Tag: colorado
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Colorado initiative to limit state property tax revenue could be on 2024 ballot
Colorado voters may decide in 2024 on an initiative that would cap state property tax revenue at 4% over the total revenue collected in the preceding year. The initiative would require statewide voter approval to allow local governments to retain property tax revenue exceeding the 4% growth limit. The initiative was sponsored by Advance Colorado…
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One new candidate declares in Colorado
Ballotpedia tracked one new state-level candidate in Colorado between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10. This was equal to the number of candidates tracked last week. The candidate is a Democrat and is running for state legislature in 2024. Details on the candidate are below: Kathleen Curry (D) is running for Colorado House of Representatives District…
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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey: Colorado roundup
Colorado is holding elections, including for state legislative offices, on June 25, 2024. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of responses from the candidates who filled…
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One new candidate declares in Colorado
Ballotpedia tracked one new state-level candidate in Colorado between Aug. 28 and Sept. 3. This was one more candidate than the prior week. The candidate is a Democrat and is running for state legislature in 2024. Details on the candidate are below: Cole Buerger (D) is running for Colorado State Senate District 5. Buerger said,…
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Four new candidates declare in Colorado
Ballotpedia tracked four new state-level candidates in Colorado between Aug. 14 and Aug. 20. This was two more candidates than the prior week. The four candidates are Democrats and all four are running for state legislative offices in 2024. Details on these candidates are below: Victor Bencomo (D) is running for Colorado House of Representatives…
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Two new candidates declare in Colorado
Two new candidates declared their intent to run for state-level offices in Colorado between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13, according to Ballotpedia's ongoing tracking. This was two more candidates than the prior week. One of those candidates is a Democrat and one is a Republican. Both are running for the state legislature in 2024. Details…
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Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez resigns from Colorado House
Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) resigned from the Colorado House of Representatives on Aug. 4, 2023, to serve as an at-large member of the Denver City Council. Gonzales-Gutierrez most recently ran for re-election to the District 4 House seat in 2022, winning with 83% of the vote. She was later elected to the Denver City Council on April…
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Recall election roundup: Colorado
Ballotpedia tracked one new recall effort against local officials in Colorado from July 10-16, bringing the yearly statewide total to 12 efforts against 25 officials. The most recent effort is: Tommy Flower recall, Custer County, Colorado (2023): City Commissioner Tommy Flower. An attempt to recall Custer County District 3 Commissioner Tommy Flower in Colorado was initiated in…
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More city officials facing recall in 2023 than in 2020-2022
The number of city officials who had been included in recall efforts as of June 15, 2023, was higher than at a similar point in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Eighteen city officials had drawn recall efforts compared to four in 2022 and one in 2021. Ballotpedia did not track any recall efforts targeting city officials…
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Coloradans have voted on 36 TABOR-related ballot measures since 1993, rejecting 69% of them
Coloradans have decided on 36 statewide ballot measures that were designed to increase revenue for the state, which required voter approval under TABOR. Of the 36 measures, 11 (30.56%) were approved and 25 (69.44%) were defeated. Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR), adopted in 1992, was designed to require statewide voter approval of all new…