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Kim MonsonKim Monson · Colorado Voter's Guide 2026

Regent of the University of Colorado - Congressional District 2

Office
University of Colorado Board of Regents, District 2
On the ballot
3
The people on the ballot01
Marty Neilson
Marty Neilson
Republican

Marty Neilson is listed as retired in a 2026 state campaign-finance record. Neilson's 2026 personal financial disclosure lists unpaid posts as treasurer of the Boulder County Republicans, Boulder Republican Women and P.E.O. Chapter CB, and as assistant treasurer of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers and the CUT Foundation. Neilson won the 2006 Republican primary for the Colorado Senate, District 16, and ran in that year's general election.

2006
Won the Republican primary for the Colorado Senate, District 16
2006
Ran for the Colorado Senate, District 16
2026
Occupation given as retired
Colorado Secretary of State, TRACER contribution reports filed by Boulder County Republican Central Committee
2026
Treasurer of the Boulder County Republicans, Boulder Republican Women and P.E.O. Chapter CB
Personal Financial Disclosure
2026
Assistant treasurer of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers and of the CUT Foundation
Personal Financial Disclosure
Edie Hooton
Edie Hooton
Democrat

Edie Hooton was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 10, in 2016 and re-elected in 2018 and 2020. Her campaign website says she chaired the legislature's Capital Development Committee, was president of the Democratic Women of Boulder County, began in public service as a legislative aide in Alaska to a U.S. senator and holds a graduate degree in public administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

2016
Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 10
2018
Re-elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 10
2020
Re-elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, District 10
Chaired the legislature's Capital Development Committee
President of the Democratic Women of Boulder County
Graduate degree in public administration, University of Pennsylvania
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): 6.2%
CUT rating (2022): 6.2%
Average of listed CUT ratings (2021, 2022): 6.2%

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.

The money
Edie For Cu
$91,883.40 from 265 contributions, January 1, 2026 to September 8, 2026
Spent $88,130.11 in 278 expenditures
RF
Richard Friend
Libertarian

Richard Friend is the Libertarian Party of Colorado's candidate for the University of Colorado Board of Regents, according to the party's candidates page.

His party lists him as its candidate for the Board of Regents
The money02
Edie For Cu
Edie Hooton · $91,883.40 from 265 contributions, January 1, 2026 to September 8, 2026 · Spent $88,130.11 in 278 expenditures
Sources03

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