Justin Kurth is running for Colorado State Senate District 4 because rural Colorado has been carrying the cost of decisions made by people who will never feel them. Veterans at the Florence Veterans Community Living Center are watching federal reimbursements get cut while Washington argues. Working families in Cañon City and Salida are being priced out of the towns their kids grew up in. First responders are leaving SD4 for Front Range pay because the state refuses to close the gap. The pattern is consistent — and the people who live here are tired of it.

Justin's path to this race was built in three demanding environments. He served as a Marine Corps Sergeant at Twentynine Palms running Range Control across nearly a thousand square miles of training area. He spent nine years at the Colorado Springs Police Department answering 911 calls and training other dispatchers. Most recently, he served as Regional Director for U.S. Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen and managed her aerospace and defense portfolio — work that earned him a Congressional Space Force Fellowship and helped deliver more than $69 million in federal funding to SD4 communities, including $50 million for the John Griffin Regional Reservoir in Cañon City. Each role taught him discipline, composure, and how to move real resources to the people who need them.

This campaign is built on one idea: rural Colorado has power, and that power deserves to be flexed in Denver. Not surrendered. Not apologized for. SD4 protects the headwaters of the state, anchors regional agriculture, hosts critical correctional and veteran care facilities, and contributes to Colorado's $23 billion aerospace economy. Justin will work with anyone — Democrat, Republican, or independent — who wants to make this district stronger. And he will push back against anyone who treats SD4 as a flyover seat between Front Range and Western Slope politics.