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State Representative - District 26

Office
State House of Representatives, District 26
On the ballot
2
Incumbent
Meghan Lukens
Meghan Lukens
Meghan Lukens Incumbent
Democrat
JK
James Kellogg
Republican
The people on the ballot01
Meghan Lukens
Meghan Lukens Incumbent
Democrat
State Representative

Meghan Lukens is the state representative for House District 26, which includes Routt, Eagle, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, and chairs the House Education Committee, her caucus biography says. Her campaign website says she taught high school social studies at the American School of Kosova in Pristina after college, then at Steamboat Springs High School until the 2023 session. It says she graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder.

State representative for District 26; chairs the Education Committee
Caucus biography
A social studies teacher at Steamboat Springs High School until 2023
Campaign website
Taught high school social studies at the American School of Kosova
Campaign website
History and a secondary licensure, University of Colorado Boulder
Campaign website
Master's degree in leadership in educational organizations
Campaign website
Grew up in Steamboat Springs, where she lives and works
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 (2023): 13%
CUT rating (2024): 11%
CUT rating (2025): 16%
CUT rating (2026): 16.8%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026): 14.2%

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
Meghan Lukens For Colorado
$97,916.29 from 427 contributions, May 26, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $23,915.97 in 100 expenditures
Party platform
JK
James Kellogg
Republican

James Kellogg's 2026 personal financial disclosure lists CTL|Thompson, Inc., an engineering consulting firm, as his employer and For the Future, LLC as a second source of income. It lists him as an unpaid member of First Four and More, LLC.

Employed by CTL|Thompson, Inc., an engineering consulting firm
Personal Financial Disclosure
Also reports income from For the Future, LLC
Personal Financial Disclosure
An uncompensated membership position in First Four and More, LLC
Personal Financial Disclosure
The money
Kellogg For Hd26
$10,005.50 from 46 contributions, March 30, 2026 to September 6, 2026
Spent $7,815.16 in 23 expenditures
Party platform
The money02
Meghan Lukens For Colorado
Meghan Lukens · $97,916.29 from 427 contributions, May 26, 2025 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $23,915.97 in 100 expenditures
Kellogg For Hd26
James Kellogg · $10,005.50 from 46 contributions, March 30, 2026 to September 6, 2026 · Spent $7,815.16 in 23 expenditures
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