State Representative - District 44

Office

State House of Representatives, District 44

On the ballot

Incumbent

Anthony Hartsook

Anthony Hartsook Incumbent

The people on the ballot01

Anthony Hartsook Incumbent

Republican

State Representative

Anthony Hartsook represents House District 44 and is Minority Caucus Chair. He was elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. His House Republican caucus biography says he rose from the enlisted ranks to become an Army officer, served 26 years with combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and the first Gulf War, and retired as a lieutenant colonel, then directed business development for Aspen Communications and worked for Representative Mike Coffman.

2023

State representative for District 44; Minority Caucus Chair

Official member page

2022, 2024

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 44, in 2022 and re-elected in 2024

State election record

Director of business development for Aspen Communications; earlier in construction

Caucus biography

Legislative affairs assistant to United States Representative Mike Coffman

Campaign website

United States Army, 26 years, retired as a lieutenant colonel; Iraq and Afghanistan

Campaign website

Master's in administration, Central Michigan; bachelor's in biology, Northern Arizona

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): 65%
CUT rating (2024): 59%
CUT rating (2025): 69%
CUT rating (2026): 70.9%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026): 66.0%

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.

CUT ratings

The money

Hartsook For House
$55,448.01 from 92 contributions, October 14, 2025 to August 25, 2026
Spent $41,293.61 in 43 expenditures

Party platform

Richard Bowness

Democrat

Richard Bowness's Personal Financial Disclosure names Sekisui House US as his employer.

Employed by Sekisui House US

Personal Financial Disclosure

The money

Richard Bowness For Hd44
$3,987.05 from 42 contributions, July 2, 2026 to September 13, 2026
Spent $2,564.31 in 24 expenditures

Party platform

John H Sutton

Libertarian

John H Sutton's Personal Financial Disclosure names Code Force 360 as his employer. He ran for Colorado House District 44 in 2022, when Anthony Hartsook won.

2022

Ran for the Colorado House of Representatives, District 44

State election record

Employed by Code Force 360

Personal Financial Disclosure

Party platform

The money02

Hartsook For House

Anthony Hartsook · $55,448.01 from 92 contributions, October 14, 2025 to August 25, 2026 · Spent $41,293.61 in 43 expenditures

Richard Bowness For Hd44

Richard Bowness · $3,987.05 from 42 contributions, July 2, 2026 to September 13, 2026 · Spent $2,564.31 in 24 expenditures

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