2026 Primary Election
DEMOCRATIC
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Candidates
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THE TOPICS
& QUESTIONS
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Priorities, Vision, and Experience
What priorities and long-term vision would guide your administration as Governor, how have your experiences prepared you to lead, and what do you see as the most significant challenges facing Colorado over the next decade?
Accountability and Governance
Colorado’s Sunshine Law and Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) are examples of accountability measures that Colorado’s electorate voted into law. What are your views on ethics, transparency, and adherence to the Colorado and U.S. Constitutions? Where do you see gaps in current governance, and how would you address them?
Economy and Fiscal Responsibility
How would you support Colorado’s economy, including small businesses and key industries such as energy and agriculture, while balancing growth, environmental stewardship, and job creation? What principles would guide your approach to the state budget and fiscal responsibility?
Citizen Engagement and Intergovernmental Relations
Our nation was established with the guiding principle that we have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. How would you engage with citizens and work with the legislature, local governments, tribal governments, and federal partners while protecting our state’s rights.
1st Amendment
What will you do as Colorado Governor to protect our citizens’ First Amendment rights to the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, peaceably assembly, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances?
2nd Amendment
Do you believe that gun ownership is a civil right, and what is your position regarding restrictions on lawful gun owners such as laws making freedoms more difficult to exercise and making concealed carry permits more difficult to obtain?
Executive Management
How would you manage state agencies, select key appointees, and use executive authority—including executive orders and emergency powers—to ensure effective, accountable governance? Under what limits, if any, should those powers operate, and which existing orders would you repeal or substantially change?
Crime and Public Safety
What strategies would you pursue to address crime in Colorado, including issues such as cybercrime, drug trafficking, and human trafficking; how would you coordinate efforts and balance enforcement with prevention, civil liberties, and community safety?
Protecting the Most Vulnerable
If elected, how will you seek to protect the lives of the most vulnerable in our community, including the unborn, victims of trafficking and abuse, senior citizens, and those experiencing mental illness?
Education
How would your administration work to improve educational outcomes in Colorado, and what role do you believe the Governor should play regarding parental involvement, school choice, and local control?
Constitutional Compatibility
Many Christians are concerned about ideologies that place the state, the collective, or religious law above individual liberty and limited constitutional government. Do you believe socialism, communism, or political movements seeking to impose religious law — including Islamic Sharia law — are compatible with America’s constitutional representative democracy? Why or why not?
PHIL WEISER
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Campaign Website: www.PhilForColorado.com
Email Address: TeamPhil@PhilForColorado.com
MICHAEL BENNET
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Biblical worldview
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Electing righteous leaders
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