CONGRESSIONAL HOUSE DISTRICT 6
AURORA | Democratic Congressman Jason Crow is facing challenges from four candidates, including smaller party representatives, on the November ballot, despite the seat being considered a safe bet for Crow.
Crow’s challengers include Republican Jason Clark, Libertarian Patty McMahon, Meredith Ryan from the Unity Party and Samir Witta, an independent.
Crow, an Army veteran, has held the seat since 2018, when he beat current Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, who was the incumbent Congressman at the time. He serves on the House Armed Services and Intelligence Committees.
Crow is known to challenge the Trump administration, including pushing back on and trying to end the war in Iran and calling for more oversight of ICE detention facilities, including supporting state and local health officials who have been blocked from investigating a confirmed case of tuberculosis.
Crow’s platform includes working to improve affordability by lowering healthcare, housing and energy costs, reduce gun violence and pass gun safety laws, support Buckley Space Force Base and expand the Colorado aerospace industry.
A 2024 report card from GovTrack, an independent government tracking website, found Crow had the 15th most bipartisan bills of members of the House. Crow is also touted by the pro-democracy group Democracy Defenders Action for his anti-corruption efforts, including supporting a ban on Congressional stock trading and cosponsoring legislation to increase campaign finance transparency.
Clark is a West Point graduate who grew up in Aurora and has been an entrepreneur, small business owner and an independent investment advisor. His campaign website highlights issues like improving affordability, attracting jobs to the state and reducing crime.
According to Colorado Public Radio, Clark’s investment license was revoked in 2023, leading him to sue the state over it in federal court, though the case was dismissed in 2024.
Additionally, a former classmate took a protection order out against Clark in 2022, saying he was sending threatening packages and letters to their home. The outcome is sealed, but the classmate won a $100,000 judgment against Clark in Hawaii in February 2026.
Clark told CPR he didn’t know about the protective order and denied making threats.
McMahon worked in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Denver field office for 35 years, where she served as the Outreach and Education Coordinator, which included work as a congressional liaison. She is a graduate of Metropolitan State University and has lived in the district for 26 years.
McMahon’s campaign website lists priorities like curbing the executive power of the president, opposing wars, improving fiscal oversight and making education more accessible.
Ryan, who moved to Colorado in 2013, has been a paraeducator at Aurora Public Schools and previously worked in social services, elder care and for community-based programs. Ryan’s platform includes support for Medicare for All, defunding ICE and promoting human rights and ethical government.
Ryan has pledged to reject funding from the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC), end weapons sales to Israel, defund ICE and ban Congressional stock trading.
Witta is an oncologist and the founder of Mountain Blue Cancer Care Center, as well as the nonprofits Anthiogen, which assists with covering cost of care for cancer patients, and Empower Her Color, which supports women of color with healthcare challenges. He also founded All the Children of Light, a nonprofit that provides aid to Syrian refugees.
Witta’s campaign website promotes his support for Congressional term-limits and a ban on stock trading for lawmakers, as well as increasing access to healthcare, lowering drug prices and capping rent and homeowners association fees.
The website also says Witta is running as an independent to avoid the influence of party leadership, special-interest groups, corporations and mega-donors.
— McKenna Harford at the Sentinel