U.S. House · Colorado's 5th District

El Paso County, including Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

✓ Fact-checked 2026-09-25: 20 claims re-checked against their sources

A second, independent research pass re-opened every cited source for this race and corrected or removed anything the source didn’t support.

  • Verified Crank bio/committees and interview quote against Ballotpedia; verified Killin bio and Candidate Connection survey quotes (tariffs, Medicaid, ethics, veterans priorities) verbatim; verified Elworth Jr. bio; verified full ballot slate (Crank, Killin, Mitchell, Elworth Jr., write-in Fuller omitted per note) and primary results against Ballotpedia. No discrepancies found.

On the ballot · 4 candidates

Where they stand — side by side

Only positions documented in a cited source are shown. Where an officeholder’s recorded votes speak to an issue, the votes set the position (marked “votes”). A dash means we found no clear public position — not that the candidate has none.

ISSUEJeff Crank
R
Jessica Killin
D
Mark Elworth Jr.
LIB
Christopher Mitchell
American Constitution Party
Expand immigration enforcement and deportationsSupports[9][10][11][12]votes———
Loosen zoning rules to build more housing—Supports[4]——
Raise taxes on high earners or corporationsOpposes[10][11][12]votes———
Expand public health coverageOpposes[10][11][12][13]votesSupports[4]——
Faster transition away from fossil fuelsOpposes[10][11][12]votes———
Broad tariffs on imported goodsSupports[14]votesOpposes[4]——

The candidates, in full

Jeff Crank

RINCUMBENTU.S. Representative for Colorado's 5th District (since 2025)

Jeff Crank is the incumbent U.S. Representative for Colorado's 5th District, first elected in 2024 to succeed Doug Lamborn. He previously worked as a Colorado Springs radio talk show host, a staffer for former Rep. Joel Hefley, and state director for Americans for Prosperity.[2]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Key votes in Congress

  • NoWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
  • NoResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
  • YesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
  • NoBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
  • NoWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
  • YesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
  • YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
  • YesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
  • YesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
  • YesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
  • YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
  • YesRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
  • YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
  • YesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
  • YesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
  • YesLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.

On the record — official actions

  • actionServes on the House Committee on Natural Resources (Energy and Mineral Resources; Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittees) and the House Committee on Armed Services (Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation; Military Personnel; Strategic Forces subcommittees) in the 119th Congress.[2]

Positions on the issues

  • OpposesExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted no on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[10][11][12][13]

    What they say: Voted against extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies without what he called serious reform, saying Congress should focus on lowering costs and expanding competition instead.[7]

    “I cannot support an extension of the ACA subsidies without serious reform. Congress cannot keep writing a blank check to Obamacare and slapping a subsidy band-aid on a healthcare system that remains fundamentally unaffordable. Congress needs to focus on real reforms that lower costs, improve and expand competition so consumers have real choices.”
  • SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

    Voted yes on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[9][10][11][12]

  • OpposesFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[10][11][12]

  • OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[10][11][12]

  • SupportsBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[14]

In their words — priorities

  • In an interview, said he sees the race as a choice between a candidate focused on opposing President Trump and one focused on representing the community regardless of who is president.[2]
  • Lowering health care premium costs, citing his vote for the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, which he says offers alternatives to extending ACA subsidies.[8]
  • Keeping electricity and energy costs low by advancing grid reliability measures, citing his vote for the Grid Power Act.[6]

Background

  • Born in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1967; earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Colorado State University in 1990.[2]
  • Career experience includes serving as a staffer for Rep. Joel Hefley, running a political consulting firm, hosting a talk radio show in Colorado Springs, and serving as Colorado state director for Americans for Prosperity.[2]
  • Elected to the U.S. House in 2024, succeeding Doug Lamborn.[2]

Campaign money

Raised $2.2M · spent $779K · $1.5M cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

Jessica Killin

D

Won the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary over Joe Reagan.

Jessica Killin is a U.S. Army veteran and former USAA executive running for Colorado's 5th District. She has also worked as a political staffer for several members of Congress and for Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.[3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Positions on the issues

  • OpposesBroad tariffs on imported goods

    Says she will work to end tariffs she describes as driving up prices, which she says Crank has repeatedly voted to protect.[4]

    “I will end the harmful tariffs that are driving up prices, which Jeff Crank has repeatedly voted to protect.”
  • SupportsExpand public health coverage

    Says she would work to reverse Medicaid cuts that raise healthcare costs and push to lower prescription drug and insurance premium costs.[4]

  • SupportsLoosen zoning rules to build more housing

    Says she would work to expand housing supply in the Pikes Peak region to improve access for first-time homebuyers.[4]

In their words — priorities

  • Says the district faces an affordability crisis in housing, healthcare, childcare and groceries, and would work to end tariffs she says are driving up prices and to reverse Medicaid cuts.[4]
  • Says she would push to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, strengthen ethics rules, end congressional pay during shutdowns, and create an independent Congressional Ethics Office.[4]
  • Says she would prioritize fully staffing VA clinics, restoring funding for the Veterans Crisis Line, and protecting military families from housing or employment discrimination.[4]

Background

  • Grew up in Colorado Springs, graduated from Falcon High School, and earned an ROTC scholarship; served as a Captain and paratrooper in the U.S. Army, leading soldiers as a Military Police Officer overseas.[3]
  • Worked over a decade at USAA on protecting military families' finances, including during the 2008 financial crisis, streamlining VA home loans, and helping servicemembers avoid predatory lenders.[3]
  • Has been a political staffer to Reps. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), and to Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.[3]

Campaign money

Raised $3.1M · spent $1.6M · $1.6M cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

Mark Elworth Jr.

LIB

Mark Elworth Jr. is the Libertarian Party candidate for Colorado's 5th District.[5]

Little public record found for this candidate.

Background

  • Born in Omaha, Nebraska; graduated from the VanEd Educational Center in 2015; career experience includes working as a salesman.[5]

Christopher Mitchell

American Constitution Party

Christopher Mitchell is the American Constitution Party candidate for Colorado's 5th District.[1]

Little public record found for this candidate.

Research notes & limits

Steven Fuller, an unaffiliated write-in candidate, is also listed by Ballotpedia as running in the general election but has no public campaign footprint found and is omitted here. No Ballotpedia biography page exists for Christopher Mitchell (American Constitution Party); only his ballot listing was found. No stated issue positions were found for Crank beyond his committee assignments and one interview quote; his official and campaign social-media accounts were not reviewed for this basic-tier entry.

Sources · 14

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 2.Jeff Crank · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.Jessica Killin · Ballotpedia Reference
  4. 4.Jessica Killin — Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words
  5. 5.Mark Elworth Jr. · Ballotpedia Reference
  6. 6.Rep. Crank Votes to Lower Electricity Costs · Office of Rep. Jeff Crank · 2025-09-18 Official record
  7. 7."Congress Cannot Keep Writing a Blank Check to Obamacare." Rep. Crank Votes Against ACA Extension, Protects Unborn Lives · Office of Rep. Jeff Crank · 2026-01-08 Official record
  8. 8.Rep. Crank Votes to Lower Health Care Premiums · Office of Rep. Jeff Crank · 2025-12-17 Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  11. 11.H.R. 1 (119th Congress) — One Big Beautiful Bill Act: text and summary · Congress.gov Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  13. 13.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record