State Senator - District 30

Office

State Senate, District 30

On the ballot

Incumbent

John Carson

John Carson Incumbent

Republican

Kevin Leung

Democrat

The people on the ballot01

John Carson Incumbent

Republican

State Senator

John Carson is the state senator for Senate District 30, in Douglas County. His 2025 personal financial disclosure lists him as general counsel of Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC, a mortgage lending business. He was elected University of Colorado regent for District 6 as the Republican candidate in 2014.

State senator for District 30, covering Douglas County

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2014

Elected University of Colorado regent for District 6 as the Republican candidate

State election record

General counsel of Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC, a mortgage lending business

Personal Financial Disclosure

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): 80%
CUT rating (2026): 70.1%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2025, 2026): 75.1%

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

Carson For State Senate
$91,388.08 from 260 contributions, October 1, 2025 to September 16, 2026
Spent $42,225.24 in 116 expenditures

Party platform

Kevin Leung

Democrat

Kevin Leung's campaign website says he runs information technology consulting and car wash businesses. It says he was elected to the Douglas County School District board in 2017, serving until 2021, and to the South Metro Fire Rescue board in 2022, re-elected in 2025, and became a Castle Pines Urban Renewal Authority commissioner in 2024. He holds an MBA and a computer science master's from the University of Colorado.

2022

Elected to the South Metro Fire Rescue board; re-elected unopposed in 2025

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2024

A commissioner of the Castle Pines Urban Renewal Authority

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2022

Became a trustee of the South Metro Volunteer Firefighter Pension Board

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2025

Became a member of the governing board of STEM School Highlands Ranch

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