Ross is a software developer and data analyst with a background in physical science. In his career, he turns complicated public data into something everyone can actually use — building tools that make campaign finance, voting records, and public meeting transcripts accessible without having to be a specialist. That's the same instinct behind his campaign for HD23: government should be transparent to the people who pay for it.
Ross grew up in the Chicago suburbs and came to Colorado because the state still had something most of the country had lost: a real respect for individual judgment. Colorado let women vote in 1893, twenty-seven years before the federal amendment. Colorado stopped putting people in jail for marijuana in 2012. Colorado was built on the idea that if you do the work, what you build is yours. That tradition is still alive in places like Jeffco — and Ross is running to make sure the legislature stops working against it.
Beyond the day job, Ross serves as Chair of the Jefferson County affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Colorado and as the state party's Legislative Director — roles that have given him a close look at how state-level legislation actually gets made, who shows up to influence it, and where the gaps are between what the legislature passes and what residents experience.
I grew up assuming I was a Democrat — that's just what my community was. I turned 18 in 2008 and voted for Obama because he promised to end the wars, bring healthcare costs down, and roll back warrantless surveillance. None of that happened. The Republicans haven't done better. I stopped picking teams a long time ago. I'm running because somebody in this district has to be willing to look at what's actually working, what isn't, and tell people the truth either way.
A state representative's job is narrower than national politics likes to admit. We don't decide federal policy from the Colorado House. What we do decide is how transportation dollars get spent, whether police can take property from people they haven't convicted, whether Colorado Guard members get sent overseas without Congress voting on it, and whether voters have a say in housing decisions made for their property. I'm running because those questions deserve someone who will answer them honestly, without partisan filter.
House District 23 spans several distinct communities across the heart of Jefferson County — each with its own character, and each deserving a voice in the Colorado House.