Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

River Gassen

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Colorado District 5
Filing address
Colorado Springs, CO (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GASSEN, RIVER
Next election
Primary June 25, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Colorado with the 2024 district highlighted

Colorado, District 5

DemocraticU.S. House · Colorado District 5Open seatLost the general election (40.87%)

FEC candidate ID H4CO05105 · Principal campaign committee: RIVER GASSEN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Colorado District 5$0.00Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2023–2024U.S. House · Colorado District 5$172,285.48Lost the general election (40.87%)
Total raised$172,285.48
Total spent$163,412.92
Cash on hand$9,686.07
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $167,088.43Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5,197.05
  • Individual contributions$167,088.4397%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,197.053%

Self-funding: $5,197.05 (3% of money raised): $5,197.05 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $3,561.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

Colorado U.S. House, District 5, 2024 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
River Gassen (D)$172,285.48$9,686.072024-12-31
Jeff Crank (R)$1,128,627.35$66,553.142024-12-31
David Williams (R)$278,869.65$13,270.022024-12-31
Douglas Lamborn (R)$228,768.51$127,231.642024-12-31
Joseph F Reagan (D)$61,568.97$7,468.672024-12-31
Robert Stewart Gardner (R)$53,378.17$5,602.922024-12-31
John Robert Edgar (D)$49,480.70$10,170.162024-12-31
Adam Joseph Gillard (D)$13,720.01$0.002024-09-30
Christopher Douglas Mitchell (C)$11,000.00$0.002024-12-31
Joshua Joseph Griffin (R)$10,355.60$0.002024-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RJuly 28, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJune 26, 2024
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RSeptember 15, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe RJune 8, 2023
  • CNalysisVery Likely RNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: RIVER GASSEN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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