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Naquetta Ricks

Naquetta Ricks

Democratic · Colorado · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Colorado House District 40, Colorado

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Housing cost relief, including rent-cap and affordable-housing legislation
  • Reducing police involvement in school discipline in favor of mental health professionals and social workers
  • A competitive public health insurance option and continued regulation of pharmaceutical prices
Biography

Naquetta Ricks is the Democratic state representative for House District 40 in Arapahoe County, where she chairs the Business Affairs & Labor committee and serves on the Black Coloradan Racial Equity Study Commission, per the Colorado General Assembly. She describes herself as a minority business woman on her campaign site, which lists housing affordability, criminal justice reform and health care access among her priorities.

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Colorado House District 40Colorado · 2026Arapahoe County sample ballot

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