Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd has defeated Democratic challenger Dwayne Romero in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

The Associated Press called the race at 9:30 a.m. Friday for Hurd, who led Romero by 6,132 votes — a margin of 1.85 percentage points — in a race that had been too close to call. Romero was ahead on election night, but the incumbent took the lead the next day and held onto it as counties continued to report vote totals.

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In unofficial returns, with an estimated 95% of the vote reported, Hurd had 49.29% of the vote to Romero’s 47.44%. Libertarian Cory Robertson and unaffiliated candidate Clifton Brown each had just over 1.5%.

Hurd’s lead is outside the margin that would trigger an automatic recount.

It’s possible that Hurd, who is serving his first term, could be the only Republican member of Colorado’s House delegation to survive the massive blue wave that crashed across the state on election night.

Two of his fellow GOP incumbents — U.S. Reps.…