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2026 Colorado Governor / Lt. Governor — General Election · November 3, 2026
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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: Phil Weiser
Office: Governor
District: State
Party: Democratic Party
Write in?: N
Lieutenant Governor: Lesley Dahlkemper
Lieutenant Governor party: Democratic Party
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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: Phil Weiser
Office: Governor
District: State
Party: Democratic Party
Write in?: N
Lieutenant Governor: Lesley Dahlkemper
Lieutenant Governor party: Democratic Party
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At the University of Colorado, Phil taught constitutional and antitrust law, served as Dean of the Law School, and founded a center on law, technology, and entrepreneurship. And he founded successful nonprofits that support startup businesses across Colorado as well as served as the chair of Governor Ritter’s Innovation Council.
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At the University of Colorado, Phil taught constitutional and antitrust law, served as Dean of the Law School, and founded a center on law, technology, and entrepreneurship. And he founded successful nonprofits that support startup businesses across Colorado as well as served as the chair of Governor Ritter’s Innovation Council.
As the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, Phil has dedicated his career to ensuring that all people—no matter their gender, ethnicity, faith, or who they love—are free from discrimination, hatred, and oppression. His commitment to these American values is rooted in his family’s story.
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As the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, Phil has dedicated his career to ensuring that all people—no matter their gender, ethnicity, faith, or who they love—are free from discrimination, hatred, and oppression. His commitment to these American values is rooted in his family’s story.
Phil’s mother was born in captivity in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his grandmother was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. American soldiers from the U.S. Army liberated the concentration camp, including Phil’s mother, grandmother, and others who survived the Holocaust.
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Phil’s mother was born in captivity in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his grandmother was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. American soldiers from the U.S. Army liberated the concentration camp, including Phil’s mother, grandmother, and others who survived the Holocaust.
Championed start ups and entrepreneurs through the work of new initiatives, like CU’s Silicon Flatirons Center, Startup Colorado, and the BEN entrepreneurs network, which I founded
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Championed start ups and entrepreneurs through the work of new initiatives, like CU’s Silicon Flatirons Center, Startup Colorado, and the BEN entrepreneurs network, which I founded
Phil also worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations at the U.S. Department of Justice and the White House, where he worked to expand access to broadband internet, develop programs to encourage entrepreneurship, and stop corporate monopolies from taking advantage of consumers.At the University of Colorado, Phil taught constitutional and antitrust law, served as Dean of the Law School, and founded a center on law, technology, and entrepreneurship. And he founded successful nonprofits that support startup businesses across Colorado as well as served as the chair of Governor Ritter’s Innovation Council.
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Phil also worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations at the U.S. Department of Justice and the White House, where he worked to expand access to broadband internet, develop programs to encourage entrepreneurship, and stop corporate monopolies from taking advantage of consumers.At the University of Colorado, Phil taught constitutional and antitrust law, served as Dean of the Law School, and founded a center on law, technology, and entrepreneurship. And he founded successful nonprofits that support startup businesses across Colorado as well as served as the chair of Governor Ritter’s Innovation Council.
As the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, Phil has dedicated his career to ensuring that all people—no matter their gender, ethnicity, faith, or who they love—are free from discrimination, hatred, and oppression. His commitment to these American values is rooted in his family’s story. Phil’s mother was born in captivity in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his grandmother was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. American soldiers from the U.S. Army liberated the concentration camp, including Phil’s mother, grandmother, and others who survived the Holocaust.
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As the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, Phil has dedicated his career to ensuring that all people—no matter their gender, ethnicity, faith, or who they love—are free from discrimination, hatred, and oppression. His commitment to these American values is rooted in his family’s story. Phil’s mother was born in captivity in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his grandmother was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. American soldiers from the U.S. Army liberated the concentration camp, including Phil’s mother, grandmother, and others who survived the Holocaust.
Lesley Dahlkemper is a member of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners and formerly served as the board’s chair. She was elected to her second, four-year term in November 2022.
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Lesley Dahlkemper is a member of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners and formerly served as the board’s chair. She was elected to her second, four-year term in November 2022.
She’s owned her own business, worked as an award-winning journalist, and led national and statewide initiatives as a senior executive in the private and non-profit sectors.
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She’s owned her own business, worked as an award-winning journalist, and led national and statewide initiatives as a senior executive in the private and non-profit sectors.
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Colorado’s land, air, and water are what make our state so special. But threats from Washington and rising environmental challenges mean we must step up and protect them.
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Colorado’s land, air, and water are what make our state so special. But threats from Washington and rising environmental challenges mean we must step up and protect them.
Recharge our business environment by: Promoting our state – to any and all who will listen – as an ideal place to start and grow a business and for employees to raise their families. Fueling innovation and growth in our key sectors from small business to tech to agriculture with creative incentives. Expanding access to capital for new and growing businesses, including with grants and microloans. Bringing businesses and workers together to solve challenges to our competitiveness. Growing economic hubs from Denver to rural towns ready for new investment.
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Recharge our business environment by: Promoting our state – to any and all who will listen – as an ideal place to start and grow a business and for employees to raise their families. Fueling innovation and growth in our key sectors from small business to tech to agriculture with creative incentives. Expanding access to capital for new and growing businesses, including with grants and microloans. Bringing businesses and workers together to solve challenges to our competitiveness. Growing economic hubs from Denver to rural towns ready for new investment.
Cut congestion to save time and reduce harmful emissions.
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Cut congestion to save time and reduce harmful emissions.
Protect federal funding—fight back when Washington illegally withholds money meant for public safety, research, and community needs.
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Protect federal funding—fight back when Washington illegally withholds money meant for public safety, research, and community needs.
Expand CDPHE’s resources to monitor air and water quality and take appropriate enforcement actions, including ones that advance environmental justice goals.
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Expand CDPHE’s resources to monitor air and water quality and take appropriate enforcement actions, including ones that advance environmental justice goals.
Expand down payment assistance to support first-time homebuyers—especially essential workers like teachers, nurses, and first responders.
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Expand down payment assistance to support first-time homebuyers—especially essential workers like teachers, nurses, and first responders.
Support solar & wind projects statewide, partnering with local governments.
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Support solar & wind projects statewide, partnering with local governments.
Expand public transit, biking, & walkability so people have reliable options across the state.
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Expand public transit, biking, & walkability so people have reliable options across the state.
Stand up for democracy—defend Colorado’s gold-standard voting laws against political power plays and retaliation by the White House.
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Stand up for democracy—defend Colorado’s gold-standard voting laws against political power plays and retaliation by the White House.
Fight back against federal land sell-offs—our public lands belong to all of us.
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Fight back against federal land sell-offs—our public lands belong to all of us.
Protect renters from unfair practices and keep affordable units available.
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Protect renters from unfair practices and keep affordable units available.
Expand battery storage adoption for safe energy storage.
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Expand battery storage adoption for safe energy storage.
Invest in: Our workforce, expanding job training, apprenticeships, and career pathways aligned with employer and worker needs. Housing, childcare and health care, helping workers live near their jobs. Infrastructure, improving transportation, broadband, and public safety. Our land, air and water, keeping our communities safe and thriving.
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Invest in: Our workforce, expanding job training, apprenticeships, and career pathways aligned with employer and worker needs. Housing, childcare and health care, helping workers live near their jobs. Infrastructure, improving transportation, broadband, and public safety. Our land, air and water, keeping our communities safe and thriving.
Invest in safe streets so kids can walk or bike to school safely.
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Invest in safe streets so kids can walk or bike to school safely.
Fight illegal and dangerous actions to federalize the Colorado National Guard or send the military into Colorado.
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Fight illegal and dangerous actions to federalize the Colorado National Guard or send the military into Colorado.
Support wildfire prevention with local & tribal partners from clearing beetle-kill trees to lowering insurance costs for homeowners who mitigate risk.
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Support wildfire prevention with local & tribal partners from clearing beetle-kill trees to lowering insurance costs for homeowners who mitigate risk.
Ensure that out-of-state corporate investors don’t mistreat Colorado families.
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Ensure that out-of-state corporate investors don’t mistreat Colorado families.
Lower winter costs for families with a dedicated rate class for residential heat pumps.
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Lower winter costs for families with a dedicated rate class for residential heat pumps.
Champion Colorado’s outdoor economy—support recreation, hiking, rafting, hunting, fishing, and make it easier to start outdoor businesses.
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Champion Colorado’s outdoor economy—support recreation, hiking, rafting, hunting, fishing, and make it easier to start outdoor businesses.
Ban algorithmic price collusion by corporate landlords.
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Ban algorithmic price collusion by corporate landlords.
Protect EV purchase incentives and expand charging infrastructure in new builds.
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Protect EV purchase incentives and expand charging infrastructure in new builds.
Cut red tape to streamline state processes.
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Cut red tape to streamline state processes.
Streamline permitting and regulatory processes statewide to build a model that keeps kids safe and simplifies processes for providers to deliver care.
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Streamline permitting and regulatory processes statewide to build a model that keeps kids safe and simplifies processes for providers to deliver care.
Support teachers with livable wages so they don’t need multiple jobs to live where they work.
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Support teachers with livable wages so they don’t need multiple jobs to live where they work.
Stand strong for public schools and against privatizing or profiting off of our public schools.
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Stand strong for public schools and against privatizing or profiting off of our public schools.
Lower the cost of college so students don’t face crushing debt.
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Lower the cost of college so students don’t face crushing debt.
Support and work to expand Universal Preschool to give kids a strong start and save parents money.
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Support and work to expand Universal Preschool to give kids a strong start and save parents money.
Establish a Geothermal Development Authority to leverage statewide activities.
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Establish a Geothermal Development Authority to leverage statewide activities.
Establish “Primary Care for All”, a systemwide mandate to move us from our current “sick care” system to a true “health care” system, focusing on value-based care tied to prevention and healthy outcomes, aligning physical, mental and behavioral health for “whole person” care, and launching “Hope”, our youth mental health mentoring initiative.
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Establish “Primary Care for All”, a systemwide mandate to move us from our current “sick care” system to a true “health care” system, focusing on value-based care tied to prevention and healthy outcomes, aligning physical, mental and behavioral health for “whole person” care, and launching “Hope”, our youth mental health mentoring initiative.
Focus on “Best care, best price”, expanding ways for Coloradans to afford and access care, optimizing the purchasing power of public employee health plans to add new groups, building on the “Colorado Option” to provide more affordable insurance coverage options for individuals and families, and reducing drug costs.
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Focus on “Best care, best price”, expanding ways for Coloradans to afford and access care, optimizing the purchasing power of public employee health plans to add new groups, building on the “Colorado Option” to provide more affordable insurance coverage options for individuals and families, and reducing drug costs.
Rebuild our workforce, with stronger training programs and spearheading ColoradoCorps, a service program for young adults.
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Rebuild our workforce, with stronger training programs and spearheading ColoradoCorps, a service program for young adults.
Defend reproductive rights—including Amendment 79 and against any attacks on our laws protecting the right to choose.
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Defend reproductive rights—including Amendment 79 and against any attacks on our laws protecting the right to choose.
Protect LGBTQ+ Coloradans—defend access to gender-affirming care, enforce civil rights protections, and confront rising hate.
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Protect LGBTQ+ Coloradans—defend access to gender-affirming care, enforce civil rights protections, and confront rising hate.
Guard our public lands—stop any federal effort to sell them off to the highest bidder.
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Guard our public lands—stop any federal effort to sell them off to the highest bidder.
Provide critical climate actions and protections of our land, air, and water as the federal government abandons its role in this crucial area.
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Provide critical climate actions and protections of our land, air, and water as the federal government abandons its role in this crucial area.
Enforce state laws to prevent the federal government from coercing state and local law enforcement to conduct immigration enforcement activities and that bar sales of government facilities for ICE detention centers.
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Enforce state laws to prevent the federal government from coercing state and local law enforcement to conduct immigration enforcement activities and that bar sales of government facilities for ICE detention centers.
A Republic, As Long as We Can Keep It
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A Republic, As Long as We Can Keep It
Ensure citizens get timely responses when they reach out to government agencies.
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Ensure citizens get timely responses when they reach out to government agencies.
Work hand-in-hand with towns, cities, counties, and special districts as partners with collaboration at front of mind in our work together.
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Work hand-in-hand with towns, cities, counties, and special districts as partners with collaboration at front of mind in our work together.
Support smaller local governments with fewer resources in accessing federal funding.
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Support smaller local governments with fewer resources in accessing federal funding.
Build trust and collaboration across water users to find solutions that work best for our state.
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Build trust and collaboration across water users to find solutions that work best for our state.
Keep standing up for Colorado’s water rights as part of Interstate Compacts.
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Keep standing up for Colorado’s water rights as part of Interstate Compacts.
Fund the Colorado Water Plan.
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Fund the Colorado Water Plan.
Stop buy-and-dry schemes that take water from rural communities for speculators’ profits.
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Stop buy-and-dry schemes that take water from rural communities for speculators’ profits.
Ensure every kid has at least one mentor and the support they need by: Creating a statewide mentorship program, called HOPE. Increasing access to in school mental health professionals and services, including in school screenings. Expanding mental health support through promotion of telehealth and programs like I Matter.
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Ensure every kid has at least one mentor and the support they need by: Creating a statewide mentorship program, called HOPE. Increasing access to in school mental health professionals and services, including in school screenings. Expanding mental health support through promotion of telehealth and programs like I Matter.
Support recruitment and investment in police and sheriffs—we need to fund law enforcement, expand and modernize law enforcement training, and support mental health resources for officers and all first responders.
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Support recruitment and investment in police and sheriffs—we need to fund law enforcement, expand and modernize law enforcement training, and support mental health resources for officers and all first responders.
Sign, support, and defend responsible gun safety laws—that will save lives and protect children.
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Sign, support, and defend responsible gun safety laws—that will save lives and protect children.
Strengthen the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to expand outreach and prevention and promote gun safety.
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Strengthen the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to expand outreach and prevention and promote gun safety.
Invest in co-responders—so addiction and mental health crises are met with compassion and treatment, and law enforcement officers are freed up for incidents that threaten public safety.
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Invest in co-responders—so addiction and mental health crises are met with compassion and treatment, and law enforcement officers are freed up for incidents that threaten public safety.
Ensure that access to bail and justice is based on public safety risks, not how much money you have.
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Ensure that access to bail and justice is based on public safety risks, not how much money you have.
Keep tackling the opioid and addiction crisis—advancing prevention, treatment, and life-saving harm reduction like naloxone access as well as ensuring accountability for trafficking.
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Keep tackling the opioid and addiction crisis—advancing prevention, treatment, and life-saving harm reduction like naloxone access as well as ensuring accountability for trafficking.
Establish a Governor’s Office of Safe Communities, driving data-driven policies and advancing crime science solutions.
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Establish a Governor’s Office of Safe Communities, driving data-driven policies and advancing crime science solutions.
Invest in youth interventions to prevent crimes and the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Invest in youth interventions to prevent crimes and the school-to-prison pipeline.
Endorsement: Gun Safety Advocates Tom Sullivan, Rhonda Fields Endorse Phil Weiser for Governor
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Endorsement: Gun Safety Advocates Tom Sullivan, Rhonda Fields Endorse Phil Weiser for Governor
Guarantee rural voices meaningful input in policy development.
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Guarantee rural voices meaningful input in policy development.
Reject one-size-fits-all plans—regulations must work for all, not just the Front Range.
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Reject one-size-fits-all plans—regulations must work for all, not just the Front Range.
Develop a rural economic plan to attract and grow businesses to every part of our state.
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Develop a rural economic plan to attract and grow businesses to every part of our state.
Develop and support innovations to address food deserts due to grocery store closures.
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Develop and support innovations to address food deserts due to grocery store closures.
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Candidate: WEISER, PHILIP
Committee: PHIL WEISER FOR COLORADO
Committee status: Active
Office: Governor
Party: Democratic
Contributions and loans: $8,138,689.50
Expenditures and loan payments: $7,122,319.42
Funds on hand: $827,145.14
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