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Douglas County Commissioner District 1: 2026 Republican Primary Results

This is the one purely local partisan race on the ballot, open because Abe Laydon is term-limited. It covers Parker and the north end of the county, and the June 30 Republican primary is widely assumed to decide it. We broke it down in our District 1 commissioner deep dive.

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  • Jake Bockenfeld
    55.8%23,247
  • John Diak
    44.2%18,382

The candidates

  • John Diak (Republican) Parker town councilman and the establishment pick; credits steering more than $100 million in regional funding into the area.

  • Jake Bockenfeld (Republican) Small-business, fiscal-lane candidate who won the March county assembly 194 to 138.

What this office does

A county commissioner sets the Douglas County budget, land-use and zoning decisions, and county services for the district and the county as a whole.

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Source: Colorado Secretary of State and Douglas County Elections. Candidate field as published in our 2026 ballot guide. Results are unofficial until canvassed and certified.