COLORADO

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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Election Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Last Day for State/District Conventions for Primary: May 2014
Primary Filing Deadline (All Parties): April 2014
Primary Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): April 2014
General Election Filing Deadline (Independent Candidates): June 2014
General Election Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): July 2014
Primary: June 24, 2014

This page was last updated on May 23, 2013

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
John Hickenlooper (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Scott Gessler (R) - Secretary of State
Steve Laffey (R) - Ex-Cranston (RI) Mayor, Investment Banker & '06 US Sen. Candidate
Tom Tancredo (R) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Rep., '10 Candidate & '08 Presidential Candidate
Matthew Hess (Libertarian) - IT Systems Administrator

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2014.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Joe Garcia (D)*

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Scott Gessler (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
Walker Stapleton (R)*

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
[ John Suthers (R)* - Term-Limited in 2014. ]
Ken Buck (R) - Weld County District Attorney, Ex-Congressional Aide & '10 US Sen. Nominee
Cynthia Coffman (R) - Deputy Attorney General & Wife of Cong. Mike Coffman
Mark Waller (R) - State House Minority Leader & Attorney
Don Quick (D) - Ex-Adams County District Attorney

U.S. SENATOR:

Mark Udall (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Jaime McMillan (R) - Businessman

Michael Bennet (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2016

District 1:
Diana DeGette (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Jared Polis (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
Scott Tipton (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Joe Garcia (D) - Lt. Governor & Ex-College President
Angela Giron (D) - State Sen., Ex-Non-Profit Group Executive & Ex-Congressional Aide
Abel Gebre Laeke (D)
Gail Schwartz (D) - State Senate Majority Whip, Ex-State University Regent & Businesswoman

District 4:
Cory Gardner (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
Doug Lamborn (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Mike Coffman (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Andrew Romanoff (D) - Ex-State House Speaker, College Professor, Attorney & '10 US Sen. Candidate

District 7:
Ed Perlmutter (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

American Constitution Party of Colorado
Colorado Democratic Party
Green Party of Colorado
Libertarian Party of Colorado
Colorado Republican Party
Unity Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Aspen Times
Aspen Daily News
Aurora Sentinel
Boulder Colorado Daily
Boulder County Business Report
Boulder Daily Camera
Canon City Daily Record
Carbondale Valley Journal
Center Post-Dispatch
Colorado Central Magazine
ColoradoPols.com
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs Independent
Cortez Journal
Craig Daily Press
Crested Butte News
Delta County Independent
Denver Business Journal
Denver Post
Denver Westword (Alternative)
Douglas County News-Press
Durango Herald
Estes Park Trail Gazette
Evergreen Canyon Courier
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Fort Morgan Times
Four Corners Business Journal
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction Free Press
Greeley Tribune
Gunnison Country Times
Haxtun-Fleming Herald
Jefferson County Transcript
La Junta Tribune-Democrat
Lamar Daily News
Leadville Herald Democrat
Longmont Daily Times-Call
Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald
Mineral County Miner
Monte Vista Journal
Montrose Daily Press
Nederland Mountain-Ear
Northern Colorado Business Report
Pagosa Springs Sun
Park County Bulletin
Park County Republican / Fairplay Flume
People's Press Collective
Pine River Times
Pueblo Chieftain
Rifle Citizen Telegram
Salida Mountain Mail
Snowmass Village Sun
Steamboat Pilot
Sterling Journal-Advocate
Summit Daily News
Telluride Daily Planet
Telluride Times-Journal
Vail Daily