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State Representative - District 16

Office
State House of Representatives, District 16
On the ballot
4
The people on the ballot01
Jill Haffley
Jill Haffley
Republican

Jill Haffley's campaign website says she is vice president of the District 11 school board in Colorado Springs and taught United States history and government in Colorado Springs for 30 years before retiring. It says that for more than a decade she led an effort for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project that paired high school students with American veterans.

Vice president of the District 11 board of education
Taught United States history and government in Colorado Springs for thirty years
Led a Library of Congress project pairing high school students with veterans
Has lived in Colorado Springs all her life
The money
Elect Jill Haffley
$39,044.67 from 188 contributions, December 30, 2025 to September 14, 2026
Spent $11,255.78 in 148 expenditures
Steph Vigil
Steph Vigil
Democrat

Steph Vigil ran for House District 16 in 2020, when Republican Andres Pico won, and was elected to the seat in 2022, according to state election records. Her campaign website says she became the district's representative in 2023. Republican Rebecca Keltie won the seat in 2024.

2022
Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 16
2020, 2024
Ran for the Colorado House of Representatives, District 16
CUT rating

The Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT) rates how often legislators vote with its positions on taxes, spending, TABOR and other issues, including property rights and parental rights.

CUT rating (2023): 18%
CUT rating (2024): 8%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2023, 2024): 13.0%

The guide gives each listed year equal weight, omits years without a rating and rounds only the final average to one decimal. This is a guide calculation, not a CUT-published lifetime score.

The money
Committee To Elect Stephanie Vigil
$108,740.92 from 1,013 contributions, June 9, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $59,110.69 in 247 expenditures
John C Hjersman
John C Hjersman
Libertarian

John C Hjersman's financial disclosure lists him as outreach director of the Libertarian Party of Colorado and treasurer of the Libertarian Party of El Paso County. The state party lists him as its treasurer from 2016 to 2020 and says he sailed as a licensed engineer until 2012. He ran for House District 16 in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 and for Senate District 10 in 2024, losing each race.

2016, 2018, 2020, 2022
Ran for the Colorado House of Representatives, District 16, at four general elections
2024
Ran for the Colorado Senate, District 10
Outreach director of the Libertarian Party of Colorado, an uncompensated position
Personal Financial Disclosure
2015
Treasurer of the Libertarian Party of El Paso County, an uncompensated position
Personal Financial Disclosure
2016-2020
Treasurer of the Libertarian Party of Colorado
Sailed on cargo vessels as a licensed engineer until retiring in 2012, the last 34 years as chief engineer for American President Lines
Isaac Contreras
Isaac Contreras Write-in
Unaffiliated

Isaac Contreras's Personal Financial Disclosure lists ActionLink, the University of Colorado and MacDermid Alpha Electronics as sources of his income in the previous calendar year.

Names ActionLink among the sources of income he reports
Personal Financial Disclosure
The money
Contreras4Colorado
$0.00 from 0 contributions
Spent $0.00 in 0 expenditures
The money02
Elect Jill Haffley
Jill Haffley · $39,044.67 from 188 contributions, December 30, 2025 to September 14, 2026 · Spent $11,255.78 in 148 expenditures
Committee To Elect Stephanie Vigil
Steph Vigil · $108,740.92 from 1,013 contributions, June 9, 2025 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $59,110.69 in 247 expenditures
Contreras4Colorado
Isaac Contreras · $0.00 from 0 contributions · Spent $0.00 in 0 expenditures
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