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Personal Details
Lorena Garcia
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Democratic Party

Candidate, Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Shannon Bird

Compensation

Base salary

43,977/year for legislators whose terms began in 2023. $41,449/year for legislators whose terms began in 2021.

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $45/day. For legislators living more than 50 miles from the capitol: $237/day.

Elections and appointments
Next election

June 25, 2024

Appointed

January 3, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005

Graduate

The George Washington University, 2017

Personal
Profession
Director
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Lorena Garcia (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 35. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 8, 2025.

Garcia (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 35. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.

The Colorado Democratic Party appointed Garcia to the District 35 seat in the state House after Adrienne Benavidez (D), who had won the general election in 2022, resigned from office.

Lorena Garcia lives in Colorado. Garcia earned a bachelor's of fine arts in film, cinema, and video studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.B.A. in international business from George Washington University. Her career experience includes working as a director in a variety of roles and organizations, such as Colorado state director for 9to5, executive director of the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, executive director of Wyofile, development and strategic communications director for Colorado Youth Matter, and CEO of Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition.

Elections

2024

General election

The primary will occur on June 25, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Lorena Garcia is running in the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 25, 2024.

Lorena Garcia

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Lee Knoll is running in the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 25, 2024.

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Lee Knoll

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2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Colorado

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 3, 2020.

John Hickenlooper (D)
53.5%
1,731,114 Votes
Cory Gardner (R)
44.2%
1,429,492 Votes
Raymon Doane (L)
1.7%
56,262 Votes
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Daniel Doyle (Approval Voting Party)
0.3%
9,820 Votes
Stephan Evans (Unity Party) Candidate Connection
0.3%
8,971 Votes
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Bruce Lohmiller (G) (Write-in)
0.0%
0 Votes
Danny Skelly (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
0.0%
0 Votes
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Michael Sanchez (Independent) (Write-in)
0.0%
0 Votes

Total votes: 3,235,659
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Gary Swing (Other)
  • Joseph Camp (Independent)
  • Veronique Bellamy (Socialist Party)
  • Martha Wolf (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

John Hickenlooper defeated Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

John Hickenlooper
58.7%
585,826 Votes
Andrew Romanoff
41.3%
412,955 Votes

Total votes: 998,781
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Danielle Kombo (D)
  • Erik Underwood (D)
  • Denise Burgess (D)
  • David Goldfischer (D)
  • Lorena Garcia (D)
  • Trish Zornio (D)
  • Michael Johnston (D)
  • Diana Bray (D)
  • Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)
  • Michelle Ferrigno Warren (D)
  • Critter Milton (D)
  • Keith Pottratz (D)
  • John Walsh (D)
  • Dan Baer (D)
  • Ellen Burnes (D)
  • Alice Madden (D)
  • Angela Williams (D)
  • Derrick Blanton (D)
  • Dustin John Leitzel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Incumbent Cory Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

Cory Gardner
100.0%
554,806 Votes

Total votes: 554,806
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Margot Dupre (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Raymon Doane defeated Gaylon Kent in the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

Raymon Doane
62.8%
4,365 Votes
Gaylon Kent
37.2%
2,583 Votes

Total votes: 6,948
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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado

Stephan Evans defeated Joshua Rodriguez in the Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on April 4, 2020.

Stephan Evans (Unity Party) Candidate Connection
Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party) Candidate Connection

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Unity Party primary convention

Stephan Evans advanced from the Unity Party primary convention on April 4, 2020. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Noteworthy events

Garcia submitted 13,812 signatures, 9,428 of which were found valid by the Secretary of State's office, which placed Garcia below the 10,500 threshold to qualify for the ballot. Garcia initially intended to contest the Secretary of State's decisions signature-by-signature. Following the April 21 ruling in Warren's favor, Garcia announced on April 22 that she would file a lawsuit similar to Warren's. She said, "That precedent has already been set at a ridiculously low threshold," and argued that her number of valid signatures displayed significant support amid the coronavirus pandemic.

On April 30, Judge Christopher Baumann ordered that Garcia's name be added to the Democratic primary ballot. The Secretary of State did not indicate whether she would appeal the ruling.

On May 5, the Colorado Supreme Court removed Garcia from the ballot after Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) appealed the earlier district court decision. The Supreme Court applied the same argument used in Warren's case one day prior that only the Colorado General Assembly can alter signature requirements. Garcia indicated she would challenge the decision in federal court.

On May 7, U.S. District Judge William J. Martinez ruled that Garcia would not appear on the primary ballot. Garcia formally suspended her campaign the following day.