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State Representative - District 17

Office
State House of Representatives, District 17
On the ballot
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Incumbent
Regina English
The people on the ballot01
Regina English
Regina English Incumbent
Democrat
State Representative

Regina English is the state representative for House District 17 in southeast Colorado Springs, elected as a Democrat in 2022 and 2024. Her campaign website says she is president of the Colorado Alliance of Black School Educators, a past vice president of the Harrison School District Two school board, founder of the nonprofit Be You-Be U and owner of a clothing boutique. It lists a doctorate in management.

State representative for District 17, covering part of El Paso County
Past vice president of the Harrison School District Two Board of Education
2022, 2024
Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 17, in 2022 and re-elected in 2024
President of the Colorado Alliance of Black School Educators
2016
Founder and president of the nonprofit Be You-Be U
Degrees in management and public administration, and a doctorate in management
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): 24%
CUT rating (2025): 19%
CUT rating (2026): 17.2%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026): 19.6%

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 Regina English For Colorado House
$19,212.00 from 71 contributions, December 16, 2024 to September 12, 2026
Spent $17,350.63 in 131 expenditures
Laura Martin
Laura Martin
Republican

Laura Martin's campaign website says she owns Event Excellence Consulting, a business that helps nonprofit organizations run fundraising events. It says she built a career in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles in her twenties and describes southeast Colorado Springs as her community.

Owns Event Excellence Consulting, which runs fundraising events for nonprofits
Built a career in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles
Calls southeast Colorado Springs her community
The money
Committee To Elect Laura Martin
$3,014.00 from 49 contributions, April 24, 2026 to September 15, 2026
Spent $2,236.96 in 37 expenditures
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John Michael Angle
Libertarian

John Michael Angle's Personal Financial Disclosure gives Dark Wolf Solutions as his source of income and lists him as associated with Digital Bloodhound, a business it describes as a Space Force contract. He ran for the Colorado Senate, District 12, in 2024, a race Democrat Marc Snyder won.

2024
Ran for the Colorado Senate, District 12
Associated with Digital Bloodhound, which his filing describes as a Space Force contract
Personal Financial Disclosure
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Sherrea Sterling Write-in
Republican

Sherrea Sterling's Personal Financial Disclosure lists Sterling Styles Living, a real estate business, as a business she and her spouse are associated with.

Associated, with her spouse, with Sterling Styles Living, which her filing gives as a real estate business
Personal Financial Disclosure
The money
Sterling For Hd17
$105.00 from 2 contributions, September 11, 2026 to September 11, 2026
Spent $105.00 in 1 expenditures
The money02
Committee To Elect Regina English For Colorado House
Regina English · $19,212.00 from 71 contributions, December 16, 2024 to September 12, 2026 · Spent $17,350.63 in 131 expenditures
Committee To Elect Laura Martin
Laura Martin · $3,014.00 from 49 contributions, April 24, 2026 to September 15, 2026 · Spent $2,236.96 in 37 expenditures
Sterling For Hd17
Sherrea Sterling · $105.00 from 2 contributions, September 11, 2026 to September 11, 2026 · Spent $105.00 in 1 expenditures
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