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2026 Colorado Secretary of State — General Election · November 3, 2026
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2026 General Election Official Candidate List
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Candidate name: Amanda Gonzalez
Office: Secretary of State
District: State
Party: Democratic Party
Write in?: N
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2026 General Election Official Candidate List
This list is official and reflects what was certified to the counties on September 4.
Candidate name: Amanda Gonzalez
Office: Secretary of State
District: State
Party: Democratic Party
Write in?: N
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Amanda Gonzalez is the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State. She’s the only candidate who has both run large-scale elections and helped draft the laws that made Colorado a national model for voting. As Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, she runs elections for nearly half a million voters. She is a bar-certified election attorney and an Adjunct Professor of Election Law at the University of Denver. She is the only candidate who is a lawyer.
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Amanda Gonzalez is the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State. She’s the only candidate who has both run large-scale elections and helped draft the laws that made Colorado a national model for voting. As Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, she runs elections for nearly half a million voters. She is a bar-certified election attorney and an Adjunct Professor of Election Law at the University of Denver. She is the only candidate who is a lawyer.
Amanda helped build Colorado's election system into what it is today. As an attorney, an advocate, and an expert, she's done the part of building that requires the deepest election knowledge: writing the laws themselves. Writing a bill is different from passing one. It requires knowing how elections actually work, where the system breaks down, and how to write language that holds up in court when it gets challenged. That's the same expertise she'll use to defend Colorado's elections from the next attack.
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Amanda helped build Colorado's election system into what it is today. As an attorney, an advocate, and an expert, she's done the part of building that requires the deepest election knowledge: writing the laws themselves. Writing a bill is different from passing one. It requires knowing how elections actually work, where the system breaks down, and how to write language that holds up in court when it gets challenged. That's the same expertise she'll use to defend Colorado's elections from the next attack.
Amanda wrote these policies as an attorney, an advocate, and an expert in how elections actually work. That combination is what made these laws effective. It's also what's needed to defend them from every attempt to tear them down. That's the job of the next Secretary of State.
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Amanda wrote these policies as an attorney, an advocate, and an expert in how elections actually work. That combination is what made these laws effective. It's also what's needed to defend them from every attempt to tear them down. That's the job of the next Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State also oversees Colorado's business and licensing operations. Amanda ran a small business in Colorado, where she doubled profits while increasing staff diversity and creating her industry's first philanthropic program. She knows what it's like to navigate government systems as a business owner, and she'll make them work better.
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The Secretary of State also oversees Colorado's business and licensing operations. Amanda ran a small business in Colorado, where she doubled profits while increasing staff diversity and creating her industry's first philanthropic program. She knows what it's like to navigate government systems as a business owner, and she'll make them work better.
As the democratic nominee for Secretary of State, she is the only candidate who is an attorney and who has run Colorado elections.
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As the democratic nominee for Secretary of State, she is the only candidate who is an attorney and who has run Colorado elections.
Breaking Barriers Amanda is proud to be the first Latina and openly queer person elected as Jefferson County Clerk. Her leadership reflects the inclusive, forward-thinking values of Colorado.
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Breaking Barriers Amanda is proud to be the first Latina and openly queer person elected as Jefferson County Clerk. Her leadership reflects the inclusive, forward-thinking values of Colorado.
Amanda is proud to be the first Latina and openly queer person elected as Jefferson County Clerk. Her leadership reflects the inclusive, forward-thinking values of Colorado.
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Amanda is proud to be the first Latina and openly queer person elected as Jefferson County Clerk. Her leadership reflects the inclusive, forward-thinking values of Colorado.
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Defend eligible Colorado voters against unlawful removal, federal interference, and other efforts that could prevent lawful ballots from being cast or counted.
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When election deniers used legal loopholes to try to remove 23,000 voters from Jefferson County's rolls, Amanda stopped them. Every voter stayed registered. That strategy is now being used to protect voters across Colorado.
Expand practical access to voting for working people, rural voters, young voters, voters with disabilities, and others who face barriers to casting a ballot.
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As Secretary of State, she'll keep finding the Coloradans who've been told their vote doesn't matter: working people, rural voters, young voters, voters with disabilities, anyone the system has left behind, and proving to them it does. When more people can vote, more people belong.
Increase election transparency and campaign-finance transparency while making election administration more accessible to the public.
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Transparency in elections needs to include campaign finance disclosures and Colorado's campaign finance system, TRACER, should be modernized and streamlined. Amanda has worked on stronger disclosure laws and clearer reporting because voters deserve to know who's funding campaigns. Step by step she's making our system work the way it's supposed to.
Maintain and expand physical, digital, worker, ballot, and data protections as election threats evolve.
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Security isn't static. New threats keep coming: AI-generated disinformation, interference by the federal government, and attacks we haven't seen yet. As Secretary of State, Amanda will keep adding the layers Colorado needs.
Modernize Secretary of State services so business filings, charity filings, notary services, campaign-finance systems, and customer service are easier to use.
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As Secretary of State, Amanda will bring that same lens to systems that aren't working yet. She'll modernize TRACER, Colorado's political money database, and streamline business filings. She'll update outdated systems and improve customer service. Our government should welcome and work for all of us.
Blocked an effort to remove roughly 23,000 Jefferson County voters and helped develop or pass Colorado voting-access and redistricting measures.
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Automatic Voter Registration (SB19-235) · Multilingual Ballot Access (HB21-1011) · Colorado's first in-jail voting law (SB24-072) · Anti-gerrymandering amendments (Y & Z, 2018) and more.
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As Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, oversaw high-turnout elections, expanded election security and worker protections, and implemented public-facing service improvements.
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Record voter turnout. EAC Clearinghouse Awards in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Dozens of tour groups educated each year. Launched an active community advisory board now in its third year.
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Candidate: GONZALEZ, AMANDA
Committee: AMANDA FOR COLORADO
Committee status: Active
Office: Secretary of State
Party: Democratic
Contributions and loans: $317,915.30
Expenditures and loan payments: $228,314.84
Funds on hand: $84,499.32
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