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Gary Swing (Unity Party) ran for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 18. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Swing also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.
Swing completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gary Swing was born in Willingboro, New Jersey. Swing earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1991 and a master's degree from the University of Colorado, Denver, in 1999. Swing's career experience includes working as a neighborhood business association promoter.[1] Swing has served as spokesperson for Best Democracy. Swing is affiliated with the Unity Party of Colorado and the Jefferson County Green Party.[2]
2024 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the November 5, 2024, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Jeff Hurd (R) defeated Adam Frisch (D) and two others in the general election for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024.
Incumbent Lauren Boebert (R) ran for re-election in the 4th District, leaving the 3rd District open.
Based on third-quarter reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Frisch raised $16.5 million and spent $15.5 million, and Hurd raised $2.4 million and spent $2.1 million. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.
Hurd won the Republican primary, running on a platform of growing Colorado's rural economies.[3] He defeated five other candidates with 42% of the vote. The next closest candidate, Ron Hanks (R), received 28% of the vote.
Frisch was uncontested in the Democratic primary. He was the Democratic nominee in 2022, losing the general election to Boebert 50.1% to 49.9%. In that election, Frisch described himself as "a pro-business, pro-energy, moderate, pragmatic Democrat."[4]
Leading up to the primary, Democratic group Rocky Mountain Values PAC spent around $500,000 on ads promoting Hanks and opposing Hurd. Frisch's campaign did the same with around $100,000. A Republican super PAC, The Congressional Leadership Fund, spent $436,000 in one week on ads against Hanks, which claimed he was too liberal on gun issues.[5] According to Axios Denver, a Hanks' victory could have made the district more vulnerable to a Democratic win in November, but the primary result gave "establishment Republicans [Hurd] a victory against pro-Trump forces [Hanks] and [made] it more likely Republicans will retain the seat in the November election."[6]
According to Colorado Politics, the district was "still considered in play" before the election.[7] Additionally, former President Donald Trump (R) carried the district by 15 percentage points in 2016. This advantage was nearly halved in 2020, when he carried the district by 8.3 percentage points.[7] Before the election, four major election forecasters differed in their ratings of the general election, with three rating it Likely Republican and one rating it Lean Republican.
The Journals' Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul said, "The district hasn’t sent a Democrat to Congress since 2008. And when redistricting happened in 2021, the 3rd District was made more favorable to Republicans. Excluding Boebert’s 546-vote win in 2022, the closest 3rd District race since Republicans took control of the district in 2010 happened that year, when Tipton beat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. John Salazar by 4 percentage points."[5]
Colorado's 3rd Congressional District was one of 34 congressional districts with a Republican incumbent or an open seat that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) targeted in 2024. To read about DCCC targeting initiatives, click here. For a complete list of DCCC targeted districts, click here.
Frisch was, at the time of the election, a business owner and substitute teacher.[8][9] His priorities were inflation, women's rights, ranching, and farming. Frisch said he would work to secure the southern border and lower gas prices.[10]
Hurd was, at the time of the election, an attorney and manager of the Grand Junction office of Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe PC.[11] He said he would focus on legislation that would benefit water, energy, and natural resources if elected. [10] Like Frisch, Hurd also said he would work to secure the southern border and lower gas prices.[10]
James Wiley (L) and Adam Withrow (Unity Party of Colorado) also ran in the election.
Elections
2024
State Senate
See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado State Senate District 18
Judy Amabile defeated Gary Swing in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 18 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Judy Amabile (D)  | 91.9 | 49,425 |
 | Gary Swing (Unity Party) | 8.1 | 4,364 | |
| Total votes: 53,789 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 18
Judy Amabile defeated Jovita Schiffer in the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 18 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Judy Amabile | 76.5 | 21,775 |
 | Jovita Schiffer | 23.5 | 6,694 | |
| Total votes: 28,469 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Swing in this election.
U.S. House
See also: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Jeff Hurd defeated Adam Frisch, James Wiley, and Adam Withrow in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Hurd (R) | 50.0 | 186,134 |
 | Adam Frisch (D) | 46.9 | 174,573 | |
 | James Wiley (L) | 2.5 | 9,424 | |
 | Adam Withrow (Unity Party) | 0.7 | 2,459 | |
| Total votes: 372,590 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frank Hernandez (Independent)
- Gary Swing (Unity Party)
- Mark Elworth Jr. (L)
- David Whitley (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Adam Frisch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Frisch | 100.0 | 51,719 |
| Total votes: 51,719 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Anna Stout (D)
- Debby Burnett (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Hurd | 41.2 | 36,505 |
 | Ron Hanks | 28.5 | 25,211 | |
 | Stephen Varela | 9.8 | 8,638 | |
 | Lew Webb | 8.0 | 7,094 | |
 | Curtis McCrackin | 6.5 | 5,772 | |
 | Russ Andrews | 6.0 | 5,304 | |
| Total votes: 88,524 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Austin O'Connell (R)
- Jason Bias (R)
- Joe Granado (R)
- Robin Heid (R)
- David Karpas (R)
- Kimberly Swearingen (R)
Polls
- See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls
Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[12] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[13] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.
The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.
Election campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Frisch | Democratic Party | $16,502,296 | $15,489,103 | $1,378,503 | As of October 16, 2024 |
| Russ Andrews | Republican Party | $471,361 | $471,361 | $0 | As of August 21, 2024 |
| Ron Hanks | Republican Party | $42,285 | $27,795 | $14,490 | As of September 30, 2024 |
| Jeff Hurd | Republican Party | $2,410,147 | $2,097,865 | $312,282 | As of October 16, 2024 |
| Curtis McCrackin | Republican Party | $73,365 | $71,303 | $9,716 | As of July 15, 2024 |
| Stephen Varela | Republican Party | $292,479 | $292,479 | $0 | As of October 14, 2024 |
| Lew Webb | Republican Party | $219,000 | $218,631 | $369 | As of September 30, 2024 |
| James Wiley | Libertarian Party | $282 | $0 | $282 | As of September 30, 2023 |
| Adam Withrow | Unity Party | $438 | $768 | $-280 | As of October 16, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
- See also: Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[14][15][16]
If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.
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Race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[17]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[18][19][20]
| Race ratings: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Lean Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
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2022
See also: Colorado Secretary of State election, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the general election for Colorado Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jena Griswold (D) | 55.1 | 1,369,040 |
 | Pam Anderson (R) | 42.1 | 1,045,482 | |
 | Bennett Rutledge (L) | 1.5 | 36,485 | |
| Amanda Campbell (American Constitution Party) | 0.7 | 17,602 | |
| Gary Swing (Unity Party) | 0.5 | 11,458 | |
 | Jan Kok (Approval Voting Party) | 0.2 | 4,591 | |
| Total votes: 2,484,658 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Orrok (Approval Voting Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State
Incumbent Jena Griswold advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jena Griswold | 100.0 | 510,462 |
| Total votes: 510,462 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State
Pam Anderson defeated Tina Peters and Mike O'Donnell in the Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pam Anderson | 43.1 | 268,638 |
 | Tina Peters | 28.9 | 180,059 | |
 | Mike O'Donnell | 28.1 | 175,158 | |
| Total votes: 623,855 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Winney (R)
Approval Voting Party convention
Approval Voting Party convention for Colorado Secretary of State
Jeff Orrok advanced from the Approval Voting Party convention for Colorado Secretary of State on March 26, 2022.
Candidate | ||
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2020
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.
Presidential election, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| ✔ |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
51.3
|
81,282,632 | 306 |
 
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
46.9
|
74,223,234 | 232 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.2
|
1,864,873 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.3
|
402,795 | 0 | |
 | Roque De La Fuente (multiple running mates) (Alliance Party) |
0.1
|
88,214 | 0 | |
 | Gloria La Riva (multiple running mates) (Party for Socialism and Liberation) |
0.1
|
84,905 | 0 | |
 
| Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent) |
0.0
|
67,906 | 0 | |
 
| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party) |
0.0
|
59,924 | 0 | |
 
| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent) |
0.0
|
49,764 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party) |
0.0
|
35,260 | 0 | |
 
| Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Socialist Workers Party) |
0.0
|
6,791 | 0 | |
 
| Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab (Unity Party) |
0.0
|
6,647 | 0 | |
 | Jade Simmons (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
6,534 | 0 | |
| Jerry Segal/John de Graaf (Bread and Roses) |
0.0
|
5,949 | 0 | |
 
| Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party) |
0.0
|
5,394 | 0 | |
| Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Prohibition Party) |
0.0
|
4,844 | 0 | |
 
| Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney (Green Party of Alaska) |
0.0
|
3,284 | 0 | |
| President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (C.U.P.) |
0.0
|
3,171 | 0 | |
| Joe McHugh/Elizabeth Storm (Independent) |
0.0
|
2,843 | 0 | |
 
| Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent) |
0.0
|
2,662 | 0 | |
 | Sheila Tittle (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,806 | 0 | |
| Connie Gammon/Phil Collins (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,475 | 0 | |
| J.R. Myers/Tiara Lusk (Life and Liberty) |
0.0
|
1,372 | 0 | |
 
| Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,241 | 0 | |
| H. Brooke Paige/Thomas Witman (Grumpy Old Patriots) |
0.0
|
1,175 | 0 | |
 
| Christopher Lafontaine/Michael Speed (Independent) |
0.0
|
856 | 0 | |
 | Kyle Kenley Kopitke (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
815 | 0 | |
| Ricki Sue King/Dayna Chandler (Genealogy Know Your Family History Party) |
0.0
|
546 | 0 | |
 
| Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro/Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. (Independent) |
0.0
|
497 | 0 | |
 
| Blake Huber/Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) |
0.0
|
409 | 0 | |
| Joseph Kishore/Norissa Santa Cruz (Socialist Equality Party) |
0.0
|
317 | 0 | |
| Richard Duncan/Mitch Bupp (Independent) |
0.0
|
213 | 0 | |
|
| Jordan Marc Scott/Jennifer Tepool (Independent) |
0.0
|
175 | 0 | |
| Gary Swing/David Olszta (Boiling Frog) |
0.0
|
141 | 0 | |
|
| Keith McCormic/Sam Blasiak (Bull Moose) |
0.0
|
126 | 0 | |
|
| Zachary Scalf/Matthew Lyda (Independent) |
0.0
|
29 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.1
|
183,120 | 0 | ||
 |
Total votes: 158,401,939
0 states have not been called. |
U.S. House election
See also: Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)
Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 2
Incumbent Joe Neguse defeated Charles Winn, Thom Atkinson, and Gary Swing in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Neguse (D) | 61.5 | 316,925 |
 | Charles Winn (R) | 35.4 | 182,547 | |
 | Thom Atkinson (L) | 2.6 | 13,657 | |
| Gary Swing (Unity Party) | 0.5 | 2,534 | |
| Total votes: 515,663 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Matyi (Independent)
- Alex Johnson (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2
Incumbent Joe Neguse advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Neguse | 100.0 | 168,393 |
| Total votes: 168,393 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2
Charles Winn advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charles Winn | 100.0 | 66,297 |
| Total votes: 66,297 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Cutcher (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2
Thom Atkinson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on April 13, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Thom Atkinson (L) |
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Unity Party convention
Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2
Gary Swing advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 2 on April 4, 2020.
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U.S. Senate election
See also: United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020
United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Colorado
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Hickenlooper (D) | 53.5 | 1,731,114 |
 | Cory Gardner (R) | 44.2 | 1,429,492 | |
 | Raymon Doane (L) | 1.7 | 56,262 | |
| Daniel Doyle (Approval Voting Party) | 0.3 | 9,820 | |
 | Stephan Evans (Unity Party) | 0.3 | 8,971 | |
| Bruce Lohmiller (G) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Danny Skelly (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Michael Sanchez (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 3,235,659 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Swing (Other)
- Joseph Camp (Independent)
- Veronique Bellamy (Socialist Party)
- Martha Wolf (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado
John Hickenlooper defeated Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Hickenlooper | 58.7 | 585,826 |
 | Andrew Romanoff | 41.3 | 412,955 | |
| Total votes: 998,781 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Danielle Kombo (D)
- Erik Underwood (D)
- Denise Burgess (D)
- David Goldfischer (D)
- Lorena Garcia (D)
- Trish Zornio (D)
- Michael Johnston (D)
- Diana Bray (D)
- Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)
- Michelle Ferrigno Warren (D)
- Critter Milton (D)
- Keith Pottratz (D)
- John Walsh (D)
- Dan Baer (D)
- Ellen Burnes (D)
- Alice Madden (D)
- Angela Williams (D)
- Derrick Blanton (D)
- Dustin John Leitzel (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado
Incumbent Cory Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Gardner | 100.0 | 554,806 |
| Total votes: 554,806 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Margot Dupre (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado
Raymon Doane defeated Gaylon Kent in the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raymon Doane | 62.8 | 4,365 |
 | Gaylon Kent | 37.2 | 2,583 | |
| Total votes: 6,948 | |||
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Unity Party convention
Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado
Stephan Evans defeated Joshua Rodriguez in the Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on April 4, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Stephan Evans (Unity Party) |
 | Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party) | |
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2018
Arizona
James Bond IV (Republican) ran as a write-in candidate.
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Gary Swing in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ruben Gallego (D) | 85.6 | 113,044 |
| Gary Swing (G) | 14.2 | 18,706 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 301 | ||
| Total votes: 132,051 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Catherine H. Miranda in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruben Gallego | 74.8 | 32,231 |
 | Catherine H. Miranda | 25.2 | 10,856 | |
| Total votes: 43,087 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Colorado
Bruce Lohmiller, Richard Tetu, and Gary Swing ran as write-in candidates.
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Incumbent Scott Tipton defeated Diane Mitsch Bush, Mary Malarsie, and Gaylon Kent in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott Tipton (R) | 51.5 | 173,205 |
 | Diane Mitsch Bush (D) | 43.6 | 146,426 | |
| Mary Malarsie (Independent) | 3.2 | 10,831 | |
| Gaylon Kent (L) | 1.7 | 5,727 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 336,201 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Allen Tompkins (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Diane Mitsch Bush defeated Karl Hanlon and Arn Menconi in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Diane Mitsch Bush | 64.1 | 44,809 |
 | Karl Hanlon | 27.7 | 19,368 | |
 | Arn Menconi | 8.2 | 5,754 | |
| Total votes: 69,931 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3
Incumbent Scott Tipton advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Tipton |
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2016
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  John McCain Incumbent |
53.7% | 1,359,267 | |
| Democratic | Ann Kirkpatrick | 40.7% | 1,031,245 | |
| Green | Gary Swing | 5.5% | 138,634 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 1,584 | |
| Total Votes | 2,530,730 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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John McCain Incumbent |
51.2% | 302,532 | ||
| Kelli Ward | 39.9% | 235,988 | ||
| Alex Meluskey | 5.3% | 31,159 | ||
| Clair Van Steenwyk | 3.6% | 21,476 | ||
| Total Votes | 591,155 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
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2014
Colorado's 6th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2014 due to the fact that the seat was held by a Republican, but the district had a slight Democratic lean. In the primary, both incumbent Mike Coffman (R) and Andrew Romanoff (D) faced no challenger. Coffman defeated Romanoff, Libertarian Norm Olsen and Green Party candidate Gary Swing in the general election on November 4, 2014.[21][22]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Coffman Incumbent |
51.9% | 143,467 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Romanoff | 43% | 118,847 | |
| Libertarian | Norm Olsen | 3.1% | 8,623 | |
| Green | Gary Swing | 2% | 5,503 | |
| Total Votes | 276,440 | |||
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Swing ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 1st District. He ran unopposed in the June 26, 2012, Green Party primary. He was defeated by incumbent Diana DeGette (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Diana DeGette Incumbent |
68.2% | 237,579 | |
| Republican | Danny Stroud | 26.8% | 93,217 | |
| Libertarian | Frank Atwood | 3.6% | 12,585 | |
| Green | Gary Swing | 1.4% | 4,829 | |
| Total Votes | 348,210 | |||
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
State Senate
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Secretary of the Unity Party of Colorado. Former State Co-Chair of the Green Party of Colorado. Former Vice Chair of the Colorado Coalition for Fair and Open Elections.
"Triple Crown" backpacker. Completed the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Colorado Trail, Arizona Trail, Ouachita Trail, Alabama Pinhoti Trail, Ozark Highlands Trail, Denver Orbital Trail. Climbed all 637 Colorado summits over 13,000 feet and reached all 64 Colorado county highpoints. Completed the 173 designated hiking trails of the Boulder OSMP Trails Challenge.
- Colorado could serve as a model for introducing representative democracy to the United States if we elect our state legislature by hybrid proportional representation, as proposed by Best Democracy. Dissolve the state senate and increasing the number of representatives to 185. Seven members would be elected from each of 22 districts, using proportional single transferable voting. Voters would rank individual candidates in their order of preference. In order to win a district seat, a candidate would need 12.5% of the vote to be elected. The remaining 20% of seats would be elected from open party lists with a 3% election threshold. 98% of voters would be able to elect representatives of their choice with 8 or more parties seated in office.
- I support a guaranteed basic income sufficient to lift people out of poverty. Typically, a guaranteed basic income gives people below the poverty line cash payments which they can use as they choose to meet their needs for housing, groceries, transportation, and debt repayment. This has been proposed at the national level. More than fifty city or county governments in at least eleven states have developed pilot programs for a guaranteed basic income since 2019, including Denver. Boulder County is launching such a program. This could be done at the state level.
- In 2019, Democratic state legislators enacted a broad package of election system changes, the Colorado Votes Act. Section 19 of that bill vastly increased the number of petition signatures required for unaffiliated candidates and candidates of new parties to get on the ballot. No unaffiliated candidate has qualified for Colorado's ballot for statewide office since House Bill 1278 was enacted. All alternative party candidates on the ballot for statewide office since then have been candidates nominated by state party assembly by minor parties that were recognized in Colorado prior to the passage of the Democrats' independent candidate suppression legislation. Ballot access requirements should be greatly reduced for all candidates.
Proportional representation, ballot access reform, ecological overshoot, preservation of endangered species, animal welfare.
I admire German Green Party founder Petra Kelly, abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass, nonviolent activists from India's independence movement including Mohandas Gandhi and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, civil rights activists Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Junior, and Palestinian peace activist Mubarak Awad.
Henry David Thoreau, "On The Duty of Civil Disobedience" (although it would be less grating without the gender biased language).
Lysander Spooner, "The Constitution of No Authority."
I don't believe that I could be a successful officeholder.
I am deeply disgusted with and tired of electoral politics. I want to end my participation in it and just live my own life.
I remember the Iran hostage crisis and the widespread xenophobia that accompanied it.
The Fabulous Frog Man
Political authority should be decentralized, not concentrated in the hands of the executive.
Ecological overshoot is the greatest threat to the sustainability of life on Earth. Since about 1970, the ecological impact from human overpopulation and over-consumption has exceeded the regenerative capacity of the Earth's biosphere.
Human beings are just one out of millions of species on Earth. The Earth doesn't belong to human beings. We just live here, as part of a biologically diverse web of life forms.
Human industrial civilization has fundamentally altered the Earth's ecosystem. People and their livestock and pets and buildings and roads, and cars and trucks and ships and planes and industries and agriculture have replaced and destroyed natural habitats, wildlife species and native plant species in a way that is unsustainable. When I look around, I see an artificial landscape that people have created, terraforming the planet into something that is outside of the narrow ecological boundaries that sustain life on Earth. Human beings have filled the oceans with plastic, depleted topsoil and rainforests, and altered the climate.
An industrialized human civilization of eight billion people is unsustainable, regardless of how wealth is distributed. Everything we do has impact on the environment. From an environmental perspective, ecological overshoot results from human overpopulation and over-consumption. Too many people consuming and polluting too much. Numbers of people multiplied by per Capita ecological footprints.
In 1804, there were one billion people on Earth. Now there are eight billion. Ecological footprints have grown astronomically.
The Living Planet Report environmental sustainability study estimated that if the average person on Earth had as much ecological impact as the average person in the United States does now, the Earth could not sustain a human population of more than one and a half billion people.
No. I have played the role of a perennial alternative party candidate. I don't want to do it anymore. I'm ready to retire from participating in electoral politics.
If I had a nickel for every time I didn't understand what was going on, I would have no idea where all the nickels were coming from.
A proposed state constitutional amendment to elect the Colorado General Assembly by hybrid proportional representation.
Yes, I support repealing petition signature geographic distribution requirements. I support repealing the single subject restriction. I would reduce the number of petition signatures required for a ballot initiative to one percent of the vote cast in the last general election for Secretary of State. I support the option of gathering petition signatures online as well as on paper petitions. The citizen initiative process should be available at the county level for all 64 Colorado counties, as well as the state level.
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U.S. House
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I'm just this guy, you know?
Freethinker and adventurer. Long distance backpacker & mountaineer. Hiked the Appalachian Trail twice, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Colorado Trail, Arizona Trail, Ouachita Trail, Ozark Highlands Trail, Alabama Pinhoti Trail, Lone Star Trail, and New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail. Summited 375 mountains in Colorado's Third Congressional District so far, all 637 Colorado mountains over 13,000 feet, all 64 Colorado county highpoints.
Former Green Party activist. Spokesperson for the election reform group Best Democracy. Former Vice Chair of the Colorado Coalition for Fair and Open Elections, which represented eight minor parties lobbying for ballot acess reform. Pacifist, vegetarian, childfree by choice.
- Uphold the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war. Since the end of World War Two, US military imperialism has been responsible for the deaths of an estimated twenty to thirty million people in 37 nations. End US foreign military interventions. Restrict the mlitary to non-offensive defense of US territory. Shut down foreign miitary bases. End foreign military aid. Abolish nuclear weapons. Create a nonviolent, humanitarian foreign policy. Develop a global food security program designed to end world hunger and ensure that people have access to safe drinking water.
- Since 1970, the Earth’s human population has grown from 3.6 billion people to more than 8 billion people, while the population of wildlife vertebrate species has decreased by about 69 percent. William Rees, the originator of ecological footprint analysis, estimates that the maximum sustainable human population would be no more than one to two billion people - if residents of wealthy nations reduce their individual ecofootprints to no more than 25% of their current size. I support a steady state economy based on environmental sustainability. Carbon taxes should include environmental impacts in true cost pricing. I support family planning programs, sex education, and voluntary birth control. Abortion should be legal, accessible, and safe.
- Thomas Jefferson believed that future generations could not be bound by the systems designed by their ancestors. He argued that every generation should write its own constitution, once every nineteen years. I agree that a new constitutional convention should be held at least once every twenty years. Our system of government should be redesigned to secure fair representation for a politically diverse population. I propose to abolish the inherently misrepresentative US Senate, eliminate the Electoral College, strictly limit the power of the President, and decentralize authority in the hands of a Congress that is elected by hybrid proportional representation (as proposed by the election reform group Best Democracy).
Human beings aren't the only species on Earth. We just act like it.
Homo sapiens are just one of an estimated 8.7 million species of life on Earth. Yet, in modern times, human beings have substantially transformed this planet to create an artificial and toxic environment. Human beings are part of an interdependent web of life. We need to move away from an anthropocentric point of view and preserve habitat for other species to coexist with us.
Life on Earth exists within narrow ecological parameters that are disrupted by the impact of human overpopulation and overconsumption. Ten thousand years ago, human beings accounted for less than one percent of the biomass of mammal life on Earth. Today, people account for about 32 percent of the Earth’s biomass of animal species. Livestock accounts for about 64% of mammal biomass. Cattle alone represent about 35% of all mammal biomass. Wildlife species (primarily deer) account for only about four percent of mammal biomass.
Plastics now have greater mass than all animal life on Earth.
Things constructed by people, including buildings, roads, and vehicles have more mass than all plant and animal life on Earth.
I oppose livestock grazing on public lands. Federal subsidies for animal agriculture should be eliminated. Animal cruelty laws should be extended to farmed animals.
I oppose term limits. Members of Congress should be required to serve the full length of the prison terms that are appropriate for the crimes they commit while in office.
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2022
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I am a former National Advisory Board member of the Center for Voting and Democracy, which is now called FairVote. I was the Vice Chairman of the Colorado Coalition for Fair and Open Elections, which lobbied for two bills enacted by Colorado's state legislature in 1995 and 1997. The first bill reduced petition signature requirements for independent candidates to get on the ballot. The second bill created a process for minor parties to qualify for the right to nominate candidates by party assembly. In 2003, I lobbied for another bill that opened up Colorado's primary elections to minor parties. In 2019, I lobbied against a bill that has greatly increased petition signature requirements for independent candidates.
I was on the ballot seven times as a Green Party candidate between 1996 and 2018. In 2016, I received more votes and a higher percentage of the vote than any other Green Party candidate for US Senate in the country has in the past ten years (5.5%, 138,634 votes). In 2018, I won the third highest percentage of the vote cast for any Green Party candidate for US Representative in the country (14.2%).
In 2020, I was a Unity Party nominee for US Representative.
I have a BA in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado.
In 2007, I finished climbing Colorado's 637 mountains over 13,000 feet. Since then, I hiked the "Triple Crown" -- the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails.
- I advocate proportional representation voting methods to secure fair, inclusive representation of a politically diverse population in elections for legislative offices. Everyone should have the right to fair and equitable representation in government. Ninety-four nations use some form of proportional representation to secure fair, inclusive multi-party representation in government. Electing Colorado's state legislature by an open party list system of proportional representation with a 3% threshold for representation would enable 98% of voters to elect representatives of their choice. It would likely increase the number of parties in the legislature from two to eight or more. I support the group Best Democracy: www.bestdemocracy.org
- I propose that Colorado ballot access laws be revised to set the following thresholds for independent candidates or party primaries: Presidential tickets: $1,000 filing fee or 1,000 petition signatures. Statewide offices: $500 filing fee or 500 petition signatures. Congressional districts: $200 filing fee or 200 petition signatures. State legislators: $100 filing fee or 100 petition signatures. County offices: $100 filing fee or the lesser of 100 petition signatures or 1% of the most recent total vote cast for county clerk and recorder.
- Colorado's state constitution granted citizens the right to initiate their own legislation and state constitutional amendments. Year after year, establishment politicians have sought to gut the citizen initiative process by adding more restrictions, making it more difficult to qualify for the ballot, and more difficult to approve citizen initiatives. I support repealing these restrictions on the citizen initiative process and reducing petition signature requirements for state citizen initiatives to one percent of the total vote cast in the most recent election for Secretary of State. I support online petitioning as an alternative to paper petitions. I would also support a national initiative and referendum process.
American politics has always been heavily dominated by wealthy, conservative white men. I am concerned with creating a political system that gives fair representation to everyone, especially women and people of color.
The US government was created and designed in secret by a handful of wealthy white men -- predominantly slaveholders -- who sought to preserve their own wealth and power. The system they designed initially excluded 94% of the population from the right to representation, in a nation where 18% of the population was enslaved.
The United States still operates under an archaic system of government that was designed to preserve slavery.
I agree with Thomas Jefferson's argument that future generations cannot be bound by the prejudices of their barbarous ancestors. Every generation should create its own constitution. The United States is more than 200 years overdue for a new constitutional convention.
The US Senate and the Electoral College are misrepresentative relics of slavery. They should be abolished.
At the national level, I support the adoption of an open party list system for the election of a unicameral Congress. I support a national initiative and referendum process to give people the right to vote directly on policy, not just on politicians. I support term limits for Supreme Court justices. A new Constitutional Convention should be held at least once every twenty years.
Nelson Mandela is the political leader I admire most. He spent many years in prison for his principled, outspoken opposition to apartheid before he became the President of South Africa. As the President of South Africa, he led a nation that adopted a system of proportional representation that empowers 98% of the population to elect representatives on their choice. Fourteen political parties now hold seats in South Africa's National Assembly.
In the United States, we live in a nation that was built on a foundation of slavery, genocide, and racism.
I see Nelson Mandela as a leader for peace and justice who sought to overcome institutionalized racism that was comparable to the history of racial injustice and oppression in the United States.
The pre-amble of South Africa's constitution of 1996 incorporates the term "Unity in Diversity" as a central tenet of post-apartheid South Africa.
The slogan "Unity in Diversity" has been used by a variety of religious and political groups as an expression of harmony and celebration of multiculturalism based on an understanding that our differences enrich human interactions.
Quotes from Nelson Mandela:
"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
"It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity. I am working with people who fought me very bitterly before the elections. It was my responsibility as the man who is leading the majority party, my responsibility to heal the wounds of the past and to work with people who were my opponents."
"Bridge the chasm, use tolerance and compassion, be inclusive, not exclusive, build dignity and pride, encourage freedom of expression, to create a civil society for unity and peace."
The purpose of my candidacy is to be an advocate for proportional representation voting systems to secure fair, inclusive representation for a politically diverse population.
The Urbanist published this commentary I wrote about proportional representation:
https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/04/07/u-s-voting-systems-should-and-can-better-reflect-diversity-in-representation/
This is the text of a speech I gave about party list systems of proportional representation: https://www.bestdemocracy.org/proportional-representation/party-list.html
I recommend the election reform group Best Democracy for more information about proportional voting systems: https://www.bestdemocracy.org
FairVote hosts the Proportional Representation Library: https://www.fairvote.org/proportional_representation_library#beginning_readings
The first historical event that made an impression on me was the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979. The Gloucester County Times published a daily feature about how many days the hostage crisis had continued. I remember a climate of hatred and xenophobia targeting Iranians, but I don't recall ever having met anyone from Iran at the time. A local restaurant had a big sign on its roof that said "Iranians Go Home!"
Several years later, I learned that the CIA had sponsored a military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953 to install a brutal fascist dictatorship that was subsequently armed and funded by the US government.
My first job was delivering newspapers for the Gloucester County Times, in Woodbury, New Jersey. I had the job from the age of 12 to the age of 15. In addition to delivering newspapers on my bicycle, I also wrote frequent letters to the editor of the newspaper during my teen years.
The Fabulous Frog-Man from Marvel Comics
Eugene Patilio is an aspiring superhero from Marvel Comics who has no superpowers. He has a frog costume that he got from his father, an unsuccessful criminal named Leapfrog. The costume has spring loaded boots that allow the wearer to jump long distances. Eugene Patilio, in the guise of the Fabulous Frog-Man, somehow manages to defeat villains by clumsily bouncing into them.
Yes. This is an administrative office that is responsible for overseeing state elections. It also has responsibilities for licensing of businesses and non-profit organizations.
The purpose of my candidacy is to stand as an advocate for proportional representation voting systems.
I recognize the practical reality that the existing winner take all voting system produces a two party system. The winner of this election will be either the Democratic or Republican nominee (probably the Democratic incumbent). As the nominee of the Unity Party, I understand that I will not be elected to this office. I intend to have a zero dollar candidacy. I don't ask anyone to vote for me. I encourage people to vote their conscience, if they choose to participate in electoral politics.
The Republican Party has three candidates for Secretary of State on its primary ballot. Former Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson is the only qualified candidate in the Republican primary for this office. She has the practical experience to do the work of this office. Her campaign messaging gives the impression that she intends to carry out the responsibilities of the Secretary of State's Office in a professional, non-partisan manner. I encourage people who vote in the Republican primary to cast their ballot for Pam Anderson.
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Uphold the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war. Abolish nuclear weapons. Reduce US military budget by 90%. Close all foreign military bases. End foreign military aid. Fund humanitarian aid to end world hunger and secure drinking water worldwide. Abolish US Senate. Elect Congress by open list proportional representation. Switch to a parliamentary system with weak chief executive selected by Congress. Support national initiative and referendum process, public campaign financing, campaign spending limits, ballot access reform, and verifiable ballots. Support "fair trade" policies, freedom of travel, and international work permits that are not tied to a specific employer. Abolish the CIA, ICE, NSA and Selective Service. Establish a guaranteed minimum income. Use carbon taxes to include environmental impacts in true cost pricing of new products. End corporate welfare. Medicare for all. Subsidize family planning programs. Support international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Stop subsidizing fossil fuels and nuclear energy. No oil from tar sands or shale oil development. Support conservation and energy efficiency. Convert to solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal power. Decentralize energy production. Stop subsidizing petrochemical agriculture and animal farming. Apply cruelty laws to farmed animals. Promote permaculture, organic farming and urban agriculture. Legalize cannabis. Support equal rights for all.
- End U.S. military imperialism and adopt a nonviolent, humanitarian foreign based on respect for human rights and political self-determination.
- Secure fair representation for a politically diverse electorate by using an open party list system of proportional representation to elect a unicameral Congress.
- A new Constitutional Convention should be held at least once every twenty years so that each generation can design its own system of government.
Proportional representation for legislative elections, human rights, environmental policy, mass extinction of animal species.
I oppose term limits for politicians. They should required to serve the full length of the appropriate sentences for the crimes they commit while in office.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 9, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 4, 2022
- ↑ Jeff Hurd 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 8, 2024
- ↑ CPR News, "Democrat Adam Frisch on how he plans to unseat Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," September 9, 2022
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Journal, "Jeff Hurd wins Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," June 29, 2024
- ↑ Axios Denver, "Jeff Hurd wins GOP nod in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District," June 25, 2024
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Colorado Politics, "Colorado Democrat Adam Frisch calls on Biden to withdraw as party's presidential nominee," July 2, 2024
- ↑ Adam Frisch 2024 campaign website, "Meet Adam," accessed July 9, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Adam Frisch," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 KOAA News 5, "Meet the candidates on November’s ballot for Colorado's Congressional District Three," June 26, 2024
- ↑ Jeff Hurd 2024 campaign website, "Meet Jeff," accessed April 19, 2024
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Primary election results," accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Unofficial election results," June 26, 2012
