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Gabriel Cervantes Democrat
Residence: Thornton
Profession: Financial Operations
Education: CU Boulder
Experience: – Former restaurant GM and interim AM
– THS School Accountability Committee
– Co-Founder of the Six-Siblings Foundation
– Former Vice-Chair of Recruitment for Adams County Young Dems and CO Young Dems
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
– Banning corporations from buying single-family homes in Colorado
– Protecting immigrant communities from fascism and federal government overreach
– Giving municipalities the ability to hold corporate landlords accountable
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
We have to ensure that Thorntonites, Thorntonians, and all Coloradans for that matter, do not have to compete with companies to buy a home. We have to ensure Prop 195 passes so 97% of Coloradans get a tax cut and we have to ensure that Colorado is allowing businesses to operate with the breadth they need while still guaranteeing protections for their workers.
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
Data center regulation and ALPR regulation are non-partisan issues this year. Everyone agrees en masse that something needs to be done, the question is what needs to be done and how we get there.
A new governor will take office next year. What opportunities are there for legislation or other changes that did not gain traction under Gov. Jared Polis?
Polis was the go-to defender of big-business because he was part of big-business and Coloradans have paid the price. We are going to see more large reform bills come back from the dead that will move the state in the direction it needs to go.
Ray Roll did not return the questionnaire.
