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Idris Keith is an attorney with extensive experience helping small businesses with consulting, development, securing certifications, bidding for government contracts, and more. As a commissioner, he will draw on this knowledge to create revenue-generating policies to help Arapahoe get through the COVID-19 economic downturn by focusing on assisting small businesses and empowering them to create jobs.
Keith has also previously worked as a probation officer; as an investigator of allegations of discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations; and as an administrative hearing officer to determine eligibility for unemployment compensation. He has dedicated his career to seeking justice for those who have been discriminated against because of a lack of political and economic power.
As commissioner, Keith intends to focus on addressing the growing homeless crisis through policies like expanding employment opportunities and assistance for those suffering from mental illness. Restoring fiscal responsibility and budgetary discipline, strengthening public institutions, and protecting Arapahoe County’s natural resources and public lands are also among his top concerns.
Keith is a champion of working people, small businesses, and job creation. As one Englewood city council member put it, he “understands how to build coalitions, how to build consensus, and how to stick to his principles while he does it.” He is most definitely the progressive voter’s best choice in this race.
He faces incumbent Jeff Baker, a former Army chief warrant officer and crime scene investigator, in pursuit of the seat. Baker is blandly straightforward on what he’s concerned about in Arapahoe County: cutting the budget, protecting mineral rights and land ownership (otherwise known as promoting oil and gas drilling in our neighborhoods), and maintaining roads and bridges. Baker falls short on pandemic response: On the COVID-19 mask mandate, his concern was that the Tri-County Health Department mandated masks “without allowing public comments” (even though scientists and public health experts have said over and over again that masks are proven to stop the spread of the virus). Across Arapahoe County, the pandemic has caused unemployment to spike, and people are looking for strong, unified leadership. Keith, in contrast to Baker’s procedural hangup, told Colorado Community Media that the #1 issue for commissioners next year must be finding a way to bounce back economically from the pandemic with job creation and partnering with the health department to keep everyone healthy.Idris Keith
Idris Keith is an attorney with extensive experience helping small businesses with consulting, development, securing certifications, bidding for government contracts, and more.
Idris Keith is an attorney with extensive experience helping small businesses with consulting, development, securing certifications, bidding for government contracts, and more. As a commissioner, he will draw on this knowledge to create revenue-generating policies to help Arapahoe get through the COVID-19 economic downturn by focusing on assisting small businesses and empowering them to create jobs.
Keith has also previously worked as a probation officer; as an investigator of allegations of discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations; and as an administrative hearing officer to determine eligibility for unemployment compensation. He has dedicated his career to seeking justice for those who have been discriminated against because of a lack of political and economic power.
As commissioner, Keith intends to focus on addressing the growing homeless crisis through policies like expanding employment opportunities and assistance for those suffering from mental illness. Restoring fiscal responsibility and budgetary discipline, strengthening public institutions, and protecting Arapahoe County’s natural resources and public lands are also among his top concerns.
Keith is a champion of working people, small businesses, and job creation. As one Englewood city council member put it, he “understands how to build coalitions, how to build consensus, and how to stick to his principles while he does it.” He is most definitely the progressive voter’s best choice in this race.
He faces incumbent Jeff Baker, a former Army chief warrant officer and crime scene investigator, in pursuit of the seat. Baker is blandly straightforward on what he’s concerned about in Arapahoe County: cutting the budget, protecting mineral rights and land ownership (otherwise known as promoting oil and gas drilling in our neighborhoods), and maintaining roads and bridges. Baker falls short on pandemic response: On the COVID-19 mask mandate, his concern was that the Tri-County Health Department mandated masks “without allowing public comments” (even though scientists and public health experts have said over and over again that masks are proven to stop the spread of the virus). Across Arapahoe County, the pandemic has caused unemployment to spike, and people are looking for strong, unified leadership. Keith, in contrast to Baker’s procedural hangup, told Colorado Community Media that the #1 issue for commissioners next year must be finding a way to bounce back economically from the pandemic with job creation and partnering with the health department to keep everyone healthy.Idris Keith
Idris Keith is an attorney with extensive experience helping small businesses with consulting, development, securing certifications, bidding for government contracts, and more.
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.