Incumbent
Brittany Pettersen
Incumbent Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Colorado
$1.7K
NOV 7, 2026
General Election
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Live Odds — CO-07 House winner?
Current prediction-market probability for the candidate, updated as market prices change.
97%chance to win
$1.7KNOV 7, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
Age44 years old (Dec 6, 1981)
GenderFemale
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LocationColorado
BackgroundPolitician
EducationChatfield Senior High School (graduated 2000)
Notable personal detailsBrittany Louise Pettersen is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado’s 7th congressional district (first elected in 2022; in office since January 3, 2023). She previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives (2013–2018) and the Colorado Senate (2019–2022). She earned a B.A. from Metropolitan State University of Denver and has worked as a nonprofit executive.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
Brittany Pettersen supports helping working families through economic relief, small-business support, and public investment. She has also backed closing corporate tax havens and opposed tax policies that would raise costs for middle-class families or mainly benefit wealthy individuals.
Healthcare
Brittany Pettersen supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act, expanding access to affordable care, and allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. Her public positions also emphasize Medicaid protection, lower prescription drug costs, and improving rural health care access.
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Immigration & Border
Pettersen supports immigration reform with a humanitarian framing, including a clean pathway to citizenship for essential workers, Dreamers, and TPS holders. She has also rejected defunding ICE while backing tighter oversight and limits on ICE raids, detentions, and other enforcement practices.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Brittany Pettersen has publicly identified reproductive freedom as a priority and has said she has fought to protect reproductive health care. She opposed federal legislation that would restrict abortion care and said such restrictions would undermine health and freedoms. She has also been described in her official materials as having helped pass legislation in Colorado to codify abortion rights into state law.
Climate & Energy
Brittany Pettersen supports a rapid transition to renewable energy, including wind, solar, geothermal, and other clean technologies, and says the federal government should help build the grid and invest in clean-energy research and storage. She describes climate change as one of the greatest threats facing the country and has backed Inflation Reduction Act investments in clean energy and emissions cuts.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports commonsense gun violence prevention measures, including strengthening Extreme Risk Protection Orders and encouraging safe storage of firearms. Has also described her work as supporting legislation to keep children safe from gun violence and to prevent deadly weapons from reaching people who could be a danger to themselves or others.
Latest News
Brittany Pettersen is in the news as part of the 2026 Colorado House race, where Democrats are targeting Colorado’s 7th Congressional District as a potential pickup. The district is being treated as competitive in the broader battle for control of the U.S. House. The recent coverage does not report a final result or any major new development specific to Pettersen herself.
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