Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Brittany Pettersen

Official portrait of Brittany Pettersen
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Colorado’s 7th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Lakewood, CO
Born
1981
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
PETTERSEN, BRITTANY LOUISE MS.
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Colorado with the current district highlighted

Colorado, District 7

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Colorado District 7Open seatWon the general election (56.37%)

FEC candidate ID H8CO07045 · Principal campaign committee: BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Colorado District 7$2,260,248.55General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Colorado District 7$2,487,377.12Won the general election (55.33%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Colorado District 7$2,883,823.65Won the general election (56.37%)
Total raised$2,883,823.65
Total spent$2,923,256.58
Cash on hand$8,400.07
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $2,121,434.58PACs and other committees: $617,982.66Party committees: $10,600.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $120,921.89Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $12,884.52
  • Individual contributions$2,121,434.5874%
  • PACs and other committees$617,982.6621%
  • Party committees$10,600.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$120,921.894%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$12,884.520%

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

178 committees reported giving $605,295.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Brittany Louise Pettersen$348,602.80
  • Independent expenditures opposing Brittany Louise Pettersen$130,672.09
  • Company and union communications to members about Brittany Louise Pettersen$45,597.89

FEC totals for the 2022 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 7, 2022 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Brittany Louise Pettersen (D)$2,883,823.65$8,400.072022-12-31
Tim Reichert (R)$1,585,826.05$0.002022-09-30
Erik Aadland (R)$1,525,113.68$27,171.302022-12-31
Edwin G Perlmutter (D)$663,563.71$603,638.002022-12-31
Brad Dempsey (R)$278,381.23$3,280.372022-12-31
Carl E Andersen (R)$255,114.01$0.002022-09-30
Laurel Anne Imer (R)$88,683.51$283.772022-09-30
Kyle Alexander Faust (D)$1,000.96$628.962022-04-05

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DJanuary 26, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DNovember 22, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DJuly 28, 2022
  • PoliticoLean DNovember 7, 2022
  • RCPLean DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean DAugust 22, 2022
  • DDHQLean DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Likely DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
RMG ResearchJuly 24–30, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Brittany Pettersen 44% · Erik Aadland 41%
Meeting Street Insights (R)July 18–21, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Brittany Pettersen 44% · Erik Aadland 42%
Meeting Street Insights (R)July 18–21, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Generic Democrat 45% · Generic Republican 44%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO.
  • 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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