Ballots are due Tuesday, June 30 for the Colorado primary. If yours is still sitting on the kitchen counter, consider this your reminder: vote. Your vote genuinely matters.
It’s worth saying again: I’m voting for Phil Weiser for governor. I hope you will too.
I laid out the full case last month. The short version hasn’t changed. Phil has the most affirmative, pro-growth vision in the race - welcoming new industries, modernizing Colorado’s regulatory environment rather than just sloganeering about it (“like garlic in cooking,” as he puts it), and investing in the workforce, housing, and infrastructure that growth actually requires. When more than 400 Colorado business leaders signed an open letter on the state’s innovation future, Phil was the only candidate it was addressed to who responded with anything substantive. That tells you how he’d govern - by asking how he can help. He’s been doing the same around AI policy, which is why he received the endorsement from a group of business-forward but civically minded technologists who outlined a positive AI vision for Colorado.
I align with Phil on the things I care most about: small business, rural Colorado, entrepreneurship, and a smarter regulatory environment, balanced against a real commitment to education, healthcare, and the environment. I have a lot of respect for Michael Bennet, but Colorado is better served with him in the Senate.
The race is an incredibly close one, and it’s going to come down to the wire. The most recent polling shows Phil pulling ahead, but the surveys have bounced back and forth all month. What’s clear is that it’s a very tight race - and with a meaningful share of voters still undecided, it comes down to who actually returns a ballot.
So vote. Get your ballot into a drop box or vote center by 7 p.m. Tuesday. And I hope you’ll join me in voting for Phil.