Bennet by 31 points in internal polling. By primary night, he led comfortably.
- Bennet’s super PAC Rocky Mountain Way, backed by $5.1 million from Michael Bloomberg, spent heavily attacking Weiser but failed to hold back his momentum.
- Weiser will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and is heavily favored to win in November in a state where Republicans have not won a gubernatorial race since 2016 and lost by nearly 20 points in 2022.
- Weiser ran his entire campaign on one message: “I sued Trump, again and again, and I’ll keep fighting.”
Phil Weiser Colorado Governor Primary Win: How a 31-Point Deficit Became a 10-Point Victory
Phil Weiser defeated US Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary after entering the race as the underdog. His victory signals that his antiestablishment message broke through in an environment in which Democrats across the country have expressed frustration with the status quo, including in their own party.
Weiser’s support in the Denver metro area and along the I-70 corridor from Eagle County west to the Utah border propelled his victory. He raised about $6.8 million to Bennet’s roughly $5 million, giving him the spending edge despite Bennet’s massive outside support.
Michael Bennet Concedes: “I Rooted for Phil to Make Colorado Better”
Bennet called Weiser about ten minutes after the race was called and conceded. At his election night watch party in downtown Denver, Bennet delivered an emotional speech and pledged his support for Weiser in November.
A voter at a Bennet campaign event two weeks before the primary had asked: “I’m curious to know what prompted you to decide to run for governor when we needed you in the Senate?” That question never fully went away.
Phil Weiser in His Own Words: “We Will Fight Back and Never Bend the Knee”
“Colorado, in the face of a lawless, bullying Trump administration trying to intimidate us, rip away our rights and freedoms, you made it clear that we need a leader who will fight back and never bend the knee from every corner of Colorado,” Weiser told cheering supporters.
Weiser clerked for Supreme Court Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg before leading the Colorado AG’s office for eight years and filing dozens of lawsuits against the Trump administration.
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Disclaimer: This article is for general informational and news reporting purposes only. All election results are unofficial as of June 30, 2026, sourced from NBC News, Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Sun, 9News, and the Washington Post. TrenBuzz.com does not endorse any political candidate or party. Readers are encouraged to follow the official Colorado Secretary of State for certified results.