Even most prominent opponent acknowledges the race to represent Colorado’s 6th Congressional District for the next two years is tilted heavily toward the four-term Democratic incumbent.
“I don’t hate Jason Crow,” Republican nominee said in an interview. “I think he’s an American that served his country. We both love our country. We just have a different process to get to greatness. I’m not going to disparage him as a vet just as he has not disparaged me as a vet.
“Well, there’s no reason for him to even acknowledge me. The polls…”
According to the nonpartisan, independent political media organization , Crow has a 99% probability of clinching the vote in his diverse district, which includes Aurora, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and Centennial.
Glen Krutz, a political science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, said he couldn’t even find polling in the 6th District race, which indicated that it was not on the radar of the national political parties.
“They think it’s a safe seat for the incumbent,” Krutz said.
Nevertheless, Clark said he is an old-school, Ronald-Reagan-style Republican who believes he could “do a better job in everything.”
“It’s super easy,” he said in a phone interview. “All you have to do is get the government out of the way.”
Clark grew up in Colorado, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1992 and worked as an independent investment adviser.
“I’m not trying to hide anything because I didn’t do anything wrong,” Clark said. “I have active court cases.”
In 2023, Clark’s investment license was revoked. Court filings before the Colorado Securities Commissioner said Clark failed to disclose or misrepresented facts to his investment clients, including that he had multiple tax liens and judgments entered against him, along with misleading advertising and performance claims.
“The state accused me of stealing my customer’s money,” Clark said.
Clark sued the state in federal court, and the case was dismissed in 2024.
“I sued the state for defamation; those are all ongoing,” Clark said. “I sued everybody. Everybody under the sun. Everybody who did this to me. Phil Weiser himself.”
Clark said he disagrees with President Donald Trump on tariffs, renaming the U.S. Department of Defense the “Department of War” and the war in Iran. He also advocated for paying teachers more money to attract better educators to teach Colorado’s children. He said Colorado wastes “extreme” amounts of money paying inflated government salaries to positions like administrative roles within the Division of Securities, which investigated his business.
He said he would get government and regulations out of the way in Colorado so people could flourish.
“Try something different,” Clark said. “Try a Republican.”
For his part, Crow has been a rising star in the Democratic Party. He served as an impeachment manager for Trump’s first impeachment trial. On Jan. 6, 2021, Crow helped fellow legislators trapped inside the U.S. Capitol.
This year, he teamed up with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Mike Levin, D-California, to form the”End Corruption Caucus. include ending the influence of dark money in politics and barring foreign eleciton interference.
Crow said he takes his job representing one of the most diverse districts in the nation seriously. As part of that, Crow emphasized his oversight of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora as one of his priorities.
“Mass deportation and the abuses of ICE are devastating our community and families,” Crow said in an interview. “We need somebody willing to push back as part of that and take on the issues of the ICE detention center and make sure we are drawing those abuses to light and trying to end it as quickly as we can.”
When asked for his perspective on the immigration detention facility, Clark said there have been instances of ICE agents behaving “recklessly” but that, overall, he didn’t believe ICE was intentionally trying to hurt or scare people.
“I do think we could do a better job and it has been reckless,” Clark said. “But we have to have the facilities, and I support the guys out there doing it.”
Crow has sued the Trump Administration to uphold Congress’ right to conduct oversight at immigration detention facilities, and Crow and his staff have visited the immigration facility, run by , more than 100 times since 2019 to conduct oversight, his campaign said.
Crow said he’s focused on reducing costs so families struggling to afford healthcare, basic housing, buy gas and put dinner on the table can live the lives they deserve.
“You can’t play it safe in this moment,” Crow said. “The only way to lead right now is to be aggressive, be out front, take risks and be willing to push back against power. If you’re not doing that — if you’re just sticking your finger in the air to see what way the wind is blowing — you have no place in leadership right now.”
Other candidates for the 6th District seat the midterm election include Libertarian , Meredith Ryan of the Unity Party, and independent
