Ryan Gonzalez has been the state representative for House District 50 in Weld County since January 2025 and sits on the Business Affairs and Labor and Finance committees. He ran for the seat in 2022, when Mary Young won it. The House Republican caucus website says he defeated Young in 2024, earned a bachelor's degree from the Monfort School of Business and moved to Greeley in middle school.
State representative for District 50, covering part of Weld County
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): 64% CUT rating (2026): 63.3% Average of listed CUT ratings (2025, 2026): 63.7%
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.
Tommy Butler's campaign website says he has represented Ward 1 on the Greeley City Council since 2019 and is a commissioner on the 19th Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance. It says he co-founded and owns the Greeley Bagel Company, serves on the board of Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2012.
