State Representative - District 18

Office

State House of Representatives, District 18

On the ballot

Incumbent

Amy T Paschal

Amy T Paschal Incumbent

Democrat

Adriana Cuva

Republican

The people on the ballot01

Amy T Paschal Incumbent

Democrat

State Representative

Amy T Paschal is the state representative for Colorado House District 18, in El Paso and Teller counties. Her campaign website says she began as a software engineer and became a software product development project manager, that she has held Democratic Party positions from precinct organizer to vice chair since 2016, and that she has been an El Paso County election judge and canvass board member.

State representative for District 18, covering El Paso and Teller counties

Official member page

2016 onward

Has held positions in the El Paso County and Colorado Democratic parties since 2016, from precinct organizer to vice chair

Campaign website

El Paso County election judge and canvass board member

Campaign website

A software engineer; later a software product development project manager

Campaign website

Grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota; has lived in the Colorado Springs area for 19 years

Campaign website

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 (2025): 17%
CUT rating (2026): 15.8%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2025, 2026): 16.4%

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.

CUT ratings

The money

Committee To Elect Amy Paschal
$75,757.97 from 281 contributions, October 9, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $31,198.27 in 166 expenditures

Party platform

Adriana Cuva

Republican

Adriana Cuva ran in the Republican primary for the Colorado Senate, District 12, in 2024.

2024

Ran in the Republican primary for the Colorado Senate, District 12

Colorado Secretary of State

The money

Cuva For Colorado
$16,487.49 from 101 contributions, March 15, 2026 to September 15, 2026
Spent $4,855.82 in 54 expenditures

Party platform

The money02

Committee To Elect Amy Paschal

Amy T Paschal · $75,757.97 from 281 contributions, October 9, 2025 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $31,198.27 in 166 expenditures

Cuva For Colorado

Adriana Cuva · $16,487.49 from 101 contributions, March 15, 2026 to September 15, 2026 · Spent $4,855.82 in 54 expenditures

Sources03

Secretary of State's list of 2026 general election candidates
CUT rating (2025)
CUT rating (2026)
Campaign finance reports filed in TRACER: Amy T Paschal, Adriana Cuva
Independent expenditure reports filed in TRACER