The Denver Post sent questionnaires to candidates in the following races — click the link to go to a race. Names are in the order they will appear on the ballot. Answers have been lightly edited for spelling and grammar.
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- U.S. House of Representatives
- Statewide races: Colorado Governor • Secretary of State • Treasurer • Attorney General
- Colorado State Board of Education
- University of Colorado Regent
- Colorado State Senate
- Colorado State House
- RTD Director
- County Commissioner: Adams County • Arapahoe County • Douglas County • Jefferson County
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. House District 1
Charles Casper Stockham • Diana DeGette • Raymon Anthony Doane • Miguel Lopez
U.S. House District 2
Joe Neguse • Peter Yu • Roger Barris • Nick Thomas • Kevin Alumbaugh
U.S. House District 3
Scott R. Tipton • Diane Mitsch Bush • Gaylon Kent • Mary M. Malarsie • Richard Tetu • Bruce Lohmiller • Gary Swing
U.S. House District 4
Karen McCormick • Ken Buck • Richard Lyons Weil • John B. Vigil
U.S. House District 5
Stephany Rose Spaulding • Doug Lamborn • Douglas Randall • Lori Furstenberg • John Croom
U.S. House District 6
Mike Coffman • Jason Crow • Kat Martin • Dan Chapin • Christopher Allen
U.S. House District 7
Ed Perlmutter • Mark Barrington • Jennifer Nackerud • Steve Zorn • Michael Haughey
Statewide races
Colorado governor
Jared Polis • Walker Stapleton • Bill Hammons • Scott Helker
Colorado secretary of state
Wayne Williams • Jena Griswold • Amanda Campbell • Blake Huber
Colorado treasurer
Brian Watson • Dave Young • Gerald F. Kilpatrick
Colorado attorney general
Phil Weiser • George Brauchler • William F. Robinson III
Colorado State Board of Education
District 2
Johnny Barrett • Angelika Schroeder
District 4
Tim Krug • Debora L. Scheffel
University of Colorado regent
At Large
Lesley Smith • Ken Montera • Christopher E. Otwell • James K. Treibert
District 3
Alvin Rivera • Glen H. Gallegos • Michael Stapleton
District 5
Tony Wolusky • Chance Hill
Colorado State Senate
Colorado Senate District 1
Jerry Sonnenberg • Debra Gustafson
Colorado Senate District 2
Beth “Hart” Harz • Dennis Hisey
Colorado Senate District 3
Leroy M. Garcia • John Pickerill
Colorado Senate District 5
Kerry Donovan • Olen Lund
Colorado Senate District 6
Guinn Unger Jr. • Don Coram
Colorado Senate District 7
Chris Kennedy • Ray Scott
Colorado Senate District 9
Gil Armendariz • Paul Lundeen
Colorado Senate District 11
Pete Lee • Pat McIntire
Colorado Senate District 13
John Cooke • Phil Kelley • Eric E. Joss
Colorado Senate District 15
Rebecca Cranston • Rob Woodward
Colorado Senate District 16
Tammy Story • Tim Neville • James Gilman
Colorado Senate District 20
Christine Jensen • Jessie Danielson • Charles Messick
Colorado Senate District 22
Brittany Pettersen • Tony Sanchez
Colorado Senate District 24
Beth Martinez Humenik • Faith Winter • Donald Osborn • Adam Matkowsky
Colorado Senate District 30
Julia Varnell-Sarjeant • Chris Holbert • Steve Peterson
Colorado Senate District 32
Robert Rodriguez • Mark Calonder • Peter Lucas Smith
Colorado Senate District 34
Julie Gonzales • Gordon Alley
Colorado State House
Colorado House District 1
Susan Lontine • Alysia Padilla • Darrell Dinges
Colorado House District 2
Alec Garnett
Colorado House District 3
Toren Mushovic • Jeff Bridges
Colorado House District 4
Robert “Dave” John • Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez
Colorado House District 5
Alex Valdez • Katherine E. Whitney • Rory Lamberton
Colorado House District 6
Chris Hansen
Colorado House District 7
Jay Frank Kucera • James Rashad Coleman
Colorado House District 8
Leslie Herod
Colorado House District 9
Emily Sirota • Bob Lane
Colorado House District 10
Murl S. Hendrickson IV • Edie Hooton
Colorado House District 11
Jonathan Singer • Brian O Donahue
Colorado House District 12
Sonya Jaquez Lewis • Theresa Stets
Colorado House District 13
Kevin Sipple • K.C. Becker
Colorado House District 14
Shane Sandridge • Paul J. Haddick
Colorado House District 15
Brenda Krause • Dave Williams
Colorado House District 16
Andrew Smith • Larry G. Liston • John Hjersman
Colorado House District 17
Kit Roupe • Thomas “Tony” Exum Sr.
Colorado House District 18
Mary Elizabeth Fabian • Marc A. Snyder • Maile Foster
Colorado House District 19
Tim Geitner • Asia M. Zanders
Colorado House District 20
Terri Carver • Kent Edward Jarnig
Colorado House District 21
Lois Landgraf • Liz Rosenbaum
Colorado House District 22
Todd Kastetter • Colin Larson
Colorado House District 23
Chris Kennedy • Joan Poston
Colorado House District 24
Arthur Erwin • Monica Duran
Colorado House District 25
Steve Szutenbach • Lisa A. Cutter
Colorado House District 26
Nicki Mills • Dylan Roberts • Luke Bray
Colorado House District 27
Brianna Titone • Vicki Pyne
Colorado House District 28
Kristina Joy Alley • Kerry Tipper • Ross Klopf
Colorado House District 29
Grady Nouis • Tracy Kraft-Tharp • Hans V. Romer
Colorado House District 30
Dafna Michaelson Jenet • Susan Kochevar
Colorado House District 31
Rico Figueroa • Yadira Caraveo • Bree Owens
Colorado House District 32
Kim Bishop (withdrew) • Adrienne Benavidez
Colorado House District 33
Eric Rutherford • Matt Gray • Kim Tavendale • Jay Geyer
Colorado House District 34
Alexander “Skinny” Winkler • Kyle Mullica
Colorado House District 35
Shannon Bird • Bruce Baker • Ken Biles
Colorado House District 36
Richard J. Bowman • Mike Weissman
Colorado House District 37
Tom Sullivan • Cole Wist
Colorado House District 38
Chris Kolker • Susan Beckman
Colorado House District 39
Mark Baisley • Kamala Vanderkolk • Tony Gross
Colorado House District 40
Janet Buckner • Richard Allen Bassett
Colorado House District 41
Dahlia Jean Weinstein (withdrew) • Jovan Melton
Colorado House District 42
Mike Donald • Dominique Jackson
Colorado House District 43
Kevin Van Winkle • Barrett Rothe • Scott Wagner
Colorado House District 44
Kim Ransom • Simone Aiken
Colorado House District 45
Danielle Kombo • Patrick Neville
Colorado House District 46
Daneya Esgar • Jonathan Ambler
Colorado House District 47
Bri Buentello • Don Bendell
Colorado House District 48
Stephen Alan Humphrey • Gbenga Ajiboye
Colorado House District 49
Perry L. Buck • Conor Duffy
Colorado House District 50
Rochelle Galindo • Michael A. Thuener
Colorado House District 51
Joan Shaffer • Hugh McKean
Colorado House District 52
Donna Walter • Joann Ginal
Colorado House District 53
Jeni Arndt
Colorado House District 54
Matt Soper • Thea Chase
Colorado House District 55
Tanya Travis • Janice Rich
Colorado House District 56
Rod Bockenfeld • Dave Rose • Kevin Gulbranson
Colorado House District 57
Bob Rankin • Colin Wilhelm
Colorado House District 58
Marc Catlin • Seth Cagin
Colorado House District 59
Barbara McLachlan • Paul Jones
Colorado House District 60
Erin Kelley • James D. “Jim” Wilson • Glenn Ingalls
Colorado House District 61
Julie McCluskie • Mike Mason
Colorado House District 62
Donald E. Valdez • Scott Honeycutt
Colorado House District 63
Lori A. Saine • Brandon D. Bobian • Joe Johnson
Colorado House District 64
Kimmi Lewis • Teri Nilson Baird
Colorado House District 65
Rod Pelton • Bethleen McCall
RTD director
District B
Chris Martinez • Shontel Marie Lewis • JoyAnn Keener Ruscha
District C
Angie Rivera-Malpiede • Bonnie Ernest Archuleta • Julia Stewart • Eliot Tipton
District J
Vince Buzek
District K
Troy L. Whitmore • Paul D. Solano • Gerald Stephen Jaramillo
District L
Phil Munsterman • Bob Wilson • Shelley Cook
District N
Brad K. Evans • Margaret (Peggy) A. Catlin • Jennifer Hope
District O
Lynn Guissinger
County commissioner
Adams County
District 3: Larry Hoy • Emma Pinter; District 4: Steve O’Dorisio • Joyce Thomas
Arapahoe County
District 2: Don Strickland • Nancy N. Sharpe; District 4: Nancy Jackson • Winfred Watt Deal
Douglas County
District 1: Abe Laydon • Mary Lynch
Jefferson County
Lesley Dahlkemper • Tina Francone