State Representative - District 56

Office

State House of Representatives, District 56

On the ballot

Incumbent

Chris Richardson

Chris Richardson Incumbent

Republican

Amy L. Lunde

Libertarian

The people on the ballot01

Chris Richardson Incumbent

Republican

State Representative

Chris Richardson was elected to Colorado House District 56 in 2024. His campaign website says he served 23 years as an Army officer, including Desert Storm with the 101st Airborne Division, retiring as a colonel in 2011 after commanding the 43rd Sustainment Brigade at Fort Carson. It says he later served on the Elizabeth School Board and two terms as an Elbert County commissioner, six years as chairman.

2024

State representative for District 56, first elected on November 5, 2024

Caucus biography

Elizabeth School Board; two terms as an Elbert County commissioner, six years as chairman

Campaign website

Held leadership posts on the Colorado Commission on Property Taxation and the Eastern Transportation Planning Region

Caucus biography

2011

United States Army, 23 years, retired as a colonel; Desert Storm

Campaign website

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Campaign website

Lives in Elbert County

Caucus biography

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 (2025): 81%
CUT rating (2026): 78.3%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2025, 2026): 79.7%

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.

CUT ratings

The money

Committee To Elect Richardson For House District 56
$19,038.93 from 57 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 15, 2026
Spent $8,974.86 in 100 expenditures

Party platform

Amy L. Lunde

Libertarian

Amy L. Lunde's Personal Financial Disclosure lists Big R Stores as her employer. She ran for Colorado House District 56 as the Libertarian candidate in 2022, when Republican Rod Bockenfeld won the seat.

2022

Ran for the Colorado House of Representatives, District 56, as the Libertarian candidate; Republican Rod Bockenfeld won

Colorado Secretary of State election results

Employer given as Big R Stores

Personal Financial Disclosure

Party platform

The money02

Committee To Elect Richardson For House District 56

Chris Richardson · $19,038.93 from 57 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 15, 2026 · Spent $8,974.86 in 100 expenditures

Sources03

Secretary of State's list of 2026 general election candidates
CUT rating (2025)
CUT rating (2026)
Campaign finance reports filed in TRACER: Chris Richardson