3 candidates are tracked for Colorado House District 4 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Ellwood Ervin, Cecelia Espenoza and Bill Hare. Candidate information follows official Denver County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Ellwood Ervin (Republican), Cecelia Espenoza (Democratic), Bill Hare (Forward Party) are on the November 3 ballot for Colorado House District 4; Cecelia Espenoza is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (leg.colorado.gov). Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 30 primary; minor-party nominees by assembly or petition and unaffiliated candidates by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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This race. Elected by district: only voters who live in the district see this race on their ballot. The sitting officeholder, Cecelia Espenoza, is on the ballot.
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Republican
Ellwood Ervin is the Republican candidate for Colorado House District 4, per the Denver County Republican Party's 2026 slate. No campaign site or attributable press coverage describing his background or priorities was found as of this research pass. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Democratic Incumbent
Per the campaign site.
Cecelia Espenoza is a former immigration judge, attorney and law professor who was the first Mexican American to become an appellate judge on the Board of Immigration Appeals, per her campaign site. Espenoza was also the first Latina to become a tenure track professor teaching law in Colorado at the University of Denver, per the same source. She has lived in House District 4 for 34 years, per her campaign site.
Forward Party
Bill Hare is running as the Forward Party candidate for Colorado House District 4, covering west and northwest Denver, per the Colorado Forward Party's 2026 candidates page. He says concern for the future of democratic institutions motivated his campaign, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Who is running for Colorado House District 4 in 2026?
3 candidates are tracked for Colorado House District 4 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Ellwood Ervin, Cecelia Espenoza and Bill Hare. Candidate information follows official Denver County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Colorado House District 4 election in Colorado?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Colorado are on the Colorado election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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