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Darien Wilson is a small-business owner with two successful companies and the picture of the average working mom with a resume full of community and volunteer positions. Like many people in the community, Wilson is tired of the same old conservative talking points from the county commission with little progress. She’s running to help work on the problems of tomorrow, like preserving the environment for future generations and actually achieving traffic efficiency. Wilson represents the kind of desperately needed change the county needs, and she has our recommendation in this election.
She hopes to unseat current commissioner Lora Thomas, a staunch conservative. She admittedly is accomplished in her public service career and has clear points of focus for the county — traffic, mental health care, and balancing population growth and water needs. But she openly defends the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) even while pointing out that she’s had to take money budgeted for other areas like jails in order to keep her promises about fixing roads. Her campaign site plainly says “wealth rightly belongs to the people who earn it,” and she wants to outsource to the private sector as much as possible. These things don’t add up to strong progressive values.Darien Wilson
Darien Wilson is a small-business owner with two successful companies and the picture of the average working mom with a resume full of community and volunteer positions.
Darien Wilson is a small-business owner with two successful companies and the picture of the average working mom with a resume full of community and volunteer positions. Like many people in the community, Wilson is tired of the same old conservative talking points from the county commission with little progress. She’s running to help work on the problems of tomorrow, like preserving the environment for future generations and actually achieving traffic efficiency. Wilson represents the kind of desperately needed change the county needs, and she has our recommendation in this election.
She hopes to unseat current commissioner Lora Thomas, a staunch conservative. She admittedly is accomplished in her public service career and has clear points of focus for the county — traffic, mental health care, and balancing population growth and water needs. But she openly defends the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) even while pointing out that she’s had to take money budgeted for other areas like jails in order to keep her promises about fixing roads. Her campaign site plainly says “wealth rightly belongs to the people who earn it,” and she wants to outsource to the private sector as much as possible. These things don’t add up to strong progressive values.Darien Wilson
Darien Wilson is a small-business owner with two successful companies and the picture of the average working mom with a resume full of community and volunteer positions.
Diana DeGette
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is seeking reelection for what would be her 13th term representing Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. DeGette, a lawyer, is Colorado’s most senior national legislator, the dean of its nine-member delegation, and the state’s only woman in Congress.
A lifelong Denverite, she has dedicated her career to protecting the environment, expanding access to health care, and fighting for reproductive justice. Before being elected to Congress, DeGette served two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives, where she authored an important law that protected access to abortion clinics. She continues this work in Congress as co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus.
DeGette has been recognized for her ability to work across party lines to deliver results. Some of her biggest achievements include playing an important role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act, co-authoring an influential law that modernized our medical research fields, and spearheading two key pieces of legislation that made big improvements in protecting the safety of our nation’s food supply. As chair of a key oversight panel, DeGette has led the effort to hold the Trump administration accountable for separating undocumented children from their families.
DeGette has also been an outspoken advocate for enacting commonsense gun safety measures, safeguarding Colorado’s public lands, and protecting American consumers. If reelected, DeGette will continue being the strong, progressive voice that Denver needs in Washington.
Her Republican opponent, Shane Bolling, is a management consultant working in energy. He is also a Denver resident and a first-time candidate for office. Bolling has not taken any issue positions except for his unabashed support for Donald Trump. He retweeted a Twitter account called “When Is Trump Gone?” with “Not so fast my friend, 4years plus.” He has also retweeted another account that claimed the recent Black Lives Matter protests are the perfect advertising for Trump, commenting, “It’s why Colorado turns back Red 11.03.20 simple Safety & Security.” Bolling also retweets and comments on coronavirus conspiracy theories. He seems to take no positions on anything else.