State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer won the Republican primary for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. Four candidates ran. Kirkmeyer had 40% of the vote. Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann was second with 23%, Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine had 21%, and military veteran Tyler Allcorn had 17%.
Colorado gained an eighth congressional district following the 2020 census.
Kirkmeyer began serving in the state legislature in 2021 after she was on the Weld County Commission.