Rod Pelton is the state senator for Senate District 35, which covers 13 counties. He was elected to the House for District 65 in 2018 and to the Senate in 2022, defeating Travis Star Nelson. His campaign website says he is a third-generation Cheyenne County farmer and rancher who ran custom harvesting, farming and ranching businesses, then served six years as a county commissioner and two House terms.
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.
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.
Duane L Gurule has withdrawn. His campaign website says he is mayor of Rocky Ford, works in information technology and systems management, and sits on the executive board of the Colorado Municipal League. It says he served time at the Trinidad and Kit Carson correctional facilities and afterward earned a degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Richard Graf is the author of The Sentinel Republic, which he says he wrote because he believes government has become too distant, too expensive and too partisan, according to his answers to Ballotpedia's candidate survey. He studied political science and history at Western State College of Colorado, and Ballotpedia says he earned an associate degree from Pikes Peak Community College in 2013.
Wrote The Sentinel Republic; says he wrote it because he believes government has become too distant, too expensive and too partisan
