Regarding the 2026 CO US Senate Election, Joe Neguse's is the Democratic party's 3rd choice.

1)John Hickenlooper-D decides he no longer wants to be in the US Senate any more.
2)Jared Polis-D is more interested in becoming the 1st gay US president than the 1st gay US Senator of the state of CO.
3)Joe Neguse-D is the frontrunner for the 2026 CO US Senate Election if Hickenlooper-D and Polis-D they are not interested in running for the US Senate.
As much as I like Polis, he has made controversial decisions like donating $1,000 to Ilan Omar’s Democratic primary opponent in Omar’s 2020 re-election and wants to eliminate the income tax.(I got those informations about Polis from Wikipedia.) Hickenlooper-D does not excite the Democratic primary voters like those who favor Sherrod Brown.
Joe Neguse is a principled Democratic public servant who would not abandon his base constituent. Neguse will be fighting for people like Ilan Omar’s against those bigoted and ignorant Republicans.

If there was a primary race between Hickenlooper,Polis,and Neguse, I will overwhelmingly support Joe Neguse.
Hickenlooper and Polis are the Democratic Party’s 1st and 2nd choice because of incumbency/name recognition.