Organizational Endorsements
Conservation Colorado
Colorado needs pro-conservation leaders who will reduce toxic air and water pollution, protect our outdoor spaces and take real steps to address climate change. Who we elect to office matters. Our leaders are in a position to greatly help — or harm — everything we love about Colorado.
Colorado Chamber of Commerce
The Colorado Chamber is the only business association that works to improve the business climate for all sizes of business from a statewide, multi-industry perspective. What The Colorado Chamber accomplishes is good for all businesses, and that’s good for the state’s economy.
AFSCME Local #18
AFSCME believes that every person working to sustain their community deserves respect. As part of the AFL-CIO, AFSCME is one of the nation’s leading advocates for working women and men. Our 1.6 million members provide the vital services that make America happen, and we believe everyone deserves a chance to fulfill the American dream.
Colorado WINS Local 1876
Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (WINS) is a union representing more than 31,000 state employees. We work to improve quality of services, safety, pay and benefits, working conditions, conflict resolution, staff attrition and more to ensure an effective workforce to serve all Coloradans.
Colorado Education Association
The Colorado Education Association is the voice of 39,000 educators, working together in a strong union to ensure all students get the exceptional public schools they deserve in every neighborhood across the state.
Colorado Academy of Family Physicians
The Colorado Academy of Family Physicians is the only organization dedicated solely to family physicians in the state of Colorado. Our academy was founded in 1948 and currently represents over 2,700 practicing and retired family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students.
Colorado ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
The Colorado Association of REALTORS® is the state’s largest professional, voluntary, non-profit, real estate trade association that is dedicated to serving more than 26,000 REALTOR® members across the state. These agents are also members of 28 local associations statewide and the National Association of REALTORS®.
National Association of social workers - co
NASW-CO is the state chapter of NASW, and currently maintains a membership base of 2,100+ professionally trained social workers and social work students. The Chapter has active committees that involve members throughout the state to better serve the social work community. These committees, along with each of our regions, work on professional, social policy, and legislative issues and sponsor networking and gatherings for members. Our PACE Committee also endorses statewide candidates for elected office.
SULLY’S ACTION FUND
Our Movement To Build An Army Of Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) Champions For A Safer Colorado
Colorado Ceasefire
Colorado Ceasefire is the longest serving statewide, grassroots gun violence prevention organization in the State of Colorado. We are parents, teachers, students, community members, gun violence survivors and more who have been working for nearly twenty years to prevent and reduce gun violence in Colorado.
Moms Demand Action
Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence.
AFT Colorado
AFT Colorado was organized as the Colorado Federation of Teachers, and was chartered October 26, 1946. In the early years there was no collective bargaining for Colorado teachers, but the CFT was effective in gaining improved working conditions for teachers and better learning conditions for students.
CARE
CREA represents and serves Colorado’s 22 electric cooperatives that do distribute electricity and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which generates the electricity for 17 of the state’s 22 co-ops.
smart local union 9
SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, is one of North America’s most dynamic and diverse unions. SMART’s members ensure the quality of the air we breathe, promote energy efficiency, produce and provide the vital services that move products to market and passengers to their destinations. We are sheet metal workers, service technicians, bus operators, engineers, conductors, sign workers, welders, production employees and more. With members in scores of different occupations, we advocate for fairness in the workplace, excellence at work and opportunity for all working families.
ONE Colorado
One Colorado is the state’s leading advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Coloradans and their families.
Cobalt
We actualize policies, structures, and attitudes that secure unassailable reproductive autonomy and abortion access.
Cobalt dates back to 1967, when Colorado became the first state to allow legal abortion. In 2020, Cobalt became a fully independent, Colorado-based abortion rights organization. And in 2022, with the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade, Colorado’s role as a haven state for abortion access became mission-critical. We are not just a place where abortion access is protected, we are a beacon of hope for the country.
UFCW Local 7 represents 23,000 members in Colorado and Wyoming in Supermarkets, Packing Houses, Food Processing Plants, Cannabis Facilities, Barbers and Cosmetologists, Healthcare Facilities, Counselors, and Distilleries.
UFCW Local 7 represents its members in negotiations with employers on contracts covering wages, benefits, and working conditions. Together we protect the rights, dignity, and safety of our members in the workplace. We advocate for you, the members on public policy issues and organizing the unorganized for rights, respect and a voice in the workplace.
Colorado Contractors Association
The Colorado Contractors Association (CCA) is the leading professional association for infrastructure construction professionals across the state, bringing infrastructure to life through the power of advocacy, education and training and partnerships.
Pikes Peak Eduation Association
PPEA advocates for public school funding, transparency with school finances, advocates for more time to teach and less testing, protecting your PERA, and supporting pro-education candidates.
CWA CO/WY State Council
CWA was founded in 1938 at meetings in Chicago and New Orleans. First known as the National Federation of Telephone Workers, the union became the Communications Workers of America in 1947.
CWA got its start in the telephone industry, but today it represents workers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada in the communications and information industries, as well as the news media, the airline industry, broadcast and cable television, public service, higher education, health care, manufacturing, high tech fields, and more.
Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund works to advance access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights.
Colorado STATE LODGE FOP
The Colorado State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police is the largest law enforcement organization in Colorado, representing over 8,700 sworn law enforcement
officers in our state.
colorado afl-cio
The Colorado AFL-CIO is an organization made up of over 130,000 hardworking union members across 180 affiliate unions. Our members build and maintain vital infrastructure, provide healthcare and work the essential jobs that keep Colorado moving.
Union members have come together in the Colorado AFL-CIO for over 100 years to build a world where working people share in the prosperity of their communities and benefit from the fruits of their labor. Our members work hard on the shop floor and the halls of power to maintain dignity, safety and justice for all Coloradans.
SIERRA CLUB Colorado
In order to be more responsible and accountable allies as individuals and as a Sierra Club community at large, we commit ourselves to living out our five values: anti-racism, balance, collaboration, justice, and transformation. These values drive the decisions we make as we fight for the livable planet we all deserve.
SEIU
We are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), an organization of 2 million members united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide — and dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society.
Nurses for political action
NPAC is a non-partisan organization that raises money from nurses and others, endorses state level (and sometimes local) candidates, and contributes to their campaigns.
colorado professional fire fighters assoc
The Colorado Professional Fire Fighters Association is the collective voice of over 6,500 dedicated firefighters across our beautiful state. With 67 locals united under our banner, we stand as a formidable force committed to serving our communities with unwavering dedication and professionalism.
The mission of Colorado Professional Fire Fighters is clear: to protect and advance the rights, interests, and well-being of our members while ensuring the highest standards of safety and service for the residents of Colorado. From battling wildfires that threaten our forests and homes to responding to medical emergencies and hazardous incidents, our members are on the front lines, ready to answer the call whenever and wherever they are needed.
GIFFORDS PAC
For too long, the gun lobby had unchecked power over our political system. We’ve changed the status quo by supporting candidates and elected officials who have the courage to stand up for lifesaving gun laws.
