


Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Colorado
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Current prediction-market probability for the candidate, updated as market prices change.
Jessica Killin is trading at 31% to win the CO-05 House winner? on prediction markets.
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleU.S. Army officer (veteran)
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationColorado
BackgroundU.S. Army officer (veteran)
Notable personal detailsJessica Willow Killin is a U.S. Army veteran and Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. She has worked in financial services at USAA and later held senior staff roles in Congress and the White House, including serving as chief of staff to Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. She grew up in the Colorado Springs area and has emphasized military- and middle-class-focused policy priorities in her campaign.
Supports making corporations and the very wealthy pay more in taxes while cutting taxes for the middle class, reducing deficits and balancing the budget, and opposing large tax cuts she says increase the national debt. Emphasizes measuring government programs for results and eliminating ineffective spending while protecting programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
Supports expanding access to insurance and protecting Medicare and Medicaid, opposes Medicare for All, and backs government actions to lower prescription drug prices (including allowing Medicare to negotiate and capping insulin).
The candidate has expressed that the Biden administration was too slow to close the border and said former President Trump was right to shut the U.S.-Mexico border, while also characterizing large-scale deportation measures as immoral and illegal. Public materials do not present a detailed, consistent policy platform on immigration or border enforcement.
Supports abortion rights and believes the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision should be restored, endorsing federal protection for reproductive choice.
The candidate’s public materials emphasize lowering energy costs for families and protecting consumers from price gouging but do not lay out specific climate targets, support for major clean-energy legislation, or a detailed plan to transition away from fossil fuels. Coverage of the campaign highlights consumer-focused energy affordability as a priority but provides no clear policy prescriptions on emissions reductions or regulatory approaches.
Jessica Killin is in the news because she is competing in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District Democratic primary, where the winner will become the party’s nominee to challenge Republican Rep. Jeff Crank. The race is focused on issues like cost of living, housing, healthcare, and veterans’ concerns. A later item mentions a South Carolina Senate result, but it does not clearly provide any verified development involving Killin.
Recent polling results and the candidate's current average in the race.
Jessica Killin currently averages 42.0%, ranking second in this race, 2.0 points behind the next candidate.
Average recalculated from polls through Jul 16 - 21.


Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Campaign finance totals from the latest available reporting period.
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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