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Representative to the 120th United States Congress - District 7

Office
US House of Representatives, District 7
On the ballot
6
Incumbent
Brittany Pettersen
The people on the ballot01
Tim Bennett
Tim Bennett
Republican

Tim Bennett was elected to the Lewis-Palmer School District 38 Board of Education in 2025. His campaign website says he is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Ranger and has lived in Colorado since 1973.

2025
Elected to the Lewis-Palmer School District 38 Board of Education, Director District 1
A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Ranger
Since 1973
Has lived in Colorado since 1973
Gives a Palmer Lake address in his federal candidate record
The money
Tim Bennett For Congress
Receipts $63,306.33 · cash on hand $1,325.42
Spent $61,980.91
Brittany Pettersen
Brittany Pettersen Incumbent
Democrat

Brittany Pettersen was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Colorado's 7th Congressional District in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. She was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives for House District 28 in 2012, 2014 and 2016, serving as majority whip, and to the Colorado Senate for District 22 in 2018. She was a nonprofit executive and holds a degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver.

2022
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado's 7th Congressional District
2024
Re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado's 7th Congressional District
2012, 2014 and 2016
Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, House District 28; served as majority whip
2018
Elected to the Colorado Senate, District 22
A nonprofit executive
2006
B.A., Metropolitan State University of Denver; graduated from Chatfield Senior High School in 2000
CUT rating

The Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT) rates how often legislators vote with its positions on taxes, spending, TABOR and other issues, including property rights and parental rights.

CUT rating (2021): 5.4%
CUT rating (2022): 4.8%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2021, 2022): 5.1%

The guide gives each listed year equal weight, omits years without a rating and rounds only the final average to one decimal. This is a guide calculation, not a CUT-published lifetime score.

The money
Brittany Pettersen For Colorado
Receipts $1,866,765.19 · cash on hand $1,105,387.56
Spent $1,322,309.86
Susan Hall
Susan Hall
Unity

Susan Hall's 2024 campaign website says she is a former schoolteacher. The Green Party of Colorado lists her as its 2012 candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado's 2nd Congressional District, and she ran in the 8th Congressional District in 2024. Her 2012 campaign blog says she has a college major in Chicano Studies and a minor in history and earned her teaching license in Denver.

A former schoolteacher
2012
Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado's 2nd Congressional District
2024
Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado's 8th Congressional District
A college major in Chicano Studies and a minor in history
Earned her teaching license in Denver
Lawrence Kyle Clark
Lawrence Kyle Clark
American Constitution

Lawrence Kyle Clark was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and has lived in Colorado since 2015, according to Ballotpedia and his answers to its candidate survey. Ballotpedia lists his occupation as entrepreneur and says he also ran for lieutenant governor and for Colorado House District 7 as the American Constitution Party's candidate.

Has worked as an entrepreneur
Also ran for lieutenant governor and for the Colorado House of Representatives, District 7, as the American Constitution Party's candidate
Graduated from Toms River High School North
Born in Morristown, New Jersey; has lived in Colorado since 2015
DS
Dan "Kilo" Sallis
Libertarian

Dan "Kilo" Sallis's campaign website says he is a small business owner and has lived in Colorado's 7th Congressional District since 1967, growing up in the western Denver suburbs of Jefferson County. He ran for governor of Colorado in the 2010 Libertarian primary.

2010
Ran for governor of Colorado in the Libertarian primary
A small business owner
Since 1967
Has lived in Colorado's 7th Congressional District; raised in the western Denver suburbs of Jefferson County
Joe Krzeczkowski
Joe Krzeczkowski
Unaffiliated

Joe Krzeczkowski's campaign website says he is a technology executive who has led global software teams in Colorado and most recently led a community council in Lakewood, where he lives. It says he earned a full scholarship to the University of Michigan engineering school.

A technology executive who has led global software teams
Most recently led a community council in Lakewood
Attended the University of Michigan engineering school on a full scholarship
Lives in Lakewood
The money
Joe Krzeczkowski For Colorado
Receipts $3,530.92 · cash on hand $916.48
Spent $2,614.44
The money02
Tim Bennett For Congress
Tim Bennett · Receipts $63,306.33 · cash on hand $1,325.42 · Spent $61,980.91
Brittany Pettersen For Colorado
Brittany Pettersen · Receipts $1,866,765.19 · cash on hand $1,105,387.56 · Spent $1,322,309.86
Joe Krzeczkowski For Colorado
Joe Krzeczkowski · Receipts $3,530.92 · cash on hand $916.48 · Spent $2,614.44
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