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Rob Woodward Republican
Residence: Loveland
Profession: retired
Education: MBA Finance
Experience: 36 years as a small business owner
Four years in Senate (2019-2022)
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
Reverse legislative mistakes that have made Colorado unaffordable!
Reverse legislative mistakes that have made Colorado one of the highest-crime states in the country!
Reverse the massive growth in government and bureaucracy that is crushing small business, wages, and working families.
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
Government has added $40,000-80,000 to the cost of every home in Colorado (compared to other states). Reverse the regulations, fees, and burdens.
Taxes (including fees, licenses, permits…) have ballooned to grow government far faster than wages. Leave working families alone and stop taxing them to death!
Fraud, waste and abuse are rampant in our state. I sat on the Audit Committee. Millions were stolen and the majority party refused to investigate and prosecute.
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
Colorado citizens agree that the pendulum has swung too far! There are some great folks on the other side of the aisle who have expressed interest in driving down the cost of living — because prior legislators had good intentions, but passed legislation with unintended consequences.
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?
Governor Polis grew the government bigger and faster than at any time in history. It grew when times were good and it grew when times were bad. Taxation and regulation are strangling small business and working families. I’m optimistic that a new governor might be willing to revisit the mistakes they’ve made, and get government off the backs of Coloradans.
Janice Marchman (i) Democrat
Residence: Loveland
Profession: Educator
Education: BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech
Experience: Thompson Board of Education, 2010-2013
Colorado State Senate District 15, 2023-Present
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
My top three priorities are affordability, public education, and the right to privacy. Coloradans should be able to afford to live in the communities they call home, send their kids to strong public schools, and trust that their personal information is protected. I will keep working to lower everyday costs, protect public school funding and support educators, and strengthen Colorado’s privacy laws so sensitive personal data cannot be collected, shared, or accessed without clear limits and accountability.
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
It shouldn’t be so hard for everyday Coloradans to get by. I will work to make homeownership more affordable, push back on unnecessary new state fees, and ensure large data centers pay their fair share of infrastructure and utility costs instead of shifting them onto families. I also want to require insurers to provide homeowners with clear information about how wildfire or hail mitigation could affect their premiums before they spend thousands of dollars, and to give 90 days’ notice before a non-renewal, including the reason and any steps a homeowner can take to maintain coverage.
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
Water conservation and storage should be a bipartisan priority, especially as Northern Colorado grows. Communities like Wellington face very different water challenges than larger Front Range cities, and we need to think more carefully about how we store, conserve, and use this limited resource. I also think both parties can find common ground on data privacy and giving Coloradans more control over their personal information. Wildfire prevention and mitigation should be another place we can work together, particularly on reducing risk and helping communities prepare before a fire starts.
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?
A new governor creates an opportunity to revisit policies that have repeatedly stalled. I would like to bring back the Worker Protection Act, which would remove the requirement for workers to win two separate elections before they can fully organize a union. I also see an opportunity for the state to recommit to public education. I want to keep public dollars in our public schools, make sure we are meeting our constitutional responsibility to fund them, and work with a governor who will make public education a real priority in the state budget.
