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Democratic candidate Jennifer Mitkowski is an experienced physician’s assistant running to represent District 43. She is an active community leader and a delegate with the Highlands Ranch Community Association, and she has worked on local school board elections. A mother of two, Mikowski will make health care and public education priorities for her district. Her platform emphasizes lowering health care costs, increasing transparency, increasing funding public schools, and representation in local politics.
Mitkowski is a strong local candidate who will push for progressive stances in the House. She is the recommended candidate for this race.
Incumbent State Rep. Kevin Van Winkle says he is a small-business owner and is running for his fourth and final term. Van Winkle is opposed to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in a time when we need it the most, and he opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, while at the same time being the lone vote against funding for dropout prevention programs for pregnant teens. He has actively opposed gun safety bills that would curb much of the violence and mass shootings we see far too often. And he’s even against using public health knowledge to protect families from the coronavirus pandemic. Van Winkle hasn’t given progressives a single reason to vote to keep him, so you shouldn’t.Jennifer Mitkowski
Democratic candidate Jennifer Mitkowski is an experienced physician’s assistant running to represent District 43. She is an active community leader and a delegate with the Highlands Ranch Community Association, and she has worked on local school board elections.
Democratic candidate Jennifer Mitkowski is an experienced physician’s assistant running to represent District 43. She is an active community leader and a delegate with the Highlands Ranch Community Association, and she has worked on local school board elections. A mother of two, Mikowski will make health care and public education priorities for her district. Her platform emphasizes lowering health care costs, increasing transparency, increasing funding public schools, and representation in local politics.
Mitkowski is a strong local candidate who will push for progressive stances in the House. She is the recommended candidate for this race.
Incumbent State Rep. Kevin Van Winkle says he is a small-business owner and is running for his fourth and final term. Van Winkle is opposed to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in a time when we need it the most, and he opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, while at the same time being the lone vote against funding for dropout prevention programs for pregnant teens. He has actively opposed gun safety bills that would curb much of the violence and mass shootings we see far too often. And he’s even against using public health knowledge to protect families from the coronavirus pandemic. Van Winkle hasn’t given progressives a single reason to vote to keep him, so you shouldn’t.Jennifer Mitkowski
Democratic candidate Jennifer Mitkowski is an experienced physician’s assistant running to represent District 43. She is an active community leader and a delegate with the Highlands Ranch Community Association, and she has worked on local school board elections.
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.
Progressives are split on Amendment 77, known as the Allow Voters in Central, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek Cities to Expand Authorized Games and Increase Maximum Bets Initiative. Please read the arguments from both sides below to help you make your decision on this amendment.