Colorado House District 23 · Jefferson County
For every neighbor
in Jeffco.
Ross is a software developer and data analyst with a background in physical science. He builds civic data tools that make public information — campaign finance, voting records, public meetings — easier for ordinary people to find and understand. That work is the same instinct behind this campaign: government should be legible to the people who pay for it.
A resident of Wheat Ridge, Ross has watched HD23 deal with the same problems most of Colorado is dealing with — housing that's gotten out of reach, property tax bills climbing on flat values, schools tightening their belts, corridor projects that change daily life without much explanation. He's running because the people closest to those problems deserve a representative who'll be straight about what the legislature can fix, what it can't, and what it broke in the first place.
Read Ross's full story →Coloradans pay vehicle and transportation taxes that get diverted into other things every year. That's how we end up with crumbling roads despite paying for maintenance. Initiative 175 fixes that — and the principle should apply to every dollar the legislature collects.
Most voters can't tell you where their property tax bill increases came from this year. That's a transparency problem, not just a tax problem. The legislature's job is to make spending decisions that residents can actually follow — and reverse the ones that aren't paying off.
Civil asset forfeiture lets law enforcement seize your house, car, or savings without ever charging you with anything. Reform has bipartisan momentum at the state legislature. I'd vote for it every time.
Whether you've lived in Jeffco your whole life or just moved here — your voice and your support make this campaign possible.