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Colorado Republican Leaders Offer Real Solutions During Special Session
(Denver, CO - August 21, 2025) - Colorado Republican leaders are standing united as the Governor convenes a narrow and predetermined special session that fails to address the state’s structural budget challenges. While Democrats push for higher taxes and more...
Colorado Senate GOP Highlighted Budget-Breaking, Overspending Democrats Following Special Session Call
DENVER – Colorado Senate Republicans challenged Governor Jared Polis for deflecting responsibility and ignoring Colorado Democrats’ role in Colorado’s $1 billion budget shortfall during a press conference at the Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday. During the press...
Colorado Democrats Mismanaged the Budget Now They’re Looking for Someone Else to Blame
(Denver, CO – July 30, 2025) – In a partisan Executive Committee Meeting, Colorado Democrats tried to shift blame for the state’s growing budget crisis onto Congressional Republicans, claiming that the federal budget bill (H.R.1) is responsible for a billion-dollar...
Senate Republicans Welcome Senator-Elect Lynda Zamora Wilson to the Colorado State Senate
DENVER – The Senate Republicans extend a heartfelt welcome to Senator-Elect Lynda Zamora Wilson to the Colorado State Senate. Senator-Elect Zamora Wilson was selected by a vacancy committee to represent Senate District 9 yesterday evening following the recent...
Colorado Senate Republicans Elect New Leadership
DENVER – Today, the Colorado Senate Republican Caucus held leadership elections following the resignation of former Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen. At the leadership elections this afternoon, the Senate Republican Caucus elected Senator Cleave Simpson from...
Colorado Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen Announces Resignation
MONUMENT, CO – June 9, 2025 – Senator Paul Lundeen, Senate Minority Leader, announced today that he will resign from the Colorado Senate and his leadership position effective June 9, 2025, to pursue new opportunities as leader of a national effort to promote...
Democrats Deny Colorado Families Thousands in Annual Savings
DENVER – Today, Colorado Democrats rejected their final chance to join the Colorado Senate Republicans in making Colorado more affordable for families. In a hearing before the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs committee this morning, Senate Democrats...
Senate GOP Fights for the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, Responsible Spending During Budget Debate
DENVER – Today, the FY 2025-26 state budget was passed in the Senate. During an extended debate that stretched into the afternoon, the Senate Republicans fought for responsible spending and stood up for the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Crafting this year’s legislative...
Republicans Cut Red-Tape, Deliver Relief for Rural Communities
DENVER – Today, the Senate Republicans delivered critical relief to Colorado’s rural communities by cutting overbearing Democrat-created bureaucratic red-tape. Passed in the Senate this morning, Senator Rod Pelton’s Senate Bill 141 will relieve municipalities with a...
Democrats Shred Savings for Colorado Families, Kill Two Money Saving Bills
DENVER – Today, Senate Democrats blocked two Republican bills that would have kept over $1,500 in the wallets of hardworking Coloradans– once again proving their disregard for the state’s dire financial realities. Senate Bill 139, championed by Senator Mark...
Democrats Slam Door on Tax Cuts, Tighten Squeeze on Coloradans’ Wallets
DENVER – The Democrats have once again demonstrated their indifference to the financial challenges Coloradans are facing by killing two tax-cutting bills in committee today. Had they passed, Senate Bills 138 and 136 would have given Colorado taxpayers hundreds of...
Senator Lisa Frizell Stays Strong and Vows to Keep Fighting After Cancer Diagnosis
DENVER – Today on the Senate floor, Senator Lisa Frizell (R - Castle Rock) vowed to continue fighting tirelessly for her constituents and declared her recent stage I breast cancer diagnosis will not slow her commitment to serving the people. “This announcement...