Below is an updated guide on where Colorado Republicans stand on Trump. Please send me new information and updates, as the list changes rapidly with each speech, tweet, debate, and video.
Elected Officials Who Jumped Aboard the Trump Train, AND Affirmed Support after The Release of Trump’s lewd Comments
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (affirmed support here)
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (affirmed support here)
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (affirmed support here)
State Rep. Jon Becker
State Rep. J. Paul Brown
State Rep. Perry Buck
State Rep. Justin Everett
State Rep. Polly Lawrence
State Rep. Tim Leonard
State Rep. Paul Lundeen
State Rep. Patrick Neville
State Rep. Clarice Navarro
State Rep. Dan Nordberg
State Rep. Bob Rankin
State Rep. Lori Saine
State Rep. Jim Wilson
State Rep. John Cooke
State Rep. Kent Lambert
State Rep. Vicki Marble
State Rep. Tim Neville
State Rep. Ray Scott
State Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg
State Rep. Joann Windholz
State Rep. Laura Woods
El Paso Country Commissioner Peggy Littleton
Elected Official Who May Not Vote For President At All
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (His spokeswoman said her boss would “absolutely” back the GOP presidential nominee, but Coffman later hedged, and now Coffman says he won’t vote for Trump.) Now Coffman is saying he’s not sure he’ll cast a ballot for president.
Elected Officials who Backed Trump, Dumped Him, but Haven’t Said Whom They Will Vote for
Sen. Cory Gardner (once called Trump a “buffoon,” then said he’d vote for him (after being asked seven times), and then dumped him. Gardner said he’d write-in Pence, but if he does, his vote won’t count, because it’s too late to do this, under Colorado rules. So we don’t know whom Gardner is voting for.
Candidate Who Said He Would Vote for Trump, Then Decided Against It, and Then Jumped Back On Board with Trump!
El Paso County Commissioner and GOP U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn
Elected Officials Who’ve Expressed their Support for Trump but Not Necessarily Confirmed It since the Lewed Video
Former State Rep. Greg Brophy (if Trump is nominee)
State Sen. President Bill Cadman (if Trump is nominee)
A reporter characterized State Rep. Don Coram as a Trump fan
State Rep. Dan Thurlow.
Elected Officials Who Were Undecided Along the Way
State Rep. Kathleen Conti, who’s said, “I’m hearing growing support for [Libertarian] Gary Johnson.”
State Sen. Kevin Grantham.
State Rep. Yuelin Willet.
Former Elected Officials Backing Trump
Former Colorado Senate President John Andrews
Former Rep. Bob Beauprez
Former Rep. Jon Keyser (He reiterated his support here.)
Former CU Regent Tom Lucero
Former State Rep. Spencer Swalm (an “out-of-the-closet” endorser)
Former Elected Officials Who Will Not Vote for Trump
Former State Sen. Shawn Mitchell (also left GOP, posting on Facebook, “Whores don’t merit unwavering loyalty.”).
Candidates Backing Trump
George Athanasopoulos (Running against Perlmutter)
Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Doty
House District 1 candidate Raymond Garcia
Casper Stockham, who’s the Republican challenging Rep. Diana DeGette.
House District 14 candidate Jeff Williams
Notable Republicans Who said, “We May Be Seeing the Final months of the Existence of the Republican Party”
Colorado GOP Officials Who’ve Left Republican Party
Vice Chair of Rio Grande County GOP Patrick Crowder
Chair of House District 43 Republicans Craig Steiner.
Activist Jennifer Raiffie (Facebook)