Carlos Barron has been the state representative for House District 48, in Adams and Weld counties, since January 2025 and is Minority Whip. The House Republican caucus says he is in his third year on the Fort Lupton City Council and served earlier on the city's planning commission. It says he joined and managed his father's oil and gas services company and has lived in Fort Lupton since age five.
State representative for District 48; Minority Whip
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): 73% CUT rating (2026): 72.1% Average of listed CUT ratings (2025, 2026): 72.6%
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.
Dez Packard ran for the Weld County School District RE-8 board of education in 2025. Her 2026 personal financial disclosure lists Halliburton among her sources of income for 2025, and uncompensated posts as treasurer of the Weld RE-8 School District and in a school board position with Fort Lupton urban renewal.
2025
Ran for the Weld County School District RE-8 board of education
Colorado Secretary of State, TRACER candidate registration record
Reported income from Halliburton for 2025
Personal Financial Disclosure
Treasurer, Weld RE-8 School District, uncompensated
Personal Financial Disclosure
School board position with Fort Lupton urban renewal, uncompensated
Personal Financial Disclosure
The money
Dez Packard For Colorado House District 48 $5,448.03 from 68 contributions, April 17, 2026 to September 15, 2026 Spent $5,316.37 in 31 expenditures
Eric E. Joss's 2026 personal financial disclosure names Wagner Equipment Co. as his source of income for 2025. He ran as the Libertarian candidate for Colorado Senate District 13 in 2018 and for House District 48 in 2022.
