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Attorney General

Office
Attorney General
On the ballot
2
The people on the ballot01
Michael J. Allen
Michael J. Allen
Republican

Michael J. Allen has been district attorney for El Paso and Teller counties since January 2021; his campaign website says he was elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024. He was earlier a prosecutor in Johnson and Douglas counties, Kansas, and for the Kansas Attorney General's Office. He served in the Navy until 1998 and holds degrees from the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Kansas.

Since 2021
District Attorney for Colorado's Fourth Judicial District
2024
Re-elected District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District
2020
Elected District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District
Prosecutor in the Johnson County, Kansas, District Attorney's Office, for the Kansas Attorney General's Office and in the Douglas County, Kansas, District Attorney's Office
Managed the Fourth Judicial District's Veterans' Trauma Court docket
To 1998
Served in the Navy as an aviation electronics technician
The money
Michael Allen For Colorado
$417,576.88 from 1,363 contributions, January 6, 2026 to September 16, 2026
Spent $324,758.74 in 1,431 expenditures
Jena Griswold
Jena Griswold
Democrat

Jena Griswold has been Colorado's secretary of state since January 2019, elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. She earlier directed the Colorado governor's office in Washington, D.C., under John Hickenlooper, practiced international anti-corruption law, worked as a voter protection attorney and ran her own small business. She holds a bachelor's degree from Whitman College and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Since 2019
Colorado Secretary of State
2022
Re-elected Colorado Secretary of State
2018
Elected Colorado Secretary of State
Directed the Governor of Colorado's Washington office under John Hickenlooper; ran her own small business
Practiced international anti-corruption law and worked as a voter protection attorney
Bachelor's degree in politics and Spanish literature, Whitman College; law degree, University of Pennsylvania Law School
The money
Jena For Colorado
$1,299,327.48 from 11,573 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $1,828,398.11 in 771 expenditures
The money02
Michael Allen For Colorado
Michael J. Allen · $417,576.88 from 1,363 contributions, January 6, 2026 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $324,758.74 in 1,431 expenditures
Jena For Colorado
Jena Griswold · $1,299,327.48 from 11,573 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $1,828,398.11 in 771 expenditures
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