Election 2024: State + County candidates

State + regional offices

Candidates are listed in the order they appear on ballots

Priorities

• To secure opportunities for all Colorado students to lead their most successful lives
• To lift up the needs of children with learning differences
• To support welcoming, well-resourced schools

Gebhardt is running unopposed. For more of her views on the issues, view her full candidate profile.

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CU Regent – At large

Eric Rinard, R
rinardforregent.com
Senior engineer at KMLabs, Weld County Republican Party District Captain

Priorities

• Increase accessibility and reduce cost
• Support the growth and diversity of research initiatives
• Restore balance and diversity of opinion and promote free speech by opposing mandates and prohibitions

Rinard did not respond to multiple requests for comment. This information was pulled from his campaign website.

Elliott Hood, D
hoodforcolorado.com
Education attorney, former public school teacher, former development director for education nonprofit

Priorities

• Affordability and access
• Improving graduation and retention rates
• Environmental sustainability

Supports:

• Divestment from fossil fuels
• Tuition freeze or cap policy

Opposes:

• Elimination of tenured positions
• Supreme Court dismantling of affirmative action

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/ElliottHoodBW

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State Senator, D17

Tom Van Lone, R
tomvanloneforsenate17.com
Former Erie mayor, Weld County Republican Party chairman

Priorities

• Cost of living
• Education
• Health care

Supports:

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Housing density

Opposes:

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Front Range passenger rail

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/TomVanLoneBW

Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D
sonyaforcolorado.com
Incumbent (2019-2024)

Efficacy rating: 73%
32 of 44 bills on which Lewis was a prime sponsor were sent to or signed by the governor

Priorities

• Environment
• Health care
• Gun violence prevention
• Education
• Diversity, equity and inclusion

Lewis did not respond to multiple requests for comment. This information was pulled from her campaign website.

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State Senator, D18

Judy Amabile, D
judyforcolorado.com
Incumbent (2021-2024)

Efficacy rating: 91%
49 of 54 bills on which Amabile was a prime sponsor were sent to or signed by the governor.

Priorities

• Mental health
• Climate action
• Housing availability and affordability

Supports

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Housing density

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Front Range passenger rail
• Local efforts to increase the minimum wage
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Amabile is running unopposed. Full candidate profile: bit.ly/JudyAmabileBW

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State Representative, D10

William B. DeOreo, R
youtube.com/@bill4hd

Consultant on water issues, former U.S. State Department representative to India

Priorities

• Focusing state government on protecting the rights of its citizens against unwarranted over-reach from the federal government, foreign NGOs and advocacy groups
• Improve the physical security of citizens
• Improve the financial security of citizens

Supports:

• Front Range passenger rail
• State prohibition of local occupancy limits

Opposes:

• Redeveloping the Boulder Municipal Airport into housing
• Housing density

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Local efforts to increase the minimum wage
• Government interventions for human-caused climate change
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/WilliamBDeOreoBW

Junie Joseph, D
junie4colorado.com
Incumbent (2023–2024)

Efficacy rating: 78%
21 of 27 bills on which Joseph was a primary sponsor were sent to or signed by the governor

Priorities

• Economic security and affordability for all
• Climate change
• Equity and social justice initiatives

Supports:

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Housing density

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Front Range passenger rail
• Redeveloping the Boulder Municipal Airport into housing
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Joseph did not respond to yes/no questions on local efforts to raise the minimum wage

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/JunieJosephBW

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State Representative, D11

Karen McCormick, D
karenforco.com
Incumbent (2021-2024)

Efficacy rating: 70%
21 of 30 bills on which McCormick was a primary sponsor were sent to or signed by the governor

Priorities

• Universal health care
• Climate change
• Ending discrimination

Supports:

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Housing density

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Front Range passenger rail
• Local efforts to increase the minimum wage
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/KarenMcCormickBW

Kathy Reeves, R
reevesforcolorado.com
Retired IT professional, volunteer at Life Choices Pregnancy Center

Priorities

• Cost of living
• Safety/family
• Liberty

Opposes:

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Housing density
• Front Range passenger rail
• Local efforts to raise the minimum wage
• Government interventions for human-caused climate change
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/KathyReevesBW

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State Representative, D12

Kyle Brown, D
kyleforcolorado.com
Incumbent (2023-2024)

Efficacy rating: 58%
15 of 26 bills on which Brown was a primary sponsor were sent to or signed by the governor

Priorities

• Climate action
• Affordable housing and health care
• “Ensuring that every kid and family can thrive”

Supports:

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Housing density

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Front Range passenger rail
• Local efforts to increase the minimum wage
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/KyleBrownBW

Mark Milliman, R
bit.ly/MarkMilliman

Electrical engineer and telecommunications professional

Priorities

• Economic relief (reducing taxes and regulation, private insurance)
• Home and family (school choice, mental health care)
• Crime (reversing recent criminal justice reforms)

Milliman did not respond to multiple requests for comment. This information was pulled from his campaign website.

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State Representative, D19

Dan Woog, R
woogforhd19.com
Former representative (2021-2023)

Efficacy rating: 31%
4 of 13 bills on which Woog was a primary sponsor were sent to or signed by the governor

Priorities

• Reducing the cost of living (encouraging condominium construction, defending TABOR, supporting hydrogen and natural gas)
• Revitalizing public education (expanding school choice, paying teachers more)
• Improving public safety (more cops, more security equipment for schools)

Woog did not respond to multiple requests for comment. This information was pulled from his campaign website.

Jillaire McMillan, D
jillaireforco.com
Director of volunteers at national nonprofit, small business owner, PTA president, leader of church youth ministry, mother of four

Priorities

• Expand health care access
• Improve access to public transportation
• Gun violence prevention

Supports:

• Ending state ban on rent control
• Local efforts to increase the minimum wage
• Government interventions for human-caused climate change
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/JillaireMcMillanBW

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State Representative, D49

Steve Ferrante, R
electstevecolorado.com

Small business owner, former law enforcement officer and pastor

Priorities

• Parents and children (parental authority, ending gender reassignment surgeries and treatments)
• Education (school choice)
• Prosperity and opportunity (reducing government spending and regulation)
• Rights and responsibilities (freedom of speech and religion)

Ferrante did not respond to multiple requests for comment. This information was pulled from his campaign website.

Lesley Smith, D
lesleyforco.com
CU Board of Regents (2019-2024), City of Boulder Water Resources Water Board (2013-2018), BVSD Board of Education (2005-2013), research scientist, CU Boulder (1989-2018)

Priorities

• Protecting environment and climate change
• Public education 
• Affordability in housing and health insurance

Supports:

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Housing density
• Ending state ban on rent control
• Front Range passenger rail
• Local efforts to increase the minimum wage
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/LesleySmithBW

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District Attorney

Michael Dougherty
michaelforboulderda.com
Incumbent (2018-2024)

Priorities

• Reducing gun violence
• Further expand restorative justice and diversion programs
• Develop family justice center for victim services, consolidating resources for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and child abuse

Supports:

• Elimination of cash bail
• Use of opioid settlement funds for law enforcement tools and technology

Dougherty is running unopposed. Full candidate profile: bit.ly/MichaelDoughertyBW

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Regional Transportation Director, District I

Karen Benker
KarenForRail.com
Retired from a career in budget and finance, working with government agencies and nonprofits, former Longmont City Council member

Priorities

• Build the northwest rail Line to Boulder and Broomfield Counties
• Restore bus service
• Resource/budget management
• Creating new partnerships between CDOT and Front Range Passenger Rail

Benker is running unopposed. Full candidate profile: bit.ly/KarenBenkerBW

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County offices

Boulder County Commissioner, D1

Claire Levy, D
claireforbouldercounty.org
Incumbent (2020-2025)

Priorities

• Mental health
• Affordable housing
• Transportation

Supports:

• Housing density (but not in unincorporated Boulder County)
• Front Range passenger rail
• State prohibition on occupancy limits
• Local efforts to raise the minimum wage
• Government interventions for climate change
• SB24-157, which narrowed the definition of public meetings for elected officials

Opposes:

• Rent control

Levy is running unopposed. Full candidate profile: bit.ly/ClaireLevyBW

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Boulder County Commissioner, D2

Marta Loachamin, D
marta4boco.org
Incumbent (2020-2025)

Priorities

• Implementation of co-created guidance to move Boulder County from land acknowledgment to meaningful action with American Indian, Native American and Indigenous communities, with a concrete action plan.
• Equitable and transparent distribution of the 2023 Affordable and Attainable Housing Tax to begin January 2025
• Leading development and implementation of a Community Engagement framework with our partner Once and Future Green

Supports:

• Housing density
• Front Range passenger rail
• State prohibition on occupancy limits
• Local efforts to raise the minimum wage

Opposes:

• Rent control

Loachamin did not respond to questions about climate change or public meeting requirements for elected officials.

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/MartaLoachaminBW

Donald “Don” Lewis, R
[email protected]
Former software engineer, past governor of the Colorado-Wyoming chapters of the Optimists International club

Priorities

• Reduce costs for business startups
• Reduce the number of building regulations
• Utilize specific income to solve problems that generate the income: i.e. road related taxes
• Reduce taxes generally.

Supports:

• State prohibition on local occupancy limits
• Ending the state ban on rent control

Opposes:

• Local implementation of rent control
• Housing density
• Front Range passenger rail

Lewis did not respond to questions about minimum wage, government interventions for climate change or public meetings rules for elected officials

Full candidate profile: bit.ly/DonLewisBW

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Boulder County Coroner

Jeff Martin
jeffmartinforcoroner.com
Acting coroner (appointed January 2024)

Priorities

• Community engagement
• Creating a workplace environment of diversity, equity and inclusion for staff 
• Streamlining process within the office to reduce costs and increase efficiency 

Martin is running unopposed. Full candidate profile: bit.ly/JeffMartinBW