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Races · house · 2022 · Colorado
house · open seat

Ike McCorkle vs Ken Buck

← Colorado houseColorado house →
Safe RR +20.8 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% McCorkle (D)
99% Buck (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +20.8 · 80% CI R+32.8 → R+8.8
Actual result R+24.4 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
—
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
—
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
—
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+9) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+20.8 with an 80% CI ranging from R+32.8 (10th pctile) to R+8.8 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +20.8
80% CI: R +32.8 → R +8.8 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+24.4
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 3 candidates with no endorsements yet
RKen Buck0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DIke McCorkle0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
CRyan McGonigal0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2022-09-21
Ken BuckH4CO04090 ↗
Receipts
$1.6M
Disburse
$1.4M
Cash on hand
$539.3K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Ike McCorkleH0CO04197 ↗
Receipts
$303.5K
Disburse
$283.6K
Cash on hand
$15.7K
Debts
$7.9K
Top industries
Oil & gas$2.1K
Lawyers / law firms$1.0K
Top contributors
DAVITA$5.6K
HENDRICKSON CONSTRUCTION INC$3.7K
K ROWE INVESTMENTS LLC$2.9K
NEW BELGIUM BREWING COMPANY$2.9K
NOT EMPLOOYED$2.9K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$21.0K
D side
$17.36 · 0%
R side
$21.0K · 100%
Top spender
GOA VICTORY FUND
For / against split
For McCorkle $8.68
Against Buck $8.68
For Buck $21.0K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
GOA VICTORY FUNDR$20.0K95%for Ken Buck
HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDR$955.155%for Ken Buck
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$17.360%against Ken Buck

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R6
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Nov 28
DDHQ
Safe R
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe R
Sep 27
538
Safe R
Jun 29
Inside Elections
Safe R
Nov 21
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Nov 16

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2022-09-21
Endorsements—nothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks