Mesa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census,the population was 155,703. The county seat and most populous municipality is Grand Junction. The county was named for the many large mesas in the area,including the Grand Mesa,which is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world.
The Colorado Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. The party's headquarters is located in Greenwood Village,Colorado. The state party chair is former state representative Dave Williams.
Kevin Priola is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 13th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to decennial redistricting he also represented the 25th district. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 30th and 56th districts from 2009 to 2017. Until 2022,he served as a member of the Republican Party.
The 2010 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010 to elect the Governor of Colorado,who would serve a four-year term that began in January 2011. One-term incumbent Democrat Bill Ritter announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010. Dan Maes,backed by the Tea Party movement,won the Republican nomination in the primary with 50.6% of the vote and a 1.3% margin over rival Scott McInnis. In claiming victory,Maes called on former representative Tom Tancredo,running as the Constitution Party's nominee to "stop your campaign tonight." Denver mayor John Hickenlooper was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Hickenlooper won the race with over 50% of the vote.
Joseph A. Garcia is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from January 2011 to May 2016. He is currently the chancellor of the Colorado Community College System.
Brittany Louise Pettersen is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Colorado's 7th congressional district since 2023. She previously served as a member of the Colorado Senate from the 22nd district,and in the Colorado House of Representatives,representing the 28th district. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Lori A. Saine is an American politician serving as a member of the Weld County Board of Commissioners. Previously,she served as a Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the 63rd district from January 9,2013 to January 13,2021. Saine was a candidate for Colorado's 8th congressional district,but lost the Republican primary,coming in third place.
Joseph D. Neguse is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district is based in Boulder and includes many of Denver's northwestern suburbs,as well as Fort Collins. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a regent of the University of Colorado from 2008 to 2015. Neguse is the first Eritrean-American elected to the United States Congress and Colorado's first black member of Congress. Neguse has served as House assistant Democratic leader since 2024.
Wayne Warren Williams is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as an at-large member on the city council of Colorado Springs,Colorado from 2019 to 2023. Before serving on City Council,Williams was the Secretary of State of Colorado from 2015 to 2019.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6,2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election,leaving the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide office held by a Republican.
Cole Wist is an attorney and former state representative from Arapahoe County,Colorado. A Republican,Wist represented Colorado House of Representatives District 37 and served as Assistant Minority Leader in the House.
David Alan Williams is an American politician from Colorado Springs,Colorado who has served as Chair of the Colorado Republican Party since 2023,having previously represented Colorado House of Representatives District 15 from 2017 to 2023,which encompassed Colorado Springs and Cimarron Hills in El Paso County. Williams is a candidate for Colorado's 5th congressional district in the 2024 elections,running to replace the retiring Doug Lamborn. He has been widely described as a far-right politician.
Yadira D. Caraveo is an American politician and pediatrician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 8th congressional district since 2023. A Democrat,she is Colorado's first Latina member of Congress.
Colin Larson is a former state representative from Littleton,Colorado. A Republican,Larson represented Colorado House of Representatives District 22,which encompassed the southern Jefferson County communities of Bow Mar,Columbine,Dakota Ridge,Ken Caryl,and Littleton.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 8,2022,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Colorado gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,and various state and local elections.
Barbara Jean Kirkmeyer is an American politician serving as a member of the Colorado Senate for District 23,which encompasses parts of Weld and Larimer counties in north-central Colorado. She was the Republican nominee for Colorado's 8th congressional district in the 2022 election,losing to Yadira Caraveo in a close race. Kirkmeyer has declined to run for the U.S. House in 2024,instead running for re-election.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 8,2022. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election,as well as all of Colorado's seats in the United States House of Representatives,and Colorado's U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Michael Bennet.
The 2022 Colorado Secretary of State election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Colorado. Incumbent Democrat Jena Griswold won re-election to a second term,improving on her 2018 results.
Tina Peters is a former County Clerk of Mesa County,Colorado. She was covered in regional,national,and international news since 2020 relating to her views on the conspiracy theory of election fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election,and with respect to an instance in which subsequent access to Mesa County voting machines was given. She was "one of at least twenty-two election deniers vying [in 2022] to take charge of elections in eighteen states." She was the first elections official in the U.S. to face criminal charges related to stolen election conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election.
