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Dez Packard Democrat
Residence: Fort Lupton
Profession: Accountant
Education: MBA
Experience: Veteran & Weld RE-8 School Board Treasurer
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
My top 3 priorities are keeping Colorado affordable for working families, protecting our environment to keep our air and water clean, and fully funding our schools.
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
We must keep Colorado affordable, and that means banning corporations from buying up our single family homes. I also support universal healthcare because no one should have to choose paying their bills over taking care of their health. We must also protect our communities from AI data centers that increase our energy bills and drain our resources. I support AI data center moratoriums until we can establish regulations that invest in and protect our communities, farmers, and ranchers.
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
I see actionable common ground with my future republican colleagues in making Colorado families lives better and more affordable. I think we can find common ground in expanding tax credits for families, supporting small business growth, and fully funding our schools.
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?
Under a new governor, we should prioritize passing the Worker Protection Act and taking steps to build out universal healthcare. I hope we can also help support Coloradoans by raising the minimum wage, addressing the impacts of climate change, and getting money out of politics.
Eric Joss Libertarian Party
Residence: Fort Lupton
Profession: Technical writer
Education:
Experience: Diesel mechanic, Diesel technology instructor, Shop manager, Technical writer
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
Keep taxes as low as possible
Protect the right of the people to own firearms of their own choosing
Ensure the liberty and privacy of the people
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
I will work to keep taxes low, money that government takes from the people cant be used to buy groceries. Colorado is also over regulated, I will work to eliminate unnecessary and costly regulation that hinders the free flow of goods and services
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
I am hopeful that some issues about government overreach can catch fire with both major parties, issues like the prevalence of Flock cameras. I am hoping I can gain support to ban their use
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?
Lets hope the next governor will be more open to protecting and strengthening TABOR
Carlos Barron did not return the questionnaire.
