Border enforcement & immigration law:Supports a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and increased border security funding.[1]
Climate & Energy:Supports expanding clean energy, transitioning from fossil fuels, and helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act as a major climate investment.[1][2]
Education:Supports universal preschool, affordable child care, and expanding student loan repayment and Pell grants.
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Election integrity: mail ballots:Supports vote-by-mail and legislation protecting it from suppression efforts.[1][2]
Energy production:Supports regulating methane emissions from oil and gas while backing fracking.[1][2]
Gun Policy:Supports gun control measures, including bans on high-capacity magazines and universal background checks, based on actions as governor.[1]
Gun policy:Supports universal background checks and bans on high-capacity magazines.[1][2]
Health Care Costs:Criticizes Republican policies that raise health care costs and cut Medicaid benefits, advocating for lowering health care costs for constituents.[1][2]
Health care:Supports expanding the Affordable Care Act with a public option, lowering prescription drug costs, and protecting reproductive health access.[1][2]
Housing costs:Supports federal funding for affordable housing construction and banning Wall Street banks from dominating markets.[1]
Immigration Enforcement:Opposes aggressive ICE enforcement tactics, supports oversight/transparency of ICE, and has pushed to limit enforcement at schools, hospitals, and places of worship.[1][2]
Immigration Reform - Visas:Co-sponsored legislation to phase out per-country limits on employment-based visas to address workforce shortages.[1]
Jobs & Economy:Supports workforce development, apprenticeship pipelines, and infrastructure investment to modernize roads, broadband, and clean energy jobs.[1]
Marijuana legalization:Supports decriminalizing marijuana and sentencing relief for nonviolent marijuana crimes.[1]
Public Lands & Outdoor Recreation:Supports protecting public lands and promoting clean air and water to sustain Colorado's outdoor recreation economy.[1]
Election reform:Supports eliminating gerrymandered districts and creating real competition in elections to strengthen democracy.[1]
Federal spending & debt:Supports addressing the national debt to prevent economic depression and maintain funding for programs like Social Security and Medicare.[1]
Social Security & Medicare:Supports entitlement reform including raising retirement ages, increasing payroll taxes, and other measures to prevent insolvency.[1]
Two-party system:Opposes the two-party system and runs as an Independent to prioritize problem-solving over partisanship.[1][2]
Education & Skills:Real-world skills, apprenticeships, community college pathways, and portable learning records.[1]
Health care:Begin with mental health access, cap essential costs, and build toward universal care.[1]
Housing costs:Invest in affordable housing, support community land trusts, and curb predatory corporate landlords.[1]
Jobs & Economic Opportunity:Protect jobs in an AI era, reward companies that retrain, require impact reports, and pilot a 32-hour week while planning for UBI.[1]
Medical gender transition for minors:Does not support gender-affirming care for minors.[1]
Mental Health & Safety:Early crisis support, co-responder models, and data transparency to reduce violence and improve safety.[1]
Tech, AI, Privacy:Human accountability for AI decisions, bias audits, clear disclosure, and strong data privacy rules.[1]
Abortion:Supports 100% Pro-Life policies and a national abortion ban.[1][2][3]
Border enforcement & immigration law:Supports finishing the border wall, cracking down on sanctuary cities, mass deportation with Dreamer exception, and enforcing existing immigration laws.[1][2][3]
Crime & policing:Opposes prioritizing criminals over victims.[1]
Election integrity: mail ballots:Opposes same-day voter registration.[1][2]
Federal spending & debt:Supports balancing the budget and opposes spending increases or new fees.[1][2][3]
Gun policy:Supports 2nd Amendment rights and opposes background checks on private transactions.[1][2]
Marijuana legalization:Opposes regulating retail marijuana and supports federal rescheduling.[1][2]
Regulation & permitting:Supports deregulation and reducing federal overreach and regulations.[1][2]
Taxes:Supports lower taxes and renewing Trump tax cuts; never voted for a tax increase.[1][2][3]
Traditional family values:Supports traditional family values and opposes same-sex civil unions.[1][2]
Energy production:Supports restoring American energy dominance.[1]
Health care:Supports patient and doctor decisions over Washington bureaucrats, competition to lower premiums, association health plans, Health Savings Accounts, and price transparency.[1][2][3]
Infrastructure:Supports targeted investments with fiscal discipline, local control, streamlined permitting, and prioritization of American materials and workers.[1][2][3]
Regulation & permitting:Supports rolling back job-killing regulations and streamlining permitting for infrastructure projects.[1][2]
Taxes:Supports cutting federal taxes to promote prosperity.[1][2]
Federal spending & debt:Views national debt as a ticking time bomb that will overshadow all other challenges and impact funding for Social Security, schools, and the military.[1]
Social Security & Medicare:Supports entitlement reform including raising retirement age, adjusting payroll taxes, reducing benefits for high earners, and other measures to prevent insolvency.[1]
Agriculture & rural economies:Supports protecting farmers, ranchers, water rights, and domestic food production while reducing overregulation.[1][2]
Border enforcement & immigration law:Supports securing the border, enforcing immigration laws consistently, and prioritizing criminal networks and fentanyl trafficking.[1][2][3]
Crime & policing:Supports law enforcement and accountability to address public safety concerns.[1][2]
Energy production:Supports responsible domestic oil and gas production for jobs, affordable energy, and independence with environmental oversight.[1][2][3]
Federal spending & debt:Supports restoring fiscal discipline to reduce inflation, debt, and unnecessary federal spending.[1][2]
Fentanyl & drug enforcement:Supports targeting cartel drug networks and fentanyl at the source along with effective treatment programs.[1]
Health care:Supports lowering premiums, increasing transparency, and keeping decisions centered on patients and families.[1]
Land access and multi-use:Supports multi-use management of public lands, protecting water rights, local decision-making, and keeping lands accessible for recreation and industry.[1][2][3]
Regulation & permitting:Supports reducing unnecessary federal red tape and regulatory burdens on energy, agriculture, and housing.[1][2][3]