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President Joe Biden U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper
2nd Congressional District
U.S. Representative Joe Neguse
7th Congressional District
U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter
Board of Education, 7th Congressional District
Board of Education, 7th Congressional District Karla Esser
University of Colorado Board of Regents
CU Regent, 2nd Congressional District Callie Rennison CU Regent, 7th Congressional District Nolbert Chavez
Senator, District 19
State Senator Rachel Zenzinger
Representative, District 24
State Representative Monica Duran
State Representative Brianna Titone
District Attorney, 1st Judicial District
District Attorney, 1st Judicial District Alexis King
District Attorney, 17th Judicial District
District Attorney, 17th Judicial District Brian Mason
Adams County Commission
Adams County Commissioner, District 1 Eva Henry Adams County Commissioner, District 2 Chaz Tedesco Adams County Commissioner, District 5 Lynn Baca
Jefferson County Commission
Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2 Andy Kerr Jefferson County Commissioner, District 1 Tracy Kraft-Tharp
Amendment #B: VOTE YES
Repeal Property Tax Assessment Rates Amendment #C: VOTE YES
Bingo Raffles Allow Paid Help and Repeal Five-Year Minimum Amendment #76: VOTE NO
Citizenship Qualification of Electors Amendment #77: VOTE YES
Local Voter Approval of Gaming Limits in Black Hawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek Proposition #EE: VOTE YES
Cigarette, Tobacco and Nicotine Products Tax Proposition #113: VOTE YES
National Popular Vote Proposition #114: VOTE YES
Restoration of Gray Wolves Proposition #115: VOTE NO
Prohibition on Abortions Later in Pregnancy Proposition #116: VOTE NO
Iniciativa para disminuir la tasa del impuesto sobre la renta de 4.63% a 4.55% Proposition #117: VOTE NO
Require Voter Approval of Certain New Enterprises Exempt from TABOR Initiative Proposition #118: VOTE YES
Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Initiative
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Joe Biden is one of the nation's most experienced public servants, having served as a U.S. senator from Delaware for 36 years and the U.S. vice president for eight years. Biden is running on a comprehensive progressive platform.
Biden has championed individual rights throughout his career — from spearheading the Violence Against Women Act to passing laws that expanded the definition of hate crimes to include those based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability. Biden led the fight to pass the Brady Bill, which established the national firearms background check system, and helped secure a 10-year ban on assault weapons from 1994-2004. As vice president, Biden oversaw the implementation of one of the largest economic recovery plans in American history in 2009, saving the American automobile industry and millions of American jobs in all sectors of the economy. During the Obama/Biden administration, the United States made significant progress toward a clean energy economy and provided health coverage to millions of Americans via the passage of the Affordable Care Act — a law Biden has vowed to expand and improve.
If elected president, Biden has pledged to work to reverse the damage from the last four years of partisan obstruction and executive branch policies solely benefiting the wealthy and well-connected. Biden supports a $15-per-hour minimum wage and 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all workers. He also seeks to address the country's racial wealth disparity, equal opportunity, and jobs gaps by empowering small-business creation and expansion in economically disadvantaged areas. On the climate crisis, Biden proposes net-zero CO2 emissions in the U.S. by 2050 and rejoining the Paris climate accords. On the immediate front, Biden has proposed a national crisis response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden's experience handling the economic recovery with Obama after the Great Recession of 2009 will inform his actions to help individuals, families, small businesses, and local and state governments that are struggling badly as a result of the botched response to the pandemic. Biden will restore the long-standing precedent that public health decisions are best made by public health professionals.
Biden has pledged to defend abortion rights, expand and protect union membership, bring together an equitable and diverse group of experts to handle the nation's institutional racism crisis, and restore dignity to the office of president of the United States.
Biden is the clear presidential choice for progressive voters.
In this election, he faces Donald Trump — considered by progressives to be the most corrupt, incompetent, anti-progressive president in recent memory and perhaps in American history. Trump's biggest achievement as president was forcing through a massive tax cut that overwhelmingly favored the wealthiest Americans, making the nation's historic income-disparity problem even worse. Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, making the U.S. one of very few countries that are not signatories. Trump's administration has encouraged repeated unsuccessful attempts by Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has provided health coverage to millions of Americans, including a federal court challenge in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to dismantle the law. Trump has supported racist immigration practices that contravene international law on the treatment of refugees.
Trump's decisions have trickled into even the most mundane things, affecting Americans on a daily basis. Trump scrapped a bill requiring airlines to disclose bag fees, blocked consumers from suing banks, ignored the growing crisis over student loans, lifted bans on transferring military equipment to local law enforcement which has exacerbated police-citizen conflicts, particularly in relation to Black Lives Matter protests, and has set off a trade war with China that has done tremendous economic damage to American agricultural producers and manufacturers.
Controversies involving Trump's presidency are too numerous to list here but include lying about mail voting to such a degree that social media platforms have been forced to remove his misinformation, racist, sexist, and defamatory statements against his political opponents, dispatching federal police to attack protesters in unmarked vehicles, installing corrupt and incompetent tools of special interest into every level of government, nominating federal judges and Supreme Court justices who seek to overturn Roe v. Wade, banning transgender Americans from military service, helping spread baseless conspiracy theories, defending the actions of overt white supremacists and racist nationalists, downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic to the public despite detailed foreknowledge of the coming disaster, pursuing diplomacy with dictators while scorning traditional American allies, and changing federal guidelines to undermine racial equality. For a more comprehensive list, we encourage you to visit the Wikipedia page for Trump administration controversies.
Evidence abounds showing that Trump never disassociated himself from his businesses and has used his office for personal enrichment. And let's not forget he was impeached over revelations he first blocked military aid to Ukraine and then pushed its president to dig up damaging info on his political opponent as a "favor."
Trump must not only be defeated, but the margin of victory must be so resounding as to prevent him from calling the results of the election into question as he has already pledged to do.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Working Families Party , NRDC Action Fund , SEIU Colorado
Working People's Platform Pledge
Former Colorado Gov. and incumbent U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper did not take the usual path into public office. After being laid off from his job as a geologist, he opened a successful brewpub. But as a small-business owner, he became involved in his community, and he ran for office. He served two terms each as mayor of Denver and governor of Colorado, using his unique perspective to bring people together to get things done.
When Hickenlooper was sworn in as governor in 2010, Colorado ranked 40th among the states in job creation. By the time Hickenlooper left office eight years later, Colorado had the #1 economy in the nation. Under Hickenlooper, when he was governor, Colorado's economy grew without leaving Coloradans behind. Hickenlooper expanded Medicaid to cover an additional 400,000 Coloradans and cut the uninsured rate by nearly two-thirds. He signed three landmark gun safety laws in 2013 that banned high-capacity magazines and required background checks for any firearm transfer. On the environment, Hickenlooper made Colorado the first state to limit methane pollution from oil and gas wells. Working with the General Assembly, Hickenlooper signed legislation to ensure every eligible registered voter in Colorado gets a mail-in ballot, made voter registration more accessible, and pushed for numerous other election reforms that have made Colorado a model for election innovation. He also signed historic legislation granting in-state tuition to DREAMers.
Hickenlooper has vowed to improve and build on the Affordable Care Act and supports a federally administered public health coverage option. Hickenlooper recognizes the existential threat of climate change and favors a bold, science-based approach. He supports commonsense policies on gun violence, including restoring an assault weapons ban. Hickenlooper was the first governor of Colorado to apologize for the Sand Creek Massacre and has committed to listening to the voices of marginalized communities and rooting out systemic racism where it lurks in our society, from police brutality to immigration laws to racial disparities in economic status to access to quality education.
Hickenlooper is the progressive voter's best choice for U.S. senator.
He faces incumbent U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in this election. While in the Senate, Gardner has been a reliable Republican vote on the overwhelming majority of issues. He has supported Donald Trump's position on votes 89% of the time, and Politico notes that Gardner is "reliably conservative on most issues." In 2014, Gardner promised in a campaign ad to speak out when his party is wrong and called on Donald Trump to pull out of the race for president in October of 2016. Since then, however, Gardner has fully embraced Trump and was one of the first senators to endorse Trump's reelection.
From his earliest votes in Congress, Gardner has consistently sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He has voted to repeal the ACA and to replace it with a bill that would dramatically decrease health care coverage and increase the cost of coverage. He was quoted at a private luncheon that failing to repeal the ACA would result in fewer donations to Republicans, suggesting he is not motivated by the common good.
Gardner has rejected most gun safety legislation throughout his career and is a top recipient of donations from the National Rifle Association. He has voted against expanding background checks to include gun show sales, which has been the law in Colorado since just after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. He even voted against banning gun sales to people on the terrorist watch list.
In a historic change of heart, The Denver Post editorial board declared in 2019 they made a mistake in their 2014 endorsement of Gardner, stating he "has been too busy walking a political tight rope to be a leader."
This race also has a Libertarian candidate: Raymon Doane. Doane is a Denver native who currently works for the Colorado Department of Revenue as a property tax specialist and business analyst. He previously ran for the state senate in 2016 as a Republican, and in 2018, he first filed to run for state treasurer and then for Congress against Democrat Diana DeGette as a Libertarian.
Doane's few public statements should give voters pause. While the country has been dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, Doane was quoted as saying, "The federal government should not have to intervene on behalf of local municipalities and states that make poor decisions during a pandemic." He also has said he thinks public health mandates should be more like "suggestions." Additionally, among the four policy positions Doane takes on his website, one statement endorsing an unregulated Second Amendment stands out: "The government should NEVER have a monopoly on force. The U.S. Senate must … refuse to vote for any legislation which limits an American's right to self-defense." These kinds of statements don't represent Colorado progressives.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) Action Fund , NRDC Action Fund , SEIU Colorado
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below congressional districts on your ballot.
U.S. Representative
Joe Neguse
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse is running for reelection in Colorado's 2nd Congressional District. Neguse, a lawyer and the son of Eritrean refugees, is the first and so far only Black American to serve in Congress for Colorado.
As a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Neguse advocates for bold progressive policies to address the most pressing issues facing our nation, such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. His priorities to date in Congress have included lowering prescription drug prices, raising workers' wages, ensuring greater accountability in government, and protecting public lands, which make up over 50% of his district.
Although he was first elected just two years ago, he has introduced more legislation than any freshman lawmaker in the country and has had more legislation signed into law than any member of Colorado's congressional delegation. Before Congress, Neguse fought to expand opportunities for families across Colorado in a variety of roles: as a co-founder of New Era Colorado, the state's largest youth voter registration and mobilization nonprofit; as a six-term member of CU's Board of Regents; and as leader of the state's consumer protection agency for two years.
Neguse is a self-described eternal optimist who will continue to provide Colorado's 2nd Congressional District with enthusiastic, diligent, and bold representation if reelected.
Running against Neguse is Charles Winn, a radiologist and first-time candidate. Winn asserts that he's running to change a "false narrative" about the Republican Party, but it's a challenge to see how he will do that with his public statements on Donald Trump and the coronavirus.
When asked to assess the president's response to the pandemic, Winn dodged the question and instead said it's "tragic we need to point fingers." He later tried to clarify that he thought Trump was "a good commanding officer." Winn also tried to downplay the threat posed by COVID-19, blaming partisanship for the widespread virus and saying Americans "started politicizing [the pandemic]." Winn also claimed we should open the economy back up because "the risk is less than riding in a car." He made comparisons to the 1968 flu pandemic to try to prove the U.S. can reopen its schools, but he wasn't on-point about the facts; he said we should "do what we did in 1968: get on with our lives."
This kind of thinking has helped get us into the health crisis we're in today and cannot be elected to office.
Read more about Joe Neguse
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , SEIU Colorado
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is running for reelection in Colorado's 7th Congressional District. The lifelong Jefferson County resident has been active in his representation of this district since 2006 and is well-known for his relentless brand of door-to-door retail politics. He's held over 100 constituent meetings in local food markets — events that he calls "Government in the Grocery."
His main priority since taking office has been improving opportunities for the area by way of fighting to make sure good jobs remain at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden and ensuring the completion of the VA Medical Center in Aurora for the benefit of veterans in the Rocky Mountain region.
Another focus of his has been gun safety. As vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, he has supported requiring universal background checks and reinstating the federal ban on assault weapons. He also introduced legislation to address the gaps in federal gun policy by clarifying and expanding existing federal prohibitons related to mental health and other common risk factors in gun violence tragedies.
Perlmutter worked to secure passage of the historic Dodd-Frank Act, which placed much-needed regulations on Wall Street and big banks and established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Other fights he has taken on include comprehensive immigration reform, a sweeping investment in America's infrastructure, and the preservation of Social Security and Medicare.
According to Georgetown University's index, Perlmutter is one of the most bipartisan members of Congress. He is the preferred candidate in this race.
The Republican candidate he faces is Casper Stockham, who has previously run to represent the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts. His platform is that of the generic conservative Republican these days, which goes along with his parachute campaign style. He is "100% pro-life and supports President Trump's effort to defund Planned Parenthood." He is against "red flag" laws that keep guns away from domestic abusers and suspected violent criminals. He thinks Obamacare is "a disaster." And he is a strong supporter of Trump, "loves his record and results," and thinks that Trump is "winning for all of us." These positions take us backward, not forward. We suggest voting for Perlmutter.
Read more about Ed Perlmutter
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below board of education races on your ballot.
Karla Esser
Karla Esser is an educator through and through. Her career is a prime example of someone who has seen every aspect of the education system, having spent time as a teacher, college professor, school administrator, and assistant superintendent. Esser has seen it all when it comes to education, and we desperately need someone with her experience guiding those decisions in Colorado. She has a strong recommendation.
Her opponent, Nancy Pallozzi, is a small business owner in Lakewood and has no experience for the school board that compares with Esser's. Neither Pallozzi's social media nor her website say much if anything at all about education or ideas about what she'd do in office, although the one-time middle-school PTA president does have a lot of right-wing thoughts. She appears to be just another Republican candidate on the ballot.
Karla Esser is an educator through and through. Her career is a prime example of someone who has seen every aspect of the education system, having spent time as a teacher, college professor, school administrator, and assistant superintendent.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Working Families Party , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado
CU Regent, 2nd Congressional District
Callie Rennison
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Emerge Colorado Alumnae
Callie Rennison has been a strong progressive leader in higher education for many years. A first-generation college student, she worked as a statistician before becoming an instructor, professor, and prominent voice of change at universities in the Midwest and Colorado. Her work has focused on victimization and violence against women and people of color with a particular interest in victims' interactions with the criminal justice system. Rennison has served the University of Colorado as the associate dean of faculty affairs, director of equity, and Title IX coordinator and has participated in numerous public panels and boards. In her leadership roles, she proved her ability to successfully navigate various institutional levels and bring people together in discussing contentious issues. Rennison is committed to making college more affordable and accessible to low-income students, ending sexual assault and discrimination on campuses, and striving to make diversity and inclusion a priority among students, faculty, and staff.
In the wake of recent changes to Title IX under Betsy DeVos, Rennison has pledged to work harder to ensure survivors are supported. Importantly, she champions accountability and transparency as key factors in combatting the businesslike model of CU's institutions that centers around "returning investments" instead of prioritizing learning and a holistic higher education.
Running against her are Republican Dick Murphy and Libertarian Christian Vernaza. Murphy is a longtime financial consultant who served as a deputy state treasurer from 2003 to 2004. He has made few public statements on his own policy positions, and his campaign website serves as a personal resume detailing a career in investment banking and management rather than a true statement of platform.
Vernaza is a car sales associate in Fort Collins and a first-time Libertarian candidate for office. He has not made any public statements about his own positions on the issues, so it can only be assumed he supports the Libertarian Party of Colorado's position to completely privatize education. For that reason, we cannot recommend voting for Vernaza.
Rennison is the clear progressive choice for regent in this district.
Callie Rennison has been a strong progressive leader in higher education for many years. A first-generation college student, she worked as a statistician before becoming an instructor, professor, and prominent voice of change at universities in the Midwest and Colorado.
CU Regent, 7th Congressional District
Nolbert Chavez
Nolbert Chavez is the only candidate registered to run in this race.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below State Senate races on your ballot.
Rachel Zenzinger
Incumbent State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger was first appointed to the District 19 seat in 2013, lost in 2014, and then returned for the win in 2016. Her original background is as an educator, but she has much experience in government and policy. She served as a council member and mayor pro tempore on the local level in Arvada and knows what kind of problems her constituents face every day. One of her main dedications is to finding bipartisan solutions — a focus that's led to significant legislation.
That she's naturally concerned about education is clear: Last session, she championed a bill to expand adult education and literacy programs. But her priorities are expansive, including investment in public transportation and infrastructure; securing tax credits and grants for affordable housing, particularly for low-income seniors; working to raise the minimum wage as well as delivering relief for businesses struggling during COVID-19; and finding affordable, accessible health care solutions. Groups as various as unions, the state chamber of commerce, environmental organizations, and professional associations endorse her re-election campaign.
Zenzinger is an all-around solid candidate for progressives to continue to support.
Challenging her for the seat is Republican Lynn Gerber, who worked for a long time in Adams County public schools and is a small-business owner. But while she might boast an interest in things like access to quality health care and boosting funding for teachers, progressives need to know that Gerber doesn't want "socialized medicine" and is an adamant supporter of school choice and the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). She says she wants to divert budget money to roads, but she wants that money for fixing "inefficient traffic lights" to come from "liberal politicians' spending." It's a lot of conflicting talk without solutions. Meanwhile, Zenzinger has experience acting on the issues and getting successful results.
Read more about Rachel Zenzinger
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado WINS , Conservation Colorado , One Colorado , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado , SEIU Local 105
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below State House races on your ballot.
Monica Duran
Incumbent State Rep. Monica Duran won her first term in the Colorado House in 2018. She started as a grassroots activist who took her fight to the public policy arena. Her priorities are ensuring working families can thrive, improving gender and racial equity, boosting health care access, and providing for safer communities. Another focus is commonsense gun safety laws: In June, she noted in an opinion piece in The Colorado Sun that while the COVID-19 pandemic put off certain legislative measures in the works, she would not give up on a law for the safe storage of firearms.
As a survivor of domestic abuse, Duran often introduces and supports bills that protect other survivors. In particular this legislative session, she sponsored and passed a bill to make unemployment easier to access for domestic violence survivors and has raised awareness about hidden abuse during lockdown that can take place. She also advocates for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Duran is also a strong supporter of increased mental health care services and animal rights.
In this race, Duran is by far the preferred candidate and deserves another term to keep fighting for us in the Colorado House.
She is being challenged by Laurel Imer, a Jefferson County Republican activist and the former chair of the Trump campaign for the county. Imer is clearly a fan of Trump's, arguing that we should "end the COVID chaos," and in a recent campaign press release named Black Lives Matter as a "domestic terrorist group." She is supportive of Trump's racist "America First" policy and likes to be in the company of other right-wing racists and conspiracy theorists. Voters in District 24 shouldn't elect anyone like Imer to the state legislature.
Incumbent State Rep. Monica Duran won her first term in the Colorado House in 2018. She started as a grassroots activist who took her fight to the public policy arena.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado WINS , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , One Colorado , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado , SEIU Local 105
Brianna Titone
Incumbent State Rep. Brianna Titone took office in 2019 and has brought her scientific background in technology and geology to public policy. As a scientist, Titone will listen to the facts and data when it comes to COVID-19.
As the first openly transgender woman to be elected to office in the state, she has fought tirelessly against anti-LGBTQ bills and ending discriminatory, draconian policies against marginalized groups. She's notable for equity concerns on things like improved transportation infrastructure and access, equity in per-pupil public school funding, and advancing technology access for all with increased broadband. And with her background in the sciences, it's no surprise she's sponsored climate action bills to reduce pollution, to protect water quality, and to boost energy efficiency.
Titone's policies and record combined make her an unequivocal progressive choice.
Challenging her for the seat are Vicki Pyne and Cory Schaeffer. Pyne is an Arvada small-business owner, and this is her third time running to represent District 27. Her website has an issues page, but she seems to hold only one unrelated to the pandemic: that she "understands" about health care. It's her pandemic stances that are concerning, though. Her push is to allow businesses to open without public health restrictions and to force schools to do the same. Her social media page is full of many anti-science ideas about the coronavirus, especially her endorsement of Fox News' Tucker Carlson saying that there's no proof the lockdowns protected people and "probably" caused more deaths based on no real information. This limited foresight and dismissal of reality are not what anyone wants for representation.
The other person on the ballot, Schaeffer, has little online presence apart from his name being listed among the Libertarian Party of Colorado's slate of candidates. What Schaeffer wants to do or what he believes in is a blank, other than his assumed agreement with the Libertarian Party platform. That's not what Colorado needs. We recommend that the people of House District 27 reelect Titone.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado WINS , Conservation Colorado , One Colorado , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado , SEIU Local 105
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below district attorney races on your ballot.
Alexis King
Alexis King is a former deputy district attorney, magistrate judge, and currently works as an attorney with the Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center. King brings a host of experience as a former deputy DA, but she's also strongly in favor of many desperately needed progressive criminal justice reforms. While she supports seeking incarceration for violent crime, King also realizes the necessity of alternatives to incarceration for people who really need help more than punishment. Her personal accountability pledge should also give progressive voters hope in the future as King promises data-driven solutions to criminal justice problems and increasing accountability for police officers who break the law.
Progressive voters should feel confident in voting for King.
Running on the Republican side is Matthew Durkin, who is a chief district attorney with the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office. While Durkin pays a lot of lip service to the general idea of criminal justice reform, he often seems more interested in playing politics and being seen with other local and former Republican elected officials. The district attorney's office is too important to flippantly play politician. We recommend voting for King.
Alexis King is a former deputy district attorney, magistrate judge, and currently works as an attorney with the Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , Colorado Working Families Party , Denver Area Labor Federation
Brian Mason
Democratic candidate Brian Mason, who is a deputy district attorney for District 17, has a long track record of seeking justice for victims of violent crime and protecting survivors. He also wants to make some very necessary changes and reforms like seeking alternatives to incarceration and finding new ways to prevent crime instead of just reacting to it. He's listened to constituents and brought in ideas about addressing racism in the criminal justice system. It's no surprise that most elected officials in Broomfield and Adams counties are endorsing Mason for district attorney. We also strongly recommend him as the progressive voter's choice in this race.
His opposition, Republican Tim McCormack, currently works in the district attorney's office in District 1, but he previously worked for District 17. McCormack certainly has a lot of experience, but his lack of emphasis on criminal justice reform and ending the school-to-prison pipeline should concern voters. Progressive voters would do well to vote for Mason instead.
Democratic candidate Brian Mason, who is a deputy district attorney for District 17, has a long track record of seeking justice for victims of violent crime and protecting survivors.
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , Denver Area Labor Federation
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below county district races on your ballot.
Adams County Commissioner, District 1
Eva Henry
Adams County Commissioner Eva Henry is running for reelection in District 1. She has served in this role since 2013; before that, Henry served as the mayor pro tem and a city council member for the city of Thornton.
Henry, who grew up and then raised her children in Adams County, understands personally what it can be like for families during hard economic times. She has said she ran for office to give back to the community that gave so much to her when she relied on assistance programs.
In her time in office, Henry has led partnerships that have created hundreds of new affordable housing options and worked to eliminate public-access barriers by consolidating all human services agencies in the Pete Mirelez Human Services Center. In order to bring more good-paying jobs to Adams County, Henry helped secure the relocation of new, large science, technology, engineering, and math employers and aerospace companies to the Colorado Air and Space Port. Additionally, under her leadership, Adams County began offering four-year scholarships to children receiving free and reduced school lunches.
Henry is also committed to preserving wildlife and natural resources and expanding open spaces in Adams County and worked to provide $86 million for parks and open-space projects including the creation of Pelican Ponds, a 200-acre park. Henry has a strong track record of being able to work with other local leaders across party lines on issues that are important to her constituents, and if reelected, she will continue to work to make sure Adams County residents have access to the resources they need.
Henry is the recommended candidate in this race.
Challenging her for the seat is Alex "Skinny" Winkler, a longtime Adams County Republican who has run for several different positions. In that time, he has shown progressive voters that he will not represent them well. He has said he doesn't believe in oil and gas setbacks and has opposed increasing money for education and raises for public school teachers. Winkler has also been connected to violent far-right extremist groups like the Proud Boys, who regularly spout white nationalist ideology. This is not the kind of representation progressive voters want or need.
Read more about Eva Henry
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , Denver Area Labor Federation
Chaz Tedesco
Adams County Commissioner Charles "Chaz" Tedesco is running for reelection in District 2, a role he's held since 2013.
After graduating from Northglenn High School, Tedesco served six years in the U.S. Navy. He then worked for 26 years as a master mechanic welder fabricator and was president of the United Steelworkers Union for eight years. Tedesco has lived in eight of the different municipalities in Adams County, and his familiarity with these communities helps guide him when he faces difficult decisions regarding their futures.
As a commissioner, Tedesco has worked hard to make sure Adams County is a beautiful place to live and a booming center of commerce. During his time in office, the area has become a center for advanced manufacturing, aviation, aerospace, and the life sciences industry. This has provided residents with incredible job opportunities while forming a solid base for future economic growth.
Tedesco is passionate about supporting the most vulnerable members of the community. He has helped build stronger support systems for marginalized and underserved populations and created unique and affordable housing opportunities for residents of Adams County. Once a foster child himself, Tedesco championed the creation of Homes for Hope, an innovative program that provides emergency foster care for Adams County children.
He is also a powerful advocate for veterans. His leadership was key in securing funds for veteran service officers in the state budget as well as in the formation of the Veterans Advisory Commission that works with other county boards and councils on veterans' interests.
Tedesco is the best choice to continue serving Adams County.
James Treibert is running against Tedesco as a Unity Party candidate. Treibert filed to run in May, but a post on his Twitter account at the end of August said he is still working on a campaign platform. We cannot recommend voting for a candidate who doesn't know, or is unwilling to say, what he wants to do if elected.
Read more about Chaz Tedesco
Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , Conservation Colorado , Denver Area Labor Federation
Lynn Baca
Lynn Baca is running for election to represent District 5 as its commissioner. Baca grew up in Brighton and graduated from Brighton High School. In 2011, she was elected to the Brighton City Council and just earlier this year completed the maximum two terms.
Baca is passionate about giving back to her community and is running for commissioner on three platform issues: preserving Adams County's beautiful open spaces, building up regional transportation infrastructure to keep up with the growth that the county is experiencing, and putting the best housing options in place for residents.
Her family background is in agricultural farming, and she is an advocate for farmland preservation. Before she became a city council member, she volunteered to serve on an agricultural land subcommittee for the city of Brighton, focusing on how to preserve it considering the increased development in the area.
Baca is a hardworking, compassionate, and effective public servant who puts the people of Adams County first. We recommend Baca for Adams County District 5 in this election.
Her opponent, Phil Covarrubias, is a veteran, small-business owner, and former state legislator from Brighton. Despite his experience, however, Covarrubias is known to spread false stories, conspiracy theories, and right-wing propaganda from groups like Breitbart and other bad actors on social media. When he does talk about the issues, Covarrubias believes in regressive policies, such as rolling back oil and gas setbacks and regulations. This is not the kind of leadership we need in Adams County while we continue to see the devastating effects of climate change all over Colorado.
Read more about Lynn Baca
Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2
Andy Kerr
Andy Kerr, a teacher and former state legislator, is running for Jefferson County commissioner in District 2 to help hardworking families and small businesses struggling during this crisis, support Jeffco's public schools, and protect Jeffco's quality of life.
Kerr served for six years in the state House of Representatives, where he was elected to the position of assistant majority leader, and for six years in the state Senate. During all his time in the General Assembly, he was known as a strong public education advocate. He served on the education committees in both chambers, carried bills in the Senate to provide statewide full-day kindergarten three times, and pushed several times for parental leave bills that would allow parents time off to attend their children's school activities. Kerr will continue to be a champion for public education as a commissioner and has pledged to work to make universal pre-K for all families in Jefferson County a reality.
Kerr is also known as a fierce advocate for public lands, and as commissioner, he intends to fight to expand multi-use trails, increase funding for outdoor education programs, increase support for wildfire mitigation, and expand the county's conservation easement program. He has also said he wants to make Jefferson County a leader in multimodal transportation solutions. If elected, Kerr will work to repair and grow Jeffco's economy in a way that benefits hardworking families and small businesses by supporting setting a paid sick leave standard, guaranteeing a living wage for every Jeffco employee, and closing corporate tax loopholes.
As an effective fighter for education, the environment, and the needs of working families, Kerr is the recommended choice for progressive voters in this race.
Running on the Republican side is Joni Inman. She has been involved in local Jefferson County politics for a long time, recently opening her own small business consulting on government affairs, and has a lot of establishment Republicans endorsing her. Despite this experience, however, Inman has said very little about what she specifically wants to do as county commissioner.
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Endorsed By: AFSCME Council 18 , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , Denver Area Labor Federation
Tracy Kraft-Tharp
Tracy Kraft-Tharp is wrapping up her fourth term and eighth year in office as a state representative, and she is running to unseat the incumbent commissioner in District 1.
Kraft-Tharp has dedicated her life to serving those in her community who need help the most. In her career, she has been a middle-school teacher, youth counselor in a juvenile detention center, social worker working with at-risk children, college professor, and manager of a shelter for survivors of domestic violence and abuse. Building off her experience running a large organization with a small budget, Kraft-Tharp then started her own small business dedicated to working with other small businesses and nonprofit organizations to improve their budgeting, planning, and management.
Kraft-Tharp is guided by three principles: being accessible, bringing people together to find common ground, and getting things done. As a state representative, she has a reputation for building bipartisan coalitions to get important legislation passed. Nearly 90% of her bills have been signed into law, and more than 20 organizations have named her their legislator of the year. Some of her biggest legislative achievements include creating the Behavioral Health Crisis System so everyone in Colorado has access to mental health services, simplifying the state's sales tax system, and supporting a program to provide job training and support to veterans and low-income individuals.
As a Jefferson County commissioner, Kraft-Tharp intends to address the growth affecting the county as well as focus on the issues of home affordability, mental health, and homelessness. Her expertise in budgets and financing, her ability to bring people together to get things done, and her passion for public service make her the progressive voter's best choice in this race.
Libby Szabo is the current commissioner that Kraft-Tharp is taking on. While most local officials are concerned with the facts facing the health and safety of their citizens, Szabo instead has based choices about the pandemic response on how to more quickly "reopen the county." Shirking the responsibilities of transparency and using taxpayer dollars wisely, Szabo used county tax funds to buy herself a $40,000 car and tried to conceal the purchase. It's not surprising The Denver Post editorial board once called her "disrespectful to voters." Don't reelect Szabo.
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Amendment #B
VOTE YES
Vote YES for Amendment B
Amendment B, Repeal Property Tax Assessment Rates
The Gallagher Amendment Repeal and Property Tax Assessment Rates Measure (Amendment B) would repeal the Gallagher Amendment of 1982, which fixed residential and business property tax rates at 45% residential and 55% business. This measure is intended to relieve downward pressure on local public school funding across the state through the repeal of the current property tax assessment formula. The Gallagher Amendment has skewed the tax assessment of residential property in Colorado, resulting in significant shortfalls for school districts reliant on property tax revenue for their funding. Maintaining the Gallagher Amendment's ratio of residential to business property tax has forced the state to step in with dwindling general fund revenue, causing budget cuts to critical services and an overall proportional reduction in total education funding over time.
Full text on the ballot: Without increasing property tax rates, to help preserve funding for local districts that provide fire protection, police, ambulance, hospital, kindergarten through twelfth grade education, and other services, and to avoid automatic mill levy increases, shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution to repeal the requirement that the general assembly periodically change the residential assessment rate in order to maintain the statewide proportion of residential property as compared to all other taxable property valued for property tax purposes and repeal the nonresidential property tax assessment rate of twenty-nine percent?
Endorsed By AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado WINS , New Era Colorado Action Fund , ProgressNow Colorado , SEIU Local 105
Amendment B
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Amendment #C
Vote YES for Amendment C
Amendment C, Bingo Raffles Allow Paid Help and Repeal Five-Year Minimum
The Charitable Bingo and Raffles Amendment (Amendment C) reduces the time period a charitable organization must exist before receiving a charitable gaming license from five years to three years. It also permits charitable organizations to hire staff to manage gaming activities. Charitable gaming in Colorado includes bingo, lotteries, raffles, and certain other games conducted by charitable organizations for fundraising purposes.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the conduct of charitable gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, allowing bingo-raffle licensees to hire managers and operators of games and reducing the required period of a charitable organization's continuous existence before obtaining a charitable gaming license?
Endorsed By COLOR Action Fund , New Era Colorado Action Fund , ProgressNow Colorado
Amendment C
Amendment #76
VOTE NO
Vote NO for Amendment 76
Amendment 76, Citizenship Qualification of Electors
The Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative (Amendment 76) purports to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Colorado Constitution to state that "only a citizen" of the United States who is 18 years of age or older can vote in federal, state, and local elections in Colorado. Currently, Article VII Section 1 of the Colorado Constitution states that "Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of eighteen years, has resided in this state for such a time as may be prescribed by law, and has been duly registered as a voter if required by law shall be qualified to vote at all elections." While the sole change made by the Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative is to replace the word "every" with "only a," it also would upend current law which allows 17-year-olds who would be 18 by the general election to vote in that cycle's primary. This seemingly simple change, therefore, has the effect of eliminating an otherwise valid group of young voters from the full election process, to say nothing of the fact that it is a clear attempt to confuse voters into believing that current Colorado law permits noncitizens to vote, which it does not.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution requiring that to be qualified to vote at any election an individual must be a United States citizen?
Selected Organizations Opposed
Opposed By AFSCME Council 18 , Cobalt , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) Action Fund , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , Mi Familia Vota , New Era Colorado Action Fund , One Colorado , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado , ProgressNow Colorado , SEIU Local 105
Vote YES for Amendment 77
Amendment 77, Local Voter Approval of Gaming Limits in Black Hawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek
The Allow Voters in Central, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek Cities to Expand Authorized Games and Increase Maximum Bets Initiative (Amendment 77) would allow voters in these three gambling towns to vote to increase the maximum single bet allowed for any game beyond the current statewide limit of $100. Additionally, Amendment 77 would allow voters to approve games other than those currently allowed by Colorado law; currently allowed games in Colorado casinos include blackjack, craps, poker, roulette, and slot machines. The proposed measure would also change the distribution of gaming tax funds for community colleges to prioritize student retention and credit completion.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning voter-approved changes to limited gaming, and, in connection therewith, allowing the voters of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek, for their individual cities, to approve other games in addition to those currently allowed and increase a maximum single bet to any amount; and allowing gaming tax revenue to be used for support services to improve student retention and credential completion by students enrolled in community colleges?
Endorsed By AFSCME Council 18 , One Colorado , ProgressNow Colorado
Proposition #EE
Vote YES for Proposition EE
Proposition EE, Cigarette, Tobacco and Nicotine Products Tax
The Colorado Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase for Health and Education Programs Measure (Proposition EE) would close a tax loophole on vaping products that currently leaves these products untaxed in Colorado, bringing the tax in line with other tobacco products. The measure would also increase cigarette taxes from $0.84 per pack currently to $2.64 per pack by 2027. The revenue from this measure would provide $375 million to public schools over the next three years to offset budget cuts from COVID-19, with $90 million specifically going to rural school districts. The revenue would also provide access to free, universal preschool to all four-year-olds in Colorado. The measure would also provide $110 million in additional money for smoking and vaping education and cessation programs as well as $35 million for affordable housing and eviction programs over the next three years.
Full text on the ballot: Shall state taxes be increased by $294,000,000 annually by imposing a tax on nicotine liquids used in e-cigarettes and other vaping products that is equal to the total state tax on tobacco products when fully phased in, incrementally increasing the tobacco products tax by up to 22% of the manufacturer's list price, incrementally increasing the cigarette tax by up to 9 cents per cigarette, expanding the existing cigarette and tobacco taxes to apply to sales to consumers from outside of the state, establishing a minimum tax for moist snuff tobacco products, creating an inventory tax that applies for future cigarette tax increases, and initially using the tax revenue primarily for public school funding to help offset revenue that has been lost as a result of the economic impacts related to COVID-19 and then for programs that reduce the use of tobacco and nicotine products, enhance the voluntary Colorado preschool program and make it widely available for free, and maintain the funding for programs that currently receive revenue from tobacco taxes, with the state keeping and spending all of the new tax revenue as a voter-approved revenue change?
Endorsed By AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , One Colorado
Proposition EE
Proposition #113
Vote YES for Proposition 113
Proposition 113, National Popular Vote
The Colorado National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Referendum (Proposition 113) would affirm the Colorado General Assembly's passage of Senate Bill 19-042, which entered Colorado into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to ensure Colorado's Electoral College votes are awarded to the winner of the nationwide popular vote in presidential elections. Colorado has been carried by the winner of the nationwide popular vote in every presidential election since 2004, and the compact would end the unequal valuation of American votes in presidential elections. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would not take effect until an Electoral College majority of states joins. As of August 2020, 14 states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation that would trigger the compact in the event 270 Electoral College votes are achieved.
Full text on the ballot: Shall the following Act of the General Assembly be approved: An Act concerning adoption of an agreement among the states to elect the President of the United States by national popular vote, being Senate Bill No. 19-042?
Endorsed By AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , Cobalt , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) Action Fund , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , Mi Familia Vota , New Era Colorado Action Fund , One Colorado , ProgressNow Colorado , SEIU Colorado
Proposition 114, Restoration of Gray Wolves
The Colorado Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative (Proposition 114) directs the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to reintroduce and manage the population of gray wolves in specific areas of the state by the end of 2023. The commission would be required to develop a plan to reintroduce gray wolves to locations west of the Continental Divide that it will determine, manage reintroduced wolf populations, and compensate property owners who may be affected. Reintroducing gray wolves in Colorado would restore an unbroken connection of protected wolf populations from Canada to Mexico.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the restoration of gray wolves through their reintroduction on designated lands in Colorado located west of the continental divide, and, in connection therewith, requiring the Colorado parks and wildlife commission, after holding statewide hearings and using scientific data, to implement a plan to restore and manage gray wolves; prohibiting the commission from imposing any land, water, or resource use restrictions on private landowners to further the plan; and requiring the commission to fairly compensate owners for losses of livestock caused by gray wolves?
Endorsed By Colorado Working Families Party , New Era Colorado Action Fund , NRDC Action Fund , ProgressNow Colorado
Vote NO for Proposition 115
Proposition 115, Prohibition on Abortions Later in Pregnancy
The Colorado 22-Week Abortion Ban Initiative (Proposition 115) would prohibit abortion procedures after 22 weeks of gestational age. Under the rule, an abortion after 22 weeks would only be permitted in an immediate life-threatening emergency with no exceptions for rape, incest, a lethal fetal diagnosis, or the health or medical needs of the patient. Abortion after 22 weeks only accounts for about 1% of total abortion procedures and in many cases is the result of major gestational complications that are found later in pregnancy. Colorado has emerged as a national safe haven for abortion care in these complex circumstances because of gestational bans in other states. Any physician who performs an abortion after 22 weeks would be found in violation of this initiative and face criminal charges and suspension of their medical license by the Colorado Medical Board.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning prohibiting an abortion when the probable gestational age of the fetus is at least twenty-two weeks, and, in connection therewith, making it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine to perform or attempt to perform a prohibited abortion, except when the abortion is immediately required to save the life of the pregnant woman when her life is physically threatened, but not solely by a psychological or emotional condition; defining terms related to the measure including "probable gestational age" and "abortion," and excepting from the definition of "abortion" medical procedures relating to miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy; specifying that a woman on whom an abortion is performed may not be charged with a crime in relation to a prohibited abortion; and requiring the Colorado medical board to suspend for at least three years the license of a licensee whom the board finds performed or attempted to perform a prohibited abortion?
Opposed By AFSCME Council 18 , Cobalt , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) Action Fund , Colorado WINS , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , Mi Familia Vota , New Era Colorado Action Fund , One Colorado , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado , ProgressNow Colorado
Proposition 116, Decrease Income Tax Rate from 4.63% to 4.55% Initiative
The Decrease Income Tax Rate from 4.63% to 4.55% Initiative (Proposition 116) would reduce the state income tax rate for individuals and corporations, resulting in state budget cuts of over $150 million per year, forever. Large businesses and people with incomes over half a million dollars per year will receive 70% of the benefit from this tax reduction. Meanwhile, the average Colorado family will get a tax cut of only $37 per year. The state is currently facing billions of dollars in budget shortfalls due to economic contraction from the COVID-19 pandemic, and this tax cut would have to be paid for by cuts to education, public safety, health care, and transportation to the tune of over $200 million in just the first year.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes reducing the state income tax rate from 4.63% to 4.55%?
Opposed By AFSCME Council 18 , AFT Colorado , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado WINS , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , New Era Colorado Action Fund , ProgressNow Colorado , SEIU Local 105
Proposition 117, Require Voter Approval of Certain New Enterprises Exempt from TABOR Initiative
The Voter Approval of Certain New Enterprises (Proposition 117) would require a statewide vote on new state enterprises generating over $100 million in revenue within the first five years of operation. Enterprises were authorized by the 1992 Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) as independent entities that administer fee-based programs for specific goods and services such as unemployment insurance, road and bridge construction, cleaning up chemical waste and oil spills, the sale of hunting and fishing licenses by the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife, higher education institutions, and the Colorado State Fair. This initiative is entirely funded by out-of-state billionaires and corporations who often pay the fees this measure would limit. Proposition 117 is confusing and poorly written and will lead to years of lawsuits, unintended consequences, and future cuts in education, transportation, and health care.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes requiring statewide voter approval at the next even-year election of any newly created or qualified state enterprise that is exempt from the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado constitution, if the projected or actual combined revenue from fees and surcharges of the enterprise, and all other enterprises created within the last five years that serve primarily the same purpose, is greater than $100 million within the first five fiscal years of the creation or qualification of the new enterprise?
Proposition 118, Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Initiative
The Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Initiative (Proposition 118) would establish a paid family and medical leave benefit for most Colorado workers. It would provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave, allowing 2.6 million Coloradans to take time to care for themselves, a new child, or a seriously ill family member. Eight states including California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island have successfully passed or implemented similar, solvent paid family leave programs. Employees and employers fund the program together, each contributing 0.45% of an employee's wages to the fund, with the average Colorado worker contributing $3.83 per week. When workers need to take leave, they are paid up to 90% of their salary during that time. Employers may optionally contribute up to 100% of the cost of coverage; businesses with fewer than 10 employees are exempt from paying the premium, but their employees are still covered. Employers that offer paid leave benefits equivalent to the state plan may opt out and keep their plans.
Full text on the ballot: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the creation of a paid family and medical leave program in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, authorizing paid family and medical leave for a covered employee who has a serious health condition, is caring for a new child or for a family member with a serious health condition, or has a need for leave related to a family member's military deployment or for safe leave; establishing a maximum of 12 weeks of family and medical leave, with an additional 4 weeks for pregnancy or childbirth complications, with a cap on the weekly benefit amount; requiring job protection for and prohibiting retaliation against an employee who takes paid family and medical leave; allowing a local government to opt out of the program; permitting employees of such a local government and self-employed individuals to participate in the program; exempting employers who offer an approved private paid family and medical leave plan; to pay for the program, requiring a premium of 0.9% of each employee's wages, up to a cap, through December 31, 2024, and as set thereafter, up to 1.2% of each employee's wages, by the director of the division of family and medical leave insurance; authorizing an employer to deduct up to 50% of the premium amount from an employee's wages and requiring the employer to pay the remainder of the premium, with an exemption for employers with fewer than 10 employees; creating the division of family and medical leave insurance as an enterprise within the department of labor and employment to administer the program; and establishing an enforcement and appeals process for retaliation and denied claims?
Endorsed By AFSCME Council 18 , Cobalt , COLOR Action Fund , Colorado AFL-CIO , Colorado Education Association (CEA) , Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) Action Fund , Colorado WINS , Colorado Working Families Party , Conservation Colorado , Mi Familia Vota , New Era Colorado Action Fund , One Colorado , Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado , ProgressNow Colorado , SEIU Local 105
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with global oil, gas CEOs
News Agencies | Updated on: 9 October 2017, 15:39 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the oil and gas CEOs and experts from across the world and thanked the participants for sharing their views.
He said that many suggestions received in the last meeting in 2016 have helped policy making. He also said that scope for reform in many areas still exists.
Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, and R.K. Singh, and senior officials from NITI Aayog, Prime Minister Office, Petroleum Ministry and Finance Ministry were present at the meeting.
The Prime Minister further appreciated the focussed suggestions made by the participants.
The Prime Minister also thanked all participants for sharing holistic suggestions, keeping in mind India's unique potential and requirements in the oil and gas sector, instead of merely confining themselves to the concerns of their respective organisations.
The Prime Minister observed that the suggestions made covered policy, administrative as well as regulatory issues.
The Prime Minister thanked the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and Rosneft, for their commitments and support to the energy sector in India.
He appreciated the 2030 vision document of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Recalling his visit to Saudi Arabia, he said many progressive decisions are being taken there in the energy sector.
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, and Rajiv Kumar Vice Chairman NITI Aayog gave an overview of the work done in this sector. They also emphasised on the expected growth in energy demand in India, and the significant progress made in electrification and LPG expansion.
In a short presentation, CEO, NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant outlined the recent developments and challenges in the oil and gas sector in India.
Various participants appreciated the progress and reforms made in India in the last three years.
They also applauded the pace and drive with which Prime Minister Modi has brought about the reforms in the energy sector.
Various issues such as the need for a unified energy policy, contract frameworks and arrangements, requirement of seismic data sets, encouragement for biofuels, improving gas supply, setting up of a gas hub, and regulatory issues, came up for discussion.
Many participants strongly recommended the inclusion of gas and electricity in the GST framework. The Revenue Secretary, Hasmukh Adhia, highlighted the recent decisions of the GST Council regarding the oil and gas sector.
Top CEOs and officials from Rosneft, BP, Reliance, Saudi Aramco, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Vedanta, Wood MacKenzie, IHS Markit, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Xcoal, ONGC, IndianOil, GAIL, Petronet LNG, Oil India, HPCL, Delonex Energy, NIPFP, International Gas Union, World Bank, and International Energy Agency were also present at the meeting.
The meeting was coordinated by the NITI Aayog.
-ANI
First published: 9 October 2017, 15:39 IST
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This was selected a winning entry because Sarah displays an endurance for tough projects and exudes positive energy with her colleagues. A good friend told me that great managers hire talent that will one day surpass them. From the descriptions Nici gave, Sarah fits well within the definition of a Star Paralegal. Please hang on this one Nici! Congratulations Sarah!
[Sarah] could not possibly be as excited as she looks when you assign work to her, but the excitement (genuine or enhanced for your benefit) makes it easy to assign work to her. If you've had to assign work to a grumbly grumbler, you know how nice it is to have a giant pile of tedious work be greeted like a pile of fluffy kittens (by someone who enjoys kittens and is not allergic to them).
[Sarah] is a trusted colleague and a friend. Her professionalism is unsurpassed. And even though you know it's your job to be a leader, you will find yourself emulating Sarah.
This was a winning entry because Ana embodies true leadership during a time of high stress, leaving no room for politics but displaying only a mastery of diligence and fortitude with clients and her colleagues. Congratulations Ana! I'm hoping your next Starbucks coffee tastes even sweeter!
We opened the Austin office [in a very short amount of time.] Ana has been an invaluable member of our team – mostly because of her exceptional can-do attitude. She has learned as much as possible about the various [software] programs and tools and is instrumental in making sure that our clients have information at their fingertips. She has also become a master report running …. She is always diligent and is the consummate professional. We are very lucky to have her ambition, her skill, and her inquisitive spirit working with us and for our clients. It has been a very exciting first few months, and I believe that Ana has fueled most of her positive attitude and long work days with Starbucks coffee, so this would be a very nice treat for our superstar!
She does not bring office politics into our cases. I know I can rely on her to be a neutral case manager.
LINDSEY LOVGREN, NOMINATED BY KIRBY JOSEPH OF JOSEPH LAW FIRM P.C.
This was a winning entry because Lindsey possesses many traits of a Star Paralegal and is on a constant quest to improve her skills. According to Kirby, it's very clear just how pivotal her leadership role is at the firm. Congratulations Lindsey!
JULIE P., NOMINATED BY ZELDA H.
This was a winning entry because Julie is not only a hard worker, but efficient, responsive and keeps all stakeholders in the loop. Most importantly, she's pleasant to be around. Indeed, Julie rises to the level of a "rock star paralegal!" Congratulations Julie!
Julie is a rock star paralegal. Her number one priority is taking care of clients. She returns calls and e-mails within 24 hours. She answers each client's questions with grace, humility, and the right amount of wit. Our clients feel that Julie takes care of them, shares their concerns about their cases, and has informed the attorney of their needs.
Julie is wise and shares her knowledge with others in the office. She is also fun to be around, which definitely helps in stressful cases.
She is diligent, her forms are accurately and thoroughly completed, and she highlights any remaining issues to remind the attorney about them. I have always felt confident reviewing a case that Julie has helped me prepare, as I know that the client has the best chances for success when she is on their team.
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The Star of Sierra Madre is a military decoration awarded to members of the NCR Army for exceptional service and bravery. It is possible that the Star is the NCR's equivalent of the pre-war US's Medal of Honor.
Private First Class Jeremy Watson, wounded during a skirmish at Camp Forlorn Hope.
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The consumption in meters should also be reflected in Openbom inventory.
If you define Part for Sealing list in OpenBOM Part catalog you can set UOM there and bring it as a separate property to BOM in Onshape. Would it be good enough?
For the moment, OpenBOM doesn't have embedded UOM support to convert it between mm to inches for example. It will come later and it will be BOM UOM defined for "Quantity" property in BOMs.
In general there are 2 separate problems with UOM.
For #1 the solution is to have additional place to specify UOM for every Item. You can do it today with additional custom property. We will bring support integrated for Quantity property, but it will be later. The real need to have it integrated is to be able to recalculate it between different UOMs (eg. mm to inches). Most of other problems can be solved by adding property to specify UOM. But I can miss some of your requirements, so please let me know.
For #2, our recommendation is to include UOM in the name of the property (Eg. Price (USD)). By doing it, you make clear to everyone what UOM are used.
As you are a pro you can set custom "properties". Can open BOM see these?
If so I'd set a custom property of say "Consumable Length" possibly tied to the "measure distance" featurescript and then go from there.


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Imaging in Choroid Plexus Papilloma
Author: Omar Islam, MD, FRCPC; Chief Editor: James G Smirniotopoulos, MD more...
Sections Imaging in Choroid Plexus Papilloma
Choroid plexus papilloma is a rare, slow-growing, histologically benign intracranial neoplasm that is commonly located in the ventricular system. These tumors account for 0.4-0.6% of all intracranial neoplasms; in children (mean age, 5.2 yr), choroid plexus papillomas appear as large tumors and account for 1.5-6.4% of intracranial neoplasms. Papillomas are a surgically curable disease. In a study of 18 consecutive choroid plexus tumors, the mean age at presentation was 4.6 years. All patients underwent surgical resection. The survival rate was 100% for papillomas (mean follow-up for 73 mo). The survival rate of carcinomas was 50% (mean follow-up for 23.5 mo). Postoperative extraventricular drainage has been shown to be effective in lowering the rate of shunt requirement in these patients, probably through releasing the blood-tinged cerebrospinal fluid and small tumor-particle residue. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Computed tomography (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the investigative procedures of choice in the evaluation of choroid plexus papillomas. Because of the relatively noninvasive nature, ease, widespread availability, high reproducibility, and great contrast resolution of CT scanning and MRI, these examinations have supplanted all other methods of neuroimaging. With the addition of intravenously administered contrast material, the sensitivity of these imaging modalities approaches 100%. The multiplanar capability of MRI further aids in the characterization and localization of lesions. [7, 8, 9]
See the images below.
Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance image (repetition time, 2883 ms; echo time, 100 ms) shows a lobulated mass with frondlike papillary projections in the left lateral ventricle. The mass is isointense relative to the cortex and has internal hypointense foci that likely represent prominent vessels. Note the associated hydrocephalus and transependymal cerebrospinal fluid flow.
Interventricular extension through the foramen of Munro, cerebral aqueduct, or foramen of Luschka or Magendie can occur with a choroid plexus papilloma; this is an ancillary diagnostic sign that is not described with other interventricular tumors.
Although choroid plexus papillomas are readily apparent on most nonenhanced studies, the omission of enhanced imaging from the imaging protocol may result in incorrect conclusions about the tumor type and extent. In addition, misdiagnosis may result from an attempt to classify a choroid plexus tumor as benign or malignant solely on the basis of imaging characteristics.
Plain radiography is not used to investigate choroid plexus papillomas because of its low sensitivity and specificity; CT scanning and MRI are the imaging studies of choice. [10] However, evidence of increased intracranial pressure may be noted on plain films. The presence of faint intracranial calcification in appropriate locations, which is observed in 4.1% of patients, may suggest the diagnosis.
The advent of CT scanning has resulted in improvement in the detection and characterization of all intracranial masses, including choroid plexus papillomas. Choroid plexus papillomas appear as well-marginated round or lobulated solid masses and are isoattenuating or hyperattenuating relative to normal brain parenchyma on nonenhanced scans. In as many as 24% of patients, the tumors may contain foci of calcification, which is readily demonstrated on CT scans, compared with MRI. Choroid plexus papillomas are strongly enhancing after the intravenous administration of contrast material. [11]
In children, choroid plexus papillomas can be heterogeneous in appearance because of the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), blood, and blood products between the fronds and papillae. A heterogeneous appearance is a possible sign of malignancy. In adults, most choroid plexus papillomas are heterogeneous secondary to cystic and/or calcific degeneration. Associated findings include hydrocephalus, which may involve the lateral, third, and fourth ventricles to varying degrees. [12, 13]
The presence of irregular margins should raise concerns about malignancy. Choroid plexus papillomas may have limited parenchymal invasion, which makes the distinction of the benign tumor from its malignant counterpart difficult.
Ossification in choroid plexus papillomas does not occur, although it has recently been described in one case of a papilloma within the fourth ventricle in a 21-year-old man. [14]
MRI the test of choice for the diagnosis of choroid plexus papilloma for several reasons. [15, 16] Multiplanar imaging, which is possible with MRI, can be used to precisely localize and determine the extent of the choroid plexus papilloma and thereby aid in surgical planning. MRI also has the advantage of eliminating artifacts of the posterior fossa, which can occasionally be problematic with CT scanning. In addition, MRI easily depicts local parenchymal invasion, which is occasionally present, and may be useful in distinguishing benign tumors from more aggressive or malignant choroid plexus tumors.
Choroid plexus papillomas can occasionally be bilateral or multiple, and interventricular extension, an ancillary diagnostic sign of choroid plexus papilloma, is readily identified in the coronal plane. This sign is not described with other interventricular tumors. Although uncommon, interventricular extension through the foramen of Munro, cerebral aqueduct, or foramen of Luschka or Magendie is also helpful diagnostic sign (see the following image). [17]
Multifocal concomitant choroid plexus papillomas are rare. These may occur secondary to biologic seeding of cerebrospinal fluid from a primary papilloma or mere coincidental tumor occurrence. [18]
Choroid plexus papillomas appear as heterogeneous masses, with or without cystic components; these may have intratumoral signal voids that correspond to a rich vascular supply or low-intensity areas that correspond to calcifications. On T1-weighted images, choroid plexus papillomas are slightly hypointense relative to gray matter in adults (see the images below). In children, the masses are isointense. Small areas of high signal intensity are compatible with localized hemorrhagic components.
Axial T1-weighted nonenhanced magnetic resonance image (repetition time, 450 ms; echo time, 20 ms) shows that the mass is predominantly isointense relative to the cortex.
Sagittal T1-weighted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance image (repetition time, 500 ms; echo time, 12 ms) shows intense heterogeneous enhancement. Note the extension into the third ventricle.
Axial T1-weighted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance image (repetition time, 500 ms; echo time, 20 ms) demonstrates the strongly enhancing lateral ventricular mass.
On T2-weighted images, tumors in both adults and children have high signal intensity, which may approximate the signal intensity of CSF. After the injection of a paramagnetic contrast agent such as gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA), intense enhancement is observed. [19]
The superior imaging capability of MRI in the examination of the spinal canal may reveal evidence of seeding to the spinal subarachnoid space on rare occasions, particularly with posterior fossa tumors.
Gadolinium-based contrast agents have been linked to the development of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) or nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD). For more information, see Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy. NSF/NFD has occurred in patients with moderate to end-stage renal disease after being given a gadolinium-based contrast agent to enhance MRI or MRA scans. NSF/NFD is a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease. Characteristics include red or dark patches on the skin; burning, itching, swelling, hardening, and tightening of the skin; yellow spots on the whites of the eyes; joint stiffness with trouble moving or straightening the arms, hands, legs, or feet; pain deep in the hip bones or ribs; and muscle weakness. For more information, see FDA Information on Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents or Medscape.
Ultrasonography may be useful in special circumstances, such as in neonates. [20] The availability, portability, accuracy, low cost, and lack of a requirement for sedation make ultrasonography a valuable tool. In many instances, ultrasonography is the examination of choice for initial screening. Ultrasonographic evaluation may also be valuable in the postoperative assessment of the neonatal brain.
In cases of choroid plexus papilloma, real-time ultrasonography demonstrates the presence of hydrocephalus. The tumors themselves appear as heterogeneous, highly echogenic intraventricular masses with irregular borders. Doppler ultrasonographic studies have shown pulsatile intratumoral vascular channels with biphasic flow. Occasionally, intratumoral cysts are identified; these appear as hypoechoic areas and are believed to represent areas of hydropic degeneration.
The blood supply to choroid plexus papillomas is derived from the choroid plexus. An enlarged anterior choroidal artery supplies tumors within the temporal horns of the lateral ventricles, whereas the posterior choroidal arteries supply masses in the atria or posterior horn. Branches of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery may supply tumors in the fourth ventricle.
Angiographic signs of choroid plexus papillomas may include the presence of many small spiral arteries; a meningioma-type blush with early tumoral circulation and persistent enhancement into the venous phase; displacement of vessels such as the internal cerebral veins; and evidence of ventricular dilatation. [21]
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The technical systems used to ensure the safety of air traffic are divided into four types:
Aeronautical communication systems (R/T & COM): radio transmitters/receivers and internal and external telephone lines, links for aeronautical message exchange
Radar systems, used to locate and track an aircraft's position
Flight data processing systems, used to precisely identify aircraft detected by radar
Air navigation aids, the facilities on the ground which "mark out" the airspace above.
Our technicians and engineers, the Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP), install, operate, monitor and maintain these systems. Upgrading and refinements are ongoing processes, and skyguide is a recognised innovator in certain of its domains of excellence, such as stripless working methods and systems. In addition, skyguide actively participates in national and international development programmes.
Real-time remote system-monitoring increases reliability and reduces.
Communications, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS)
Aeronautical communications, navigation, and surveillance systems are the backbone of air traffic management. These include surveillance (e.g. radar and multilateration), radio communications, and other key navigational and support equipment. Our technicians and engineers plan, develop, maintain, upgrade and restore these equipment on a continuous basis.
Aeronautical radio communications
Assuring flawless communication between pilots and traffic control is key to air safety. Skyguide maintains a complete infrastructure. All communication systems are secured by often several fallback systems.
Navigational equipment
Radio navigational equipment provides signpost in the sky, enabling pilots who fly by instrument to stay on course in any weather.The three most important ground-based navigational aids are VOR, DME and ILS:
VHF Omni-Directional Range (VOR) equipment is an ultra-short wave navigational aid used mainly in airways and close traffic areas of the airports. With the corresponding airborne equipment, the course can be determined from and to the VOR beacon.
Distance-Measuring Equipment (DME) shows the pilot the distance to a specified touchdown point on the runway or to a navigational transmitter.
Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) allow safe landings even during very bad visibility. The ILS consists of a localiser, a glide path and a DME. With the help of a cross-pointer instrument, IFR pilots receive exact position of their aircraft during the final approach (the last 15 km before landing), compared to the ideal landing centre line, the optimum glide path as well as the distance from the runway threshold.
Satellite-based procedures are growing in importance and skyguide is developing, in collaboration with other partners, new satellite-based navigation procedures. Such procedures have already been successfully implemented, for example at Zurich airport and in the approach to Inselspital in Bern.
Radar is a radio-electric locating procedure, with differences between primary and secondary radar. While primary now plays a minor role in civil air traffic control, except for landing, it is important in compiling the visual representation of the air traffic for military airspace monitoring and fighter control.
Secondary radar equipment supplies additional information from aircraft equipped with transponders (IFR) – flight number, altitude, and speed – which also appears on the screen of the air traffic controller. Skyguide has 2 primary and 6 secondary radar devices, located in Geneva, Zurich, La Dôle and Lägern.
Flight calibration partnership with Germany and Austria
Flight calibration ensures that air navigation systems work correctly and reliably to deliver accurate information.
Skyguide is in a joint venture partner of FCS Flight Calibration Services, together with DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and Austro Control. Located in Braunschweig, Germany, FCS is equipped with the latest technology to provide flight inspection services not only for the air navigation services providers of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but also for their military partners.


Sonia Simone on CopyBlogger defines content marketing as communicating with potential customers in a way that A) an audience actually enjoys paying attention to, and B) demonstrates to that audience that you would be a good person to do business with. But defining content marketing is easier than executing a content marketing campaign. CopyBlogger has a 10-step checklist for a successful content marketing program.
"Don't Build on Rented Land"
Where will your content live and how will the audience get to it? Keep in mind that Facebook, Twitter and Google+ are not platforms/domains you control. Don't build your business there. Ideally, publish to a domain you own. For most, a self-hosted WordPress is a good solution.
Your cornerstone is what interests and engages your audience. You may start with your own interests. What do you want every reader of your site to know about?
"Make Your Content Worth Reading"
"Give Your Content a Secure Environment"
Make sure your web site is secure. This can be accomplished with a web hosting company with a strong security track record, or with a monitoring service.
"Don't Give Your Great Content an Ugly Apartment"
Having great content won't matter if your site has an amateurish or cluttered design. Strive for a beautiful, professional-looking design.
"Create Content that Attracts a Wider Audience"
Have a strong, well-defined point of view. Headline writing is also important.
"Build an Email List Sooner Rather than Later"
Email is that best way to deepen the relationship created with your content. Email more fully engages the reader's attention. Use it when you want readers to take a specific action.
"Create Content on a Larger Scale"
Widen your audience through guest posting, interviews, webinars, and Q&As.
"Don't Go Too Long without Making an Offer"
The audience should know exactly what your business is. Explain your product or service with a well-crafted landing page. Keep the "selling" portion of your site separate from the primary content.
"Go to Social Media...Once You've Got Something to Talk About"
Don't skip the other steps. Give your social media audience something worthwhile to talk about.
What is the future of advertising? According to Story Worldwide, it's a lot like content marketing. In the video below, they explain their philosophy of "Brand Is Story". Creating narratives and publishing across all channels possible is how to share that story.
Building a brand is about defining for the public who your company is and what sets you apart from your competition. With the rise of digital media, there are more ways than ever to promote your brand. The Savvy B2B Marketing blog has provided 25 economic ideas for brand building. Here are some highlights.
Be Unique - What sets you apart?
Choose a Memorable Name - Interesting but simple.
Know How to Introduce Yourself - Prepare a short elevator pitch.
Comment on Other Blogs - Leaving thoughtful responses can get you noticed.
Create Unified Marketing Materials - Deliver the same message across all media.
Use Key Colors Consistently - Choose two or three colors and use them consistently.
Avoid Hard Selling - Don't over-promote.
Answer Questions - Contribute to Q & A sections online.
Track Your Online Presence - Set up Google Alerts to track your brand.
From AYTM.com, here's an infographic that shows how consumers interact with brands via social media.