Las Animas County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Member, Colorado State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional, Colorado Senate and Colorado House, and where they stand on health care, agriculture and schools.
Local races not included. We have not yet gathered Las Animas County's county, city and school board races, so they are not shown here. Your ballot may carry them. See the Colorado Secretary of State elections page.
School board
Member, Colorado State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional DistrictSherri M Wright (R) · Barb Clementi (D)
Sherri M Wright
Sherri M Wright is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Colorado State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional District, per the Colorado Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Barb Clementi
Barb Clementi is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Colorado State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional District, per the Colorado Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Sherri M Wright (Republican), Barb Clementi (Democratic) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Colorado State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional District, per the Colorado Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list, which flags no candidate as an incumbent for this seat. This board district follows Colorado's congressional district boundaries and covers a multi-county area, not just this county; only the counties squarely inside the district are listed here.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Find your districts by addressColorado Senate District 35Rod Pelton (R) · Duane L Gurule (D) · Richard Graf (Libertarian) · Travis Star Nelson (Unaffiliated)
Rod Pelton
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Requiring state regulators to remove three existing regulations for every new one added
- Raising reimbursement rates for small rural hospitals and encouraging urban-rural hospital partnerships
- Securing a dedicated funding source for rural road and highway maintenance
About Rod Pelton
Rod Pelton is the Republican state senator for Senate District 35, covering 13 southeastern Colorado counties, per the Colorado General Assembly. He serves on the Agriculture & Natural Resources, Legislative Audit and State, Veterans, & Military Affairs committees, and sponsored 22 bills in the 2026 session on agriculture, water management, energy and local government, per the Colorado General Assembly.
Duane L Gurule
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Improve housing affordability and cost of living for rural residents
- Address regional water resource challenges
- Expand access to quality healthcare
About Duane L Gurule
Duane L Gurule is the Democratic candidate for Colorado Senate District 35 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Gurule is the current Mayor of Rocky Ford, works in technology, and founded a nonprofit organization, per Campaign site (guruleforcolorado.com). Gurule was raised in southeast Colorado and has spoken about experiencing housing instability as a child, per Campaign site (guruleforcolorado.com).
Richard Graf
Richard Graf is the Libertarian candidate for Colorado Senate District 35 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Graf is the Libertarian nominee for Colorado Senate District 35, representing southeast Colorado, per Libertarian Party of Colorado. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Travis Star Nelson
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Improve healthcare access
- Invest in infrastructure and school funding
- Support job creation and higher wages
About Travis Star Nelson
Travis Star Nelson is the Unaffiliated candidate for Colorado Senate District 35 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Nelson is a small business owner and family rancher based in Trinidad, Colorado, who describes himself as a 'Conservative Moderate' and 'Pro-Choice Christian.', per Campaign site (travisforcolorado.com). Nelson qualified for the November 2026 ballot as an unaffiliated candidate by submitting the required number of petition signatures, per Colorado Secretary of State.
Rod Pelton (Republican), Duane L Gurule (Democratic), Richard Graf (Libertarian), Travis Star Nelson (Unaffiliated) are on the November 3 ballot for Colorado Senate District 35; Rod Pelton is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (leg.colorado.gov). Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 30 primary; minor-party nominees by assembly or petition and unaffiliated candidates by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageColorado House District 47Vic Meyers (D) · Ty Winter (R)
Vic Meyers
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Workers' rights and economic opportunity for working families
- Education funding and teacher compensation
About Vic Meyers
Vic Meyers was born in Pueblo in 1967, served in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division as a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer, and earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Colorado State University Pueblo, per his campaign site. He worked more than 17 years for the Colorado Department of Corrections, later taught middle school mathematics in Walsenburg, and served on the Trinidad School District 1 board from 2007 to 2011, per his campaign site.
Ty Winter
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Protect constitutional rights and personal freedoms
- Support ranching, water, property rights and oil and gas
- Expand good education with technology and choice
About Ty Winter
Ty Winter lives on a fourth-generation family farm and cattle ranch and operates a third-generation small business, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Winter was president of the Chicosa Water Users Association from 2015 to 2020, served on the Holy Trinity Academy School Board from 2019 to 2021 and on the Las Animas County Fair board from 2017 to 2021, and has been married 23 years with two daughters.
Vic Meyers (Democratic), Ty Winter (Republican) are on the November 3 ballot for Colorado House District 47; Ty Winter is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (leg.colorado.gov). Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 30 primary; minor-party nominees by assembly or petition and unaffiliated candidates by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Who is on the ballot in Las Animas County, Colorado on November 3, 2026?
Las Animas County sample ballot 2026: see where the colorado senate, member and colorado house candidates stand on health care, agriculture and schools. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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