State Senator - District 22

Office

State Senate, District 22

On the ballot

The people on the ballot01

Steve Harkess

Republican

The money

Steve Harkess For Senate District 22
$350.00 from 7 contributions, April 29, 2026 to May 5, 2026
Spent $213.68 in 1 expenditures

Party platform

Monica Irasema Duran

Democrat

State Representative

Monica Irasema Duran, the House Majority Leader, represents House District 23. She was elected to House District 24 in 2018 and 2020 and to House District 23 in 2022 and 2024. Her campaign website says she served on the Wheat Ridge City Council, the Wheat Ridge Fire Protection Board, the city's planning commission and the Jefferson Center for Mental Health board, and worked over three decades in the dental industry.

State representative for House District 23; House Majority Leader

Official member page

2018, 2020

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 24, in 2018 and re-elected in 2020

Colorado Secretary of State election results

2022, 2024

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 23, in 2022 and re-elected in 2024

Colorado Secretary of State election results

Served on the Wheat Ridge City Council, as a director of the Wheat Ridge Fire Protection Board, on the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission and on the board of the Jefferson Center for Mental Health

Campaign website

More than three decades in the dental industry

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 (2021): 7.6%
CUT rating (2022): 5.4%
CUT rating (2023): 12%
CUT rating (2024): 10%
CUT rating (2025): 13%
CUT rating (2026): 14.3%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026): 10.4%

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

Duran For Colorado
$58,772.00 from 126 contributions, October 5, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $41,341.93 in 212 expenditures

Party platform

The money02

Steve Harkess For Senate District 22

Steve Harkess · $350.00 from 7 contributions, April 29, 2026 to May 5, 2026 · Spent $213.68 in 1 expenditures

Duran For Colorado

Monica Irasema Duran · $58,772.00 from 126 contributions, October 5, 2025 to September 16, 2026 · Spent $41,341.93 in 212 expenditures

Sources03

Secretary of State's list of 2026 general election candidates
Campaign finance reports filed in TRACER: Steve Harkess, Monica Irasema Duran
CUT rating (2021): CUT scorecard on BillTrack50
CUT rating (2022)
CUT rating (2023)
CUT rating (2024)
CUT rating (2025)
CUT rating (2026)