Adam Frisch
Adam Frisch (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Biography
Frisch received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Colorado.[1] As of 2024, he was a business owner and substitute teacher.[2][3]
2024 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the November 5, 2024, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Adam Frisch (D), Jeff Hurd (R), and four others are running in the general election for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024.
Incumbent Lauren Boebert (R) is running for re-election in the 4th District, leaving the 3rd District open.
Based on Q2 2024 reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Frisch raised $13.8 million and spent $10.2 million and Hurd raised $1.2 million and spent $1.0 million. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.
Hurd won the Republican primary, running on a platform of growing Colorado's rural economies.[4] He defeated five other candidates with 42.0% of the vote. The next closest candidate, Ron Hanks (R), received 27.7% of the vote.
Frisch was uncontested in the Democratic primary. He was the Democratic nominee in 2022, losing the general election to Boebert 50.1% to 49.9%. In that election, Frisch described himself as "a pro-business, pro-energy, moderate, pragmatic Democrat."[5]
Leading up to the primary, Democratic group Rocky Mountain Values PAC spent around $500,000 on ads promoting Hanks and opposing Hurd. Frisch's campaign did the same with around $100,000. A Republican super PAC, The Congressional Leadership Fund, spent $436,000 in one week on ads against Hanks, which claimed he was too liberal on gun issues.[6] According to Axios Denver, a Hanks' victory could have made the district more vulnerable to a Democratic win in November, but the primary result gave "establishment Republicans [Hurd] a victory against pro-Trump forces [Hanks] and [made] it more likely Republicans will retain the seat in the November election."[7]
According to Colorado Politics, the district is "still considered in play."[8] Additionally, former President Donald Trump (R) carried the district by 15 percentage points in 2016. This advantage was nearly halved in 2020, when he carried the district by 8.3 percentage points.[8] As of September 4, 2024, Decision Desk HQ and The Hill and Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball rated the general election Likely Republican, while The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales rated it Lean Republican.
The Journals' Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul said, "The district hasn’t sent a Democrat to Congress since 2008. And when redistricting happened in 2021, the 3rd District was made more favorable to Republicans. Excluding Boebert’s 546-vote win in 2022, the closest 3rd District race since Republicans took control of the district in 2010 happened that year, when Tipton beat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. John Salazar by 4 percentage points."[6]
Colorado's 3rd Congressional District is one of 34 congressional districts with a Republican incumbent or an open seat the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is targeting in 2024. To read about DCCC targeting initiatives, click here. For a complete list of DCCC targeted districts, click here.
Frisch is a business owner and substitute teacher.[9][10] His priorities are inflation, women's rights, ranching, and farming. Frisch said he would work to secure the southern border and lower gas prices.[11]
Hurd is an attorney and manager of the Grand Junction office of Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe PC.[12] He said he would focus on legislation that would benefit water, energy, and natural resources if elected. [11] Like Frisch, Hurd also said he would work to secure the southern border and lower gas prices.[11]
Minor party, independent, and write-in candidates include James Wiley (L), Gary Swing (Unity Party), Adam Withrow (Unity Party of Colorado), and Frank Hernandez (Independent).
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Adam Frisch, Jeff Hurd, James Wiley, and Adam Withrow are running in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Adam Frisch (D) | |
 | Jeff Hurd (R) | |
 | James Wiley (L)  | |
 | Adam Withrow (Unity Party) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frank Hernandez (Independent)
- Gary Swing (Unity Party)
- Mark Elworth Jr. (L)
- David Whitley (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Adam Frisch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Frisch | 100.0 | 51,719 |
| Total votes: 51,719 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Anna Stout (D)
- Debby Burnett (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Hurd | 41.2 | 36,505 |
 | Ron Hanks | 28.5 | 25,211 | |
 | Stephen Varela | 9.8 | 8,638 | |
 | Lew Webb | 8.0 | 7,094 | |
 | Curtis McCrackin | 6.5 | 5,772 | |
 | Russ Andrews | 6.0 | 5,304 | |
| Total votes: 88,524 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Austin O'Connell (R)
- Jason Bias (R)
- Joe Granado (R)
- Robin Heid (R)
- David Karpas (R)
- Kimberly Swearingen (R)
Polls
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Election campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Adam Frisch | Democratic Party | $13,784,672 | $10,225,714 | $3,924,268 | As of June 30, 2024 |
| Jeff Hurd | Republican Party | $1,205,020 | $1,048,443 | $156,577 | As of June 30, 2024 |
| James Wiley | Libertarian Party | $282 | $0 | $282 | As of September 30, 2023 |
| Adam Withrow | Unity Party | $285 | $768 | $-433 | As of June 30, 2024 |
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Satellite spending
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Race ratings
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- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[18]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[19][20][21]
| Race ratings: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| September 10, 2024 | September 3, 2024 | August 27, 2024 | August 20, 2024 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Likely Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Incumbent Lauren Boebert defeated Adam Frisch, Marina Zimmerman, Kristin Skowronski, and Richard Tetu in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren Boebert (R) | 50.1 | 163,839 |
| Adam Frisch (D) | 49.9 | 163,293 | |
 | Marina Zimmerman (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 74 | |
 | Kristin Skowronski (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 71 | |
 | Richard Tetu (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 | |
| Total votes: 327,285 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Adam Frisch defeated Sol Sandoval and Alex Walker in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Frisch | 42.4 | 25,751 |
 | Sol Sandoval | 41.9 | 25,462 | |
 | Alex Walker | 15.7 | 9,504 | |
| Total votes: 60,717 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donald Valdez (D)
- Cole Buerger (D)
- Colin Wilhelm (D)
- Scott Yates (D)
- Susan Martinez (D)
- Kerry Donovan (D)
- Gregg Smith (D)
- Naziha In'am Hadil (D)
- Debby Burnett (D)
- Kellie Rhodes (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Incumbent Lauren Boebert defeated Don Coram in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Boebert | 66.0 | 86,322 |
 | Don Coram | 34.0 | 44,486 | |
| Total votes: 130,808 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marina Zimmerman (R)
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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Adam was born in North Dakota and spent his first 5 years on the Ft. Peck Indian Reservation in Northeastern Montana, where his father served in the Public Health Service. He grew up in Minessota, where he spent summers in Minnesota's Iron Range, working on his Great-Grandfather's grain elevator, farming and ranching supply store.
Adam received his undergraduate degree in economics, from CU-Boulder in 1990, where he was a leader in the student government. Before moving to the Western Slope of Colorado in 2002, Adam worked on one of the very first socially responsible investing products in the financial markets. He also was a senior executive in the commercial banking industry. He spent extensive time overseas, conducting business in more than 55 countries on six continents.
Adam has spent his time in the Roaring Fork Valley engaged in community service. He served eight years on Aspen City Council. Adam was the Vice-Chair and an elected representative on the Board of Trustees for CORE -- Community Office for Resource Efficiency, a nonprofit organization that promotes renewable energy, energy efficiency and green building in western Colorado and beyond. Adam was also a member of Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST), and from 2005 until 2011, he chaired the Financial Advisory Board for Pitkin County. He is a 2006 graduate of Roaring Fork Leadership, and volunteered to be a part-time substitute teacher during COVID-19.
- Adam is the only Democrat that can build the strong coalition of voters needed to defeat Lauren Boebert.
- Adam is an experienced leader and has moderate and rural-focused policies that align with the district's interests.
- Lauren Boebert is vulnerable, weak, and going to lose.
Adam's top economic priority is getting inflation under control. It’s too hard for the average
Coloradan to afford a simple, comfortable lifestyle for their family. Adam is an experienced businessman and has worked at both international and local levels. He has a 30+ year track record of working with his community to solve problems in affordable housing and infrastructure. We need a representative that will prioritize working for the families of Colorado over their Twitter followers.
Adam will head straight to the Problem Solvers Caucus, the bipartisan group that brought the country the infrastructure bill. The Problem Solvers Caucus is the epicenter of what the Constitution had in mind for Congress – people from both sides of the aisle working together on issues that matter to the people in their districts. Adam has the experience to do just that, and am going to Congress to work with everyone for our district’s needs – not party needs or personal gains.
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Campaign website
Frisch's campaign website stated the following:
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Inflation Right now, everything costs too darn much. From gas to groceries to prescription drugs, average families are being gouged. As a businessman I know we need to solve our supply chain problems, cut unnecessary government regulations, and reduce spending. In Congress, I will fight so everyone can earn a living wage, afford a home, and put food on the table. Lauren Boebert is bought and paid for by the special interests and hasn’t stood up for working Colorado families in our district.
I will protect women’s health care access by getting politicians and judges out of the decision process that should be solely a woman and her healthcare providers. It is impossible to overstate just how tragic and destructive the decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade is and what it will mean for the rights of all Americans. My father was an OB/GYN for 50 years, working with each individual on personal health decisions, including delivering thousands of babies and training the next generation of physicians. My sister is still a practicing OB/GYN. I believe that a woman should have the ability to choose what is best for her, her body, her family and her future. Period. Lauren Boebert is one the most anti-family members of Congress. She voted against the Access to Baby Formula Act. She does not care about children and mothers, and does not support parental leave.
As a small business owner, I have been creating jobs for much of my life. I know small businesses create the most jobs and drive local economies. My plan is to streamline regulations to sustain Main Street businesses across the state, and support financial incubators that create the jobs of tomorrow. My background in finance and as a local small business owner gives me a unique and deep understanding on how to stimulate economic growth in our growing district. Lauren Boebert has been too distracted Tweeting nonsense and lies to focus on our rural Colorado’s local economies.
When the covid pandemic started, I received my substitute teaching license to make sure kids could go to school. I have seen firsthand the complexity of rural school funding. We have two kids in high school. I am fully invested in the importance of educating our youth. I strongly feel that covid has set our kids back. We need to keep our schools open at all costs and provide sufficient resources to give every child an opportunity to succeed. Kids in rural Colorado deserve the same educational quality and support as in big cities and in other states. Teachers and families work hard to make sure our schools are educating our kids and helping them grow into successful adults. Unfortunately, many of our schools lack the resources they need to provide each child with a quality education. I will change that. In Congress, I will fight to put more resources into our classrooms so rural school districts can increase per-student spending, invest in job training and increase teacher pay to be competitive with other states. Today, schools in rural communities lack the resources to attract quality teachers with fair pay. Elected leaders in Washington can help by leveling the playing field for rural communities and ensuring everyone has the same funding for education. Despite the challenges our public schools face, they’re currently under attack by Lauren Boebert who wants to control what our kids are taught in the classroom. The classroom is no place for extremist agendas like Lauren Boebert's.
I am a conservationist and I am committed to conserving our environmental resources – water, air, land – to preserve our way of life. We need lower carbon emissions without destroying our local economy. We need to be responsible stewards of the land and bring business, agricultural, environmentalists and government leaders together to find sensible solutions that create jobs while protecting our greatest natural resources Lauren Boebert has been too sidetracked on raising money from around the country to focus on protecting our district’s beautiful outdoors.
While on Aspen CIty Council, I passed legislation that supports renewable energy solutions. We need to adopt energy policies that support the ongoing transition toward renewable energy sources under way in the private sector. This is good for the environment and our local economy. We must recognize the importance that coal and natural gas play in providing us with the energy we need. The transition needs to happen in a way that ensures families in the energy industry can still put food on their tables. In Congress, I will support the transition to clean renewable energy sources and will work to provide those living in gas and coal communities what they need to thrive. Lauren Boebert and her husband have been too busy helping themselves to energy industry contracts and payouts to support local economies or families in the energy industry.
Changing healthcare policy starts with changing leadership in Washington. People should have more flexibility in healthcare while having a competitive, private sector-driven insurance marketplace. Competition lowers prices. Healthcare can be more affordable and accessible to every American citizen. We need leaders who will bring everyone to the table and cut costs for every consumer. In Congress, I will use my business experience to bring local, state and federal leaders together to create lasting solutions. I will also work to ensure more people have reliable access to health care by expanding telehealth and rural broadband access. Lauren Boebert has been too focused on publicity stunts to focus people’s healthcare needs and challenges.
One reason I am running for Congress is to protect our democracy from radical extremists like Lauren Boebert, who peddle conspiracy theories and seek to divide us more at every turn. We need major reforms to protect our democracy from the threats within Congress, and we need to turn down this ‘Anger-tainment Industry’ that has been playing out online and on TV for the past two years. I will work to pass voting right’s reforms, take special interest money out of our politics, and bring an end to partisan gerrymandering. We should focus on delivering real results for working families and supporting our communities. I am the Democrat elected by the people of Colorado's 3rd District to defeat Lauren Boebert.[22] |
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| —Adam Frisch's campaign website (2022)[23] | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 22, 2022
- ↑ Adam Frisch 2024 campaign website, "Meet Adam," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Adam Frisch," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Jeff Hurd 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 8, 2024
- ↑ CPR News, "Democrat Adam Frisch on how he plans to unseat Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," September 9, 2022
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Journal, "Jeff Hurd wins Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," June 29, 2024
- ↑ Axios Denver, "Jeff Hurd wins GOP nod in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District," June 25, 2024
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Colorado Politics, "Colorado Democrat Adam Frisch calls on Biden to withdraw as party's presidential nominee," July 2, 2024
- ↑ Adam Frisch 2024 campaign website, "Meet Adam," accessed July 9, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Adam Frisch," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 KOAA News 5, "Meet the candidates on November’s ballot for Colorado's Congressional District Three," June 26, 2024
- ↑ Jeff Hurd 2024 campaign website, "Meet Jeff," accessed April 19, 2024
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Adam Frisch For Colorado, “Issues,” accessed August 11, 2022
