Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Dwayne Romero

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Colorado District 3
Filing address
Woody Creek, CO (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ROMERO, DWAYNE
Next election
Primary June 30, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Colorado with the 2026 district highlighted

Colorado, District 3

DemocraticU.S. House · Colorado District 3ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6CO03253 · Principal campaign committee: ROMERO FOR COLORADO

Total raised$1,539,834.30
Total spent$1,277,439.11
Cash on hand$262,395.19
Debts owed by the campaign$460,000.00
Loans from the candidate$460,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, 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: $1,035,372.04PACs and other committees: $39,050.00Party committees: $4,275.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $460,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,137.26
  • Individual contributions$1,035,372.0467%
  • PACs and other committees$39,050.003%
  • Party committees$4,275.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$460,000.0030%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,137.260%

Self-funding: $460,000.00 (30% of money raised): $0.00 given and $460,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$158,736.3333%
  • Contributions over $200$318,086.1567%
  • Itemized from inside Colorado$213,019.8467%
  • Itemized from other states$106,374.1133%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $24,826.38 · California $21,300.21 · Virginia $19,284.38 · Texas $13,059.38. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$823K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $505,781.26APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $35,554.62PRE-PRIMARY: raised $183,339.60PRE-PRIMARY: spent $282,069.36JULY QUARTERLY: raised $27,454.82JULY QUARTERLY: spent $314,743.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $823,258.62OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $645,071.642026-032026-062026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

4 committees reported giving $17,050.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Dwayne Romero$693.44
  • Independent expenditures opposing Dwayne Romero$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Colorado U.S. House, District 3, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Dwayne Romero (D)$1,539,834.30$262,395.192026-09-30
Jeffrey Hurd (R)$4,017,993.42$925,631.552026-09-30
Alexander George Kelloff (D)$1,296,967.76$4,359.812026-09-30
Hope G Scheppelman (R)$257,559.30$124,124.472026-09-30
Ron Hanks (R)$24,820.56$12,187.232026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLean RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely RAugust 13, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely RMarch 12, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RApril 10, 2025
  • The EconomistLean RMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Keating Research (D)July 21–23, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Jeff Hurd 46% · Dwayne Romero 45%
Ragnar Research Partners (R)March 10–12, 2026400 (LV)± 5.0%Jeff Hurd 46% · Alex Kelloff 41%
Expedition Strategies (D)January 8–12, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Jeff Hurd 48% · Alex Kelloff 39%
Ragnar Research Partners (R)March 10–12, 2026400 (LV)± 5.0%Generic Republican 47% · Generic Democrat 37%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado (retrieved October 22, 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: ROMERO FOR COLORADO.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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