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Colorado Catholic 2024 Voter Guide

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Name
Chamber District
Life
Family
Religious Liberty
Economic Justice
Health Care
Immigration
Education
Restorative Justice
Energy & Environment
Technology
Brandi Bradley
House - District 39
✅
✅
➖
❌
✅
❌
✅
❌
✅
✅
Ken DeGraaf
House - District 22
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Ben Pope
House - District 7
✅
➖
✅
✅
✅
✅
➖
✅
✅
✅
Joseph Bobko
Senate - District 23
✅
❌
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Lisa Feret
House - District 24
❌
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
Michael Pierson
House - District 22
❌
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
❌
Bob Lane
Senate - District 26
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
❌
✅
Carol Riggenbach
House - District 62
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Chris Richardson
House - District 56
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Cleave Simpson
Senate - District 6
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
CPT Robert Ernest McKenna
House District - 41
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Craig "Sully" Sullivan
House - District 34
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
➖
✅
❌
❌
✅
Evan Hunt
House - District 29
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Kathy Reeves
House - District 11
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Larry Liston
Senate - District 10
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
➖
✅
✅
✅
✅
Marla Fernandez
House - District 3
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
❌
✅
✅
✅
Nathan Thomas Butler
House - District 26
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Phoebe McWilliams
Senate - District 14
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
❌
✅
Robyn Carnes
Senate - District 16
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Ryan Armagost
House - District 64
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Scott Bright
Senate - District 13
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
Sharron Pettiford
House - District 8
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Tom Swift
House - District 7
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
➖
✅
✅
✅
✅

2024 Legislative Candidate Survey

We prepared a state legislative candidate survey for the Catholic church in Colorado based on the hierarchy of values. All state legislative candidates had an opportunity to participate and respond (click here to review survey). Click on candidate names within the table to view additional comments

Table Key

✅ Position is consistent with Catholic Social Teaching

➖ Did Not Respond

❌ Position is not consistent with Catholic Social Teaching

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Voting as a Catholic

As faithful Catholics, it is our duty shape the moral character of our community, state, and country through voting. Our faith maintains a hierarchy of values when voting on candidates and issues.

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The listed values are supported by the Colorado bishops. Each value is important; however, some are more foundational and therefore require more priority. It is the duty of each person’s conscience to adhere to objective truth, which is reflected in the below values to guide your vote.

2024 Ballot Propositions 

Vote NO on Amendment 79: “Right to Abortion” 

Amendment 79 creates a constitutional “right” to unrestricted abortion and allows for taxpayer-funded abortion by repealing the constitutional ban on public funding. Amendment 79 will (1) ban parental notice laws — a minor could be pressured into an abortion without her parents’ knowledge; (2) allow abortion through the 9th month of pregnancy, even on healthy mothers with healthy babies and when babies can feel pain and live outside the womb, by removing all abortion restrictions; (3) force taxpayers to pay for abortion for in-state and out-of-state women — costing the state millions annually. It is imperative Catholic Faithful vote down this extreme abortion law. Visit www.RightToKnowCO.com to learn more.

Vote YES on Amendment 80: “Right to School Choice”

Amendment 80 creates a constitutional “right to school choice” for every K-12 child and right for parents “to direct the education of their children.” School choice allows parents to choose the schooling option that best fits their children’s learning needs. This gives all children the opportunity to have a great education, regardless of their income level or zip-code. Visit www.VoteYesOn80.com to learn more. 

Vote NO on Amendment J: “Protecting the Freedom to Marry” 

Amendment J will remove the constitutional definition of marriage as the “union of one man and one woman.” Marriage is based on the truth that men and women are complementary, the biological reality that reproduction depends on a man and a woman, and the social science that supports the fact that children need both a mother and a father to flourish. Amendment J rejects the truth of what marriage is.

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"As Catholics, we have a moral duty to vote with an informed conscience, and to pray for wisdom and guidance as we head to the voting booth."

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Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

Archdiocese of Denver

"Through our faith in Jesus Christ, we Catholics are called to prayerfully participate in political life, fulfilling our duty to form the moral character of our society for the common good of all."

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Bishop Stephen J. Berg

Diocese of Pueblo

"Responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation rooted in our baptismal commitment to follow Jesus Christ and to “love our neighbor as ourselves."

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Bishop James R. Golka

Diocese of Colorado Springs

"The government has the moral function to secure justice and peace in society. Citizens, especially prayerful Catholics, are required to participate in the political process with well-formed consciences."

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Bishop Jorge H. Rodríguez

Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese

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