Colorado has been trending blue statewide, but that hasn’t stopped Republicans from doing everything to gain power at the state level. Colorado’s GOP threats to democracy include candidates who attended the insurrection, celebrated the violent insurrectionists, or deliberately undermined faith in our election system. These extreme MAGA Republicans are now looking to take control of the legislature in order to continue to spread conspiracy theories and lay the groundwork to overturn future elections.
WORST OF THE WORST
Katie Lehr:
Running for HD-49
- Attended the January 6th insurrection and claimed she was one of the first to “head down to the Capitol”
- Spread conspiracy theories and claimed the Mar-a-Lago raid was a “Stalinesque persecution of political foes”
Shelli Shaw:
Running for HD-59
- Believes the 2020 election was stolen and credited the Big Lie with her decision to run for office
- Spread conspiracy theories about January 6th on social media, including that it was staged and that antifa was behind it
- Claimed on January 7th that the country was headed toward civil war and compared Donald Trump losing the election to slavery
Melody Peotter:
Running for SD-25
- Employed by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to spread election conspiracy theories
- Married to US Senate candidate Brian Peotter who has also spread conspiracy theories, including on far-right social media platform Gab
MORE THREATS
Mark Baisley, SD-4
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Rod Bockenfeld, HD-56
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Mary Bradfield, HD-21
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support an audit of Colorado’s election process
Marc Catlin, HD-58
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Richard Holtorf, HD-63
- Months after the election was over, joined calls for a 50-state audit of the 2020 presidential election and possible decertification of the results
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Stephanie Luck, HD-60
- Months after the election was over, joined calls for a 50-state audit of the 2020 presidential election and possible decertification of the results
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Mike Lynch, HD-65
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
Rod Pelton, SD-35
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support an audit of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Janice Rich, SD-7
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Matt Soper, HD-54
- Has continued to express support for conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines in recent local elections
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Kevin Van Winkle, SD-30
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results
Tim Walsh, SD-20
- Cast doubt on President Biden’s victory by falsely claiming “something was fishy with the 2020 election”
Perry Will, HD-57
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors for “seek[ing] redress from their government” to “secure our elections”
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
Savannah Wolfson, HD-26
- When asked if Joe Biden was freely and fairly elected president in 2020, would only comment that Joe Biden was certified by the electoral college as president
- Refused to say whether she supported the resolution condemning Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kizinger and declaring January 6th “legitimate political discourse”
Dan Woog, HD-19
- Voted to recognize and thank the January 6th protestors
- Falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results by voting to support a sham review of Colorado’s election process
- Voted to recognize false claims of election fraud and to call into question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results