Economic Growth & Opportunity

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SD4 Workers Empower Colorado Growth

Healthcare workers in Salida. Farmers and ranchers across Park County. Corrections officers in Fremont. Recreation and hospitality workers in Buena Vista. Miners throughout the district. Aerospace suppliers feeding defense primes and NASA missions. Public servants doing the work of government. These are the industries that anchor SD4 — and these are the industries that keep the entire state of Colorado running. The prosperity these workers generate keeps flying right over them. Colorado lost 11,700 jobs in 2025 — the first net decline since the pandemic. The hardest hit sectors were professional services, manufacturing, and retail. Industries at the heart of...... Read The Rest

Families & Future

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A Community That Can't Support Its Families Can't Grow.

A community that can't support its families can't grow. We can fix childcare. We can fix housing. We can do it without waiting for Washington. The state has the tools — SD4 just needs a senator who will fight for them. Childcare Capacity Where It's Missing State capital investment to build licensed childcare in SD4's childcare deserts. Small rural providers facing closure from regulatory and cost burdens get the support they need to stay open, expand, and serve the families who are already on their waitlists. Rural Schools That Build Rural Careers K-12 investment in SD4 schools that doesn't end...... Read The Rest

Honoring Those Who Serve

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They Answered the Call. Colorado Should Answer Theirs.

I have the experience to use those tools. Nine years as a 911 dispatcher and Communications Training Officer at Colorado Springs PD. Marine Corps Sergeant. I will not let past failures of veteran support systems be an excuse for inaction any longer. Veterans Care That Holds the Line Veterans have sworn oaths to protect our country knowing it could cost them their health, and ultimately their life. We owe it to them to sustainably insulate veterans community living centers around the state from turbulent budget bickering in Washington. Complete the Framework for Dispatchers Colorado law already classifies 911 dispatchers as...... Read The Rest

Our Water, Our Land

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We Are the Headwaters.

Water and land aren't commodities to be transferred to whoever shows up with the biggest check. They're the foundation of the communities that built SD4 — and they deserve protection that recognizes who actually does the work of stewardship. Stop the Buy-and-Dry Establish a CWCB buy-and-dry mitigation fund to defend SD4 water rights, plus a community economic impact review for any large agricultural water transfer out of an SD4 county. Front Range cities have spent decades buying our water and walking away from the communities they drained. That ends with senators who actually represent the headwaters. Critical Reservoir Investment The...... Read The Rest

Public Lands & Federal Infrastructure

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SD4 Carries the Federal Load. Colorado Should Have Its Back.

Federal lands cover huge portions of SD4. Park County. Lake County. Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Teller — the federal footprint here is among the highest in Colorado. Those acres can't be taxed by counties. But the roads still need maintenance. The fire response still has to happen. The infrastructure still has to function. The bill still comes due. Federal PILT payments — Payments In Lieu of Taxes — are supposed to compensate counties for that gap. They're written into law specifically because Congress recognized the unfairness of forcing counties to maintain federal land at local expense. But PILT is subject to...... Read The Rest