Aurora, Colorado sample ballot 2026

Lopez is the sitting Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder, per the county's official clerk and recorder page. She is a Colorado native with 25 years of experience in the clerk's office and was the first Democrat, first Latina, and first person of color elected to the office, per her campaign site. She was unopposed for re-election in the Democratic primary, per the certified summary report.

Budd has lived in Arapahoe County since the early 1990s and operates a family-owned business that has served the Denver metro area for nearly three decades, per her campaign site. She raised six children in Centennial, per her campaign site. She was unopposed in the June 30, 2026 Republican primary, per the certified summary report.

Westerberg is the sitting Arapahoe County Treasurer, per the county's official treasurer page. He was first elected four years ago and is running for re-election, per his campaign site. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, per the certified summary report.

Kaiser is the sitting Arapahoe County Assessor, per the county's official assessor page. He holds an MBA and MS and has more than 20 years of experience, including as a former USPS real estate manager and Colorado tax examiner, per his campaign site. He was unopposed for re-election to a second term in the Democratic primary, per the certified summary report.

Lind is a software engineer, military veteran, and former paramedic, per his campaign site. He was unopposed in the June 30, 2026 Republican primary in Arapahoe County Assessor, per the certified summary report.

Brown is the sitting Arapahoe County Sheriff, per the sheriff's office official page. He was first elected effective January 8, 2019 and oversees an agency of roughly 800 members, per his campaign site. He was unopposed for re-election in the Democratic primary, per the certified summary report.

Edling served 27 years with the Denver Police Department in patrol and special operations, retiring as a command officer, per his campaign site. He also served more than 30 years in the Colorado Air National Guard, including command of the 140th Security Forces Squadron, and now works as a commercial airline pilot, per his campaign site. He was unopposed in the June 30, 2026 Republican primary, per the certified summary report.

Campbell is the sitting Arapahoe County Commissioner for District 2, per the county's official commissioners page. Her campaign site says she has taken a hands-on approach to problem-solving during her time in office.

Schuldies is a retired operations executive and former small business owner who has lived in Arapahoe County for 35 years, per his campaign site. He currently chairs the Smoky Hill Metro District Board of Directors, per his campaign site. He was unopposed in the June 30, 2026 Republican primary, per the certified summary report.

Summey is the sitting Arapahoe County Commissioner for District 4 and chair of the Board of County Commissioners, per the county's official commissioners page. Her district covers southeast Aurora, unincorporated Arapahoe County, and Glendale, per her campaign site.

Banka ran for Arapahoe County Commissioner, District 4, and was unopposed in the June 30, 2026 Republican primary, per the certified summary report. Her campaign site did not state a specific occupation or professional background.

John Hickenlooper is Colorado's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. He started out as a geologist and, after being laid off, opened Colorado's first brewpub in Denver's Lower Downtown and went on to start seven more small businesses, per the campaign site. He was elected mayor of Denver and ran for governor in 2010, per the campaign site.

• Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the Senate 64-35 in January 2025. Opposed
• Voted no on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the Senate 54-46 in March 2025. Opposed
• Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025. Opposed
• Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the Senate 77-20 in October 2025. Supported
• Voted no on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the Senate 60-40 in November 2025. Opposed

Mark Baisley leads a Colorado software company in the development of interactive systems visualization technology, after a career as an aerospace engineer with Martin Marietta, Hughes, Raytheon and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, per the campaign site. He was elected to the Colorado State House in 2018 and to the Colorado State Senate in 2022, per the campaign site.

Bob Chew is the Forward Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Colorado on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Chew grew up in a middle-class family in Cleveland, Ohio, earned an engineering degree while working to pay his own way, and served as an officer on a nuclear submarine, per the Colorado Forward Party's candidate profile. Chew spent three decades building a company from four employees to 700 and then sold it to the employees through an employee stock ownership plan, per the Colorado Forward Party's candidate profile. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a chemical engineering degree, spent five years on active duty aboard a nuclear attack submarine, later served as a Navy Reserve intelligence officer, and founded an engineering services company in 1996 that he sold to its employees, per the campaign site.

Adam Withrow is the Unity Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Colorado on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. He describes himself as a working-class man, not a politician, per the campaign site. He says he has worked as a ranch hand, a CNA, a cook, a contractor and a detention officer, and that he studied philosophy, psychology and history in college before leaving early to pursue a business opportunity, per the campaign site.

Phil Weiser is the Democratic nominee for Colorado governor, winning the June 30 primary over U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. Colorado's attorney general since 2019 and a former law school dean, he is running to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis with a campaign focused on affordability, housing, public lands, and defending Coloradans' rights. He is running with Lesley Dahlkemper as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Colorado Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.

Victor Marx is the Republican nominee for Colorado governor. He is a U.S. Marine veteran and the founder of All Things Possible Ministries, which has led missions delivering trauma relief and medical aid in conflict regions, per the campaign site. He faces Democrat Phil Weiser in November. He is running with George Washington Markert as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Colorado Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.

Jeff Peckman is the Unity Party of Colorado candidate for Governor, running with Tijani "T.J." Cole for Lieutenant Governor, per his campaign site. His platform focuses on solutions to reduce air pollution, per the campaign site.

Erik Underwood is running for Colorado Governor on the Approval Voting Party line. He is Chairman of Illmatic Ventures and CEO of the technology companies My24HourNews.com and Vurbil, and previously worked in the U.S. Senate and as a student intern in the Atlanta City Solicitor's Office, per his campaign site.

Greg Lopez joined the U.S. Air Force at 17 and served four years before moving to Colorado, per his campaign site. He later served as Mayor and city manager of Parker, Colorado, and previously served as a U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th District, per the campaign site. He now lives in Elizabeth, Colorado, and is running for Governor of Colorado, per the campaign site.

Jena Griswold is the Democratic nominee for Colorado attorney general, winning the June 30 primary. Colorado's term-limited secretary of state since 2019, she campaigns on defending voting rights, consumer protection, and reproductive rights.

Michael Allen is the elected District Attorney in Colorado's Fourth Judicial District, covering El Paso and Teller counties, first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024, per his campaign site. He served eight years in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Electronics Technician and previously worked as a consumer protection prosecutor in the Kansas Attorney General's Office, per the campaign site. He is running for Colorado Attorney General, per the campaign site.

Amanda Gonzalez is the Democratic nominee for Colorado secretary of state, winning the June 30 primary. The Jefferson County clerk and recorder and a former Colorado Common Cause director, she campaigns on election security, voter access, and government transparency.

James Wiley was born in Colorado Springs and later moved to Pueblo, Colorado, graduating from Pueblo County High School in 2011, per his campaign site. He attended CU Boulder and later earned a Management and Marketing degree and an MBA from CSU-Pueblo, per the campaign site. He served as Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Colorado in 2024 and 2025 before switching to the Republican Party, and is running for Colorado Secretary of State, per the campaign site.

Celeste Landry is the Forward Party candidate for Colorado Secretary of State, per her campaign site. She describes a long history of involvement in election administration issues and has campaigned across Colorado's counties, per the campaign site.

Sean Vadney is the Libertarian candidate for Colorado secretary of state on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Vadney is a 25-year-old musician, small business owner, and entertainment industry professional from Highlands Ranch, per Colorado Public Radio. Vadney has been active in the Libertarian Party of Colorado since 2019, per Colorado Public Radio.

Bridges is a Colorado State Senator who chairs the Joint Budget Committee and previously worked for U.S. Senator Ken Salazar, per the campaign site. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School and later worked as an associate vice president at Union Theological Seminary, per the campaign site.

Kevin J. Grantham is the Republican nominee for Colorado treasurer, a former president of the Colorado Senate and Fremont County commissioner. He campaigns on fiscal restraint, protecting taxpayers, and responsible management of state investments.