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Democrat
Elissa Flaumenhaft
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Democratic candidate Elissa Flaumenhaft is a scientist and mom who lives in District 4. She’s just like a lot of other working parents in the area and wants a nice place for her children to grow up. Flaumenhaft works to spread her interest in science by mentoring students who are exploring STEM fields, and she spends a fair amount of her time volunteering for food pantries, Together Colorado, the Affordable Housing Committee, and more. She’s also not afraid to call out her own party when she thinks they’re wrong; this summer, she spent time pressuring the governor and state legislators to protect vulnerable tenants from being evicted during a pandemic. This is the kind of representation progressive voters need in District 4 — Flaumenhaft is the clear recommended candidate.
She is battling to unseat incumbent State Sen. Jim Smallwood. Smallwood, an insurance broker, supports dismantling the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) during a global pandemic, and he actively blocks legislation to try to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. Smallwood’s positions show he doesn’t care about the health and safety of families, and Flaumenhaft is giving voters a chance to boot him out.
Also running is Libertarian candidate Wayne Harlos, a local real estate broker. Harlos hasn’t made any public statements on his campaign, so voters can expect a typical Libertarian Party platform from him.Elissa Flaumenhaft
Democratic candidate Elissa Flaumenhaft is a scientist and mom who lives in District 4. She’s just like a lot of other working parents in the area and wants a nice place for her children to grow up. Flaumenhaft works to spread her interest in science by mentoring students who are exploring STEM fields, and she spends a fair amount of her time volunteering for food pantries, Together Colorado, the Affordable Housing Committee, and more. She’s also not afraid to call out her own party when she thinks they’re wrong; this summer, she spent time pressuring the governor and state legislators to protect vulnerable tenants from being evicted during a pandemic. This is the kind of representation progressive voters need in District 4 — Flaumenhaft is the clear recommended candidate.
She is battling to unseat incumbent State Sen. Jim Smallwood. Smallwood, an insurance broker, supports dismantling the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) during a global pandemic, and he actively blocks legislation to try to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. Smallwood’s positions show he doesn’t care about the health and safety of families, and Flaumenhaft is giving voters a chance to boot him out.
Also running is Libertarian candidate Wayne Harlos, a local real estate broker. Harlos hasn’t made any public statements on his campaign, so voters can expect a typical Libertarian Party platform from him.Elissa Flaumenhaft
Democratic candidate Elissa Flaumenhaft is a scientist and mom who lives in District 4. She’s just like a lot of other working parents in the area and wants a nice place for her children to grow up. Flaumenhaft works to spread her interest in science by mentoring students who are exploring STEM fields, and she spends a fair amount of her time volunteering for food pantries, Together Colorado, the Affordable Housing Committee, and more. She’s also not afraid to call out her own party when she thinks they’re wrong; this summer, she spent time pressuring the governor and state legislators to protect vulnerable tenants from being evicted during a pandemic. This is the kind of representation progressive voters need in District 4 — Flaumenhaft is the clear recommended candidate.
She is battling to unseat incumbent State Sen. Jim Smallwood. Smallwood, an insurance broker, supports dismantling the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) during a global pandemic, and he actively blocks legislation to try to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. Smallwood’s positions show he doesn’t care about the health and safety of families, and Flaumenhaft is giving voters a chance to boot him out.
Also running is Libertarian candidate Wayne Harlos, a local real estate broker. Harlos hasn’t made any public statements on his campaign, so voters can expect a typical Libertarian Party platform from him.
Ike McCorkle
Ike McCorkle is challenging the Republican incumbent for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. The single father of three kids believes the people in the district deserve a representative who is dedicated to them, not the elite. In order to get Big Money out of politics, he supports a publicly funded, transparent system of campaign financing and wants to see the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling overturned to limit the influence of special interest groups that are buying much of our governmental leadership.
McCorkle is also an unabashed environmentalist who intends to fight for a Green New Deal not just to address the existential threat of climate change and rapidly transition energy production but to reinvest in rural America and create thousands of good-paying jobs in his district. Other policies he supports are ones that will expand equity and opportunity for everyone, including Medicare for All, tuition-free public college, reducing college debt by imposing a tax on Wall Street speculators, and a universal basic income system.
A retired Marine Corps officer and special operator who served for 18 years, six deployments, and four combat tours, McCorkle seeks to bring dignity and integrity to Congress and restore trust and confidence in government. He is a clear progressive choice who, if elected, plans to bring people with diverse backgrounds and beliefs together to build an American society where we lift each other up so that we all benefit together.
The incumbent he faces is U.S. Sen. Ken Buck, a former prosecutor and district attorney in Weld County who has been in Congress since 2014. His legal career has been marred by numerous ethical scandals, including compromising a case against Republican donors and declining to prosecute a sexual assault, instead blaming the victim. Since he has been in Congress, Buck has toed the party’s extreme right-wing line. He is anti-choice, opposes reasonable gun safety legislation, and has said that being gay is a choice. Buck also voted in favor of the 2017 tax reform bill, which heavily favored the wealthy and corporations while increasing tax burdens on the middle class. With all this in mind, Buck must not remain in office.