Jena Griswold (D) defeated Hetal Doshi (D), Michael Dougherty (D), and David Seligman (D) in the Democratic primary for Colorado Attorney General on June 30, 2026.
Incumbent Phil Weiser (D) was term-limited and ran for governor. Axios' John Frank said the primary had a "packed field of top-tier candidates and ... unusually high stakes of the race as the Trump administration targets Colorado." Colorado Public Radio's Allison Sherry said the race was "a sort of three-on-one battle among the candidates, the underdogs versus Griswold." Frank said, "the winner of the party primary will start as the frontrunner for the November election."
Griswold was elected Colorado Secretary of State in 2018. She earlier practiced law and was director of the D.C. office of Gov. John Hickenlooper (D). Griswold's campaign website said she had "been standing up to Trump since day one. She held Tina Peters accountable, urged the U.S. Supreme Court to bar Trump from the presidency, and told Trump’s DOJ to take a hike when they requested Coloradans’ sensitive voter information."
