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): 15%
CUT rating (2026): 15.2%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2025, 2026): 15.1%

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

To Elect Michael Carter To Colorado State House District 36
$50,602.00 from 136 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $26,906.49 in 244 expenditures

Party platform

Paul E. Nelson

Republican

Paul E. Nelson's Personal Financial Disclosure names Liberty Enterprises as his employer and records him as chair and executive director of the Ultimate Legacy Foundation, a position the filing marks uncompensated.

Employed by Liberty Enterprises

Personal Financial Disclosure

Chair and executive director of the Ultimate Legacy Foundation, uncompensated

Personal Financial Disclosure

The money

Paul E Nelson For Colorado
$1,436.98 from 20 contributions, May 1, 2026 to September 16, 2026
Spent $1,740.90 in 16 expenditures

Party platform

Andrew Gibson

Libertarian

Andrew Gibson's Personal Financial Disclosure names A1 Chipseal as his employer. He ran for House District 36 as the Libertarian candidate in 2022, when Democrat Mike Weissman won the seat.

2022

Ran for the Colorado House of Representatives, District 36, as the Libertarian candidate; Democrat Mike Weissman won

Colorado Secretary of State election results

Employed by A1 Chipseal

Personal Financial Disclosure

Party platform

The money02

To Elect Michael Carter To Colorado State House District 36

Michael Carter · $50,602.00 from 136 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $26,906.49 in 244 expenditures

Paul E Nelson For Colorado

Paul E. Nelson · $1,436.98 from 20 contributions, May 1, 2026 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $1,740.90 in 16 expenditures

Sources03

Secretary of State's list of 2026 general election candidates
CUT rating (2025)
CUT rating (2026)
Campaign finance reports filed in TRACER: Michael Carter, Paul E. Nelson
Independent expenditure reports filed in TRACER