VOTER GUIDE

Welcome to the only ballot guide recorded in an attic.

We're Deep and Ana, your Left in the Attic hosts. Over the past year we've had most candidates on this ballot sit six feet from us in our recording space. We made them endure awkward small talk, answered hard questions, broke bread with some, broke news with others, and had real conversations with all of them.

This guide isn't a scorecard. It's where we landed. We may not be right about everything, but we did the homework. If you disagree, good — vote your conscience, then call our voicemail and tell us why. And if you want to see who else endorsed these candidates, check out the grid below:

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A few rules of the road:

This guide reflects how we are personally voting. It's not an institutional endorsement from anyone but us.
We're not pretending the choices are easy. Where we struggled, we tell you we struggled. Where we're certain, we tell you that too.
Ballots are due 7pm on June 30. Drop them in a ballot box by June 30th or mail them in by June 20th!

STATEWIDE RACES

Amanda has been running large-scale elections in Jefferson County since 2023 and built her career writing the laws that protect voting rights in Colorado. She won the assembly 63-37. She has the endorsements. She has the experience. She is who we send into a fight against an administration that is actively trying to dismantle election infrastructure.
Jeff is the only Democrat on the ballot. He chairs the Joint Budget Committee. He knows the state's books cold. He'll do the job well.
Kubs is going to make the Board of Regents a more interesting place and the CU system better for students, staff and the community. He has the perspective the board needs and he's not afraid to take on the federal government when it comes for CU students. We've been proud to support him publicly and we still do.

STATE LEgislature RACES

Chela has spent over a decade in environmental advocacy and stood with striking workers when it wasn't convenient. Deep originally endorsed Andrés Carrera but is disappointed that he is no longer supporting Rent Stabilization.
Justine Sandoval and Sterling Simms . . . Flip a coin.
Iris is a civil rights and workers' rights attorney who has helped write the laws she's now running to defend. Her opponent Sean Camacho is a co-chair of the Opportunity Caucus, the same outfit caught taking dark money meetings in Vail. Vote Iris.
Neal is running on universal healthcare, ending TABOR, and a Green New Deal for Colorado. He's been endorsed by Senate President James Coleman, Julie Gonzales, Ro Khanna, and a long list of progressive legislators. His opponent has deep ties to the for-profit healthcare industry and doesn’t support single payer healthcare. Vote Neal as the clear progressive option.
Chauncy is young, grassroots, and running a real challenge to the incumbent in the Springs. We're with him.
Anil is running against the One Main Street candidate in this race. That tells you everything you need to know about the choice. One candidate is funded by the corporate dark money network currently under ethics investigation. The other is running a campaign accountable to the voters of the district. Vote Anil.
Gabriel is running a leftist campaign rooted in his community, with a big social media presence and a clear willingness to fight the dark money flowing into races like this one. That's the lane we want represented at the Capitol. Vote Gabriel.
Kenny is the first Vietnamese and Asian American Democrat in the Colorado House. He's also full of energy and life. He won the vacancy committee fair and square and he deserves to keep the seat. He's a real progressive fighting hundreds of thousands in dark money coming in against him. Vote Kenny.

COUNTY RACES

Jessica is the incumbent. She funded affordable housing programs through a budget shortfall, doesn't take dark money, and has built real local infrastructure. Her opponent appears to have One Main Street backing. Vote Jessica.

BALLOTS ARE DUE 7PM ON JUNE 30!

Drop them in a ballot box by June 30th or mail them in by June 20th!

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