Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect biographical detail about House District 16 candidate Rebecca Keltie.

Initial election results report that Democratic candidate Amy Paschal will be succeeding Democrat Marc Snyder in Colorado’s state House District 18 and Republican Chris Richardson will replace Rod Bockenfeld in District 56.

Unofficial results in El Paso County had Paschal, a former election judge, precinct organizer and small business owner, slightly ahead of James Boelens Jr., a longtime small business owner, at 53.10% to 46.90%.

Initial reports had Richardson ahead of Democratic candidate Alessandra Navetta 79.84% to 20.16%

Snyder has represented District 18 since 2019 before running for state Senate District 12 this year. Bockenfeld is termed out of his district.

At a Democratic watch party in Colorado Springs, Paschal said two of the biggest issues she hopes to address upon a victory is affordable housing and renewable energy policy.

“Citizens should expect that I’m going to get legislation passed that impacts their lives and that they should be able to reach out to me,” she said. “I will listen.”

Meanwhile, early results had House District 16 incumbent Stephanie Vigil neck-and-neck with Republican Challenger Rebecca Keltie, a Navy veteran and child of German immigrants, at 50.61% and 49.39% respectively. Vigil has served as District 16’s representative for the past two years.

At the watch party, Vigil pointed to the worked she had done over that span and what she hopes to continue in another term.

“I’ve worked a lot on housing, transportation, fighting for people’s civil liberties … I’m really concerned about the way that we’ve sprawled as a community … and it doesn’t afford for a healthy economic, eco-friendly life for us to be totally out on the plains and car dependent,” she said. “I’m really interested in creating more transportation choices that are safer, more affordable.”

Under Colorado law, a recount is required when the winner’s margin of victory is equal to or less than 0.5%.

Republican incumbent Rose Pugliese was successful in her bid to retain her seat representing Colorado House District 14, a geographic area which encompasses parts of west and north Colorado Springs bordering the Air Force Academy. Unofficial early election results had Pugliese, the current House minority leader, with 59.71% of the vote.

Incumbent Republican Scott Bottoms was ahead of his Democrat challenger, Jeff Livingston, with 56.94% of the vote — versus Livingston’s 43.06% — in the race for the Colorado House District 15 seat, with slightly more than half of ballots counted, according to unofficial early election results. Bottoms is a military veteran and church pastor of 34 years who has also served as the district’s representative since 2022. Livingston is also a military veteran who served for four years as a satellite communications operator.

In House District 17, Democratic incumbent Regina English (D-Colorado Springs) reported slightly ahead of Republican Elizabeth Riggs 55.95% to 44.05%. English is the first black woman to represent El Paso County in the state legislature and is the former Vice-President of the Harrison School District 2 Board of Education.

Republican Jarvis Caldwell was well ahead of his Democrat opponent, Arik Dougherty, in the race for Colorado state House District 20; 70.56% of voters had cast their ballot for Caldwell, with Dougherty earning 29.44%, according to unofficial early election results.

In House District 21, Republican incumbent Mary Bradfield was leading Democrat Liz Rosenbaum 57.43% to 42.57%. Both former school teachers, the two candidates also competed against each other for this district in 2020. Bradfield is the incumbent in the historically right-leaning district.

In the three-candidate race for House District 22, Republican incumbent Ken DeGraaf was leading both Democratic challenger Michael Pierson and unaffiliated candidate Daniel Campaña. DeGraaf was leading with 56.09% of the early votes, trailed by Pierson with 40.16% and Campaña with 3.75%. DeGraaf has served as the office’s representative since Jan. 2023.

Republican Chris Richardson was well ahead of Democrat Alessandra Navetta in the race for House District 56, which includes seven counties in Colorado’s eastern plains. According to unofficial early election results, Richardson had received almost 80% of the vote and appeared poised to claim the seat currently occupied by term-limited Republican Rep. Rod Bockenfeld.

As for House District 60, unofficial results from Teller County reported Republican candidate Stephanie Luck ahead of Democrat Kathryn Green at 68.01% to 31.99%.

The incumbent Luck previously represented House District 47 from 2020 until 2023, when boundary changes redistricted her into District 60, which now covers all of Custer, Fremont and Teller counties, along with portions of Chaffee and Pueblo counties. Luck has also worked as a consultant, law professor and most recently a sixth-grade teacher.