Colorado — 3rd District

Dwayne Romero

Focuses on lowering living costs

Romero prioritizes addressing affordability by tackling housing costs, healthcare expenses, and prices at the gas pump and grocery store. He pledges to repeal disastrous federal tariffs and expand Family Tax Credits to assist working families.

• Repeal federal tariffs that increase consumer prices
• Expand Family Tax Credits to support working parents
• Reduce everyday costs for housing, healthcare, food, and fuel

“Affordability is at the top of my priority list.”

“I’m going to fight to make it easier, starting with repealing these disastrous tariffs and expanding the Family Tax Credits.”

Jeff Hurd

Supports regulatory relief and tax credits

Hurd focuses on creating higher-paying jobs by targeting unnecessary federal mandates and regulations to help small businesses thrive. He supports tax relief for working parents, including the Child Tax Credit and targeted childcare tax credits, and voted for federal tax and debt legislation in the 119th Congress.

• Eliminate unnecessary mandates and federal regulations impacting small businesses
• Support the Child Tax Credit and tax credits for childcare costs
• Voted Yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) addressing tax policy and federal funding

“Better jobs and a better economy mean healthier families and stronger communities.”

Dwayne Romero

Supports comprehensive reform and border security

Romero advocates for securing the border while establishing a path to citizenship for long-term, law-abiding residents. He supports increasing the number of immigration judges to expedite processings, detain criminals, and protect asylum seekers.

• Establish an earned path to citizenship for long-term, law-abiding community members
• Hire additional immigration judges to process cases and detain criminal offenders
• Combine border enforcement with modern legal immigration pathways

“I believe we can secure our border, uphold our values, and fix a broken system — all at the same time.”

Jeff Hurd

Supports immediate border enforcement

Hurd views illegal immigration as a national security crisis and calls for immediate border security reinforcement. He supports full funding for Border Patrol and voted in Congress for strict enforcement measures, including mandatory detention and deportation for non-citizens arrested for theft or DUI offenses.

• Secure the southern border immediately and increase resources for Border Patrol
• Crack down on illicit drugs such as fentanyl flowing into rural communities
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) and the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act (H.R. 875)

“Our open border is a national security crisis and a massive political failure.”

Dwayne Romero

Opposes water transfers out of home basins

Drawing on his experience on a local water and sanitation district board, Romero vows to defend Colorado's water rights under the Colorado River Compact. He opposes attempts to transfer water out of home basins and seeks to prohibit foreign entities from purchasing local water.

• Hold the line on the Colorado River Compact to protect regional allocations
• Oppose efforts to transfer water out of home basins in the district
• Bar foreign entities from buying Colorado water rights

“Water is the key to life here in Colorado.”

“We need someone in Congress who will hold the line for our district’s water resources.”

Jeff Hurd

Advocates upstream interests and basin limits

Hurd emphasizes protecting upstream interests by forcing water users in the lower Colorado River Basin to live within their legal means. He supports federal permitting reform to accelerate water infrastructure projects and measures to eradicate invasive water-consuming plant species.

• Pressure lower Colorado River Basin states to reduce water consumption
• Modify federal permitting processes to facilitate critical local water projects
• Eradicate water-guzzling non-native plant species like the tamarisk

“Protecting Colorado water requires thoughtful advocacy.”

Dwayne Romero

Supports pragmatic all-of-the-above transition

Romero advocates for an all-of-the-above energy strategy that utilizes CO-03's legacy fossil fuel resources while actively advancing alternative energies. He views this balanced approach as essential for maintaining reliable, affordable power during an energy transition window.

• Maintain production of legacy energy resources local to CO-03
• Accelerate deployment and advancement of alternative renewable energies
• Provide reliable power to meet expanding demand through a gradual energy transition

“An all-of-the-above approach is the only way we provide the reliable and affordable energy our communities need and deserve.”

Jeff Hurd

Promotes traditional development and permitting reform

Hurd promotes developing oil and natural gas alongside competitive renewable resources to guarantee national energy independence. He supports exporting Colorado energy to foreign allies and reforming regulatory permitting to accelerate both traditional and low-carbon energy infrastructure.

• Support clean oil and natural gas extraction and energy exports to foreign allies
• Enact federal permitting and regulatory reform to speed energy project development
• Encourage private investment in dispatchable power generation and low-carbon tech

“Low cost, abundant energy is good for Colorado and good for national security.”

Dwayne Romero

Supports family farms and foreign ownership limits

Romero pledges to support family agricultural operations by passing a robust Farm Bill and restricting foreign ownership of Colorado farmland and water. He aims to strengthen rural economies to ensure family farms pass down across generations.

• Pass a robust federal Farm Bill that protects family farms and ranches
• Ban foreign entities from buying Colorado agricultural land and water rights
• Provide economic stability for local agricultural businesses

“We must pass a robust Farm Bill and keep foreign entities out of Colorado water and farmland ownership.”

Jeff Hurd

Supports legacy producers and regulatory relief

Hurd focuses on protecting first-generation and legacy agricultural producers from excessive federal regulation, unfavorable trade rules, and land use restrictions. He advocates for policies addressing grazing rights, water management, and the impacts of wolf reintroduction.

• Protect family farmers and ranchers from burdensome federal regulations and grazing limits
• Address agricultural challenges regarding trade, labor, water, and wolf reintroduction
• Pass Farm Bill provisions tailored to rural Colorado producers

“Jeff will work hard to protect the livelihood of farmers and ranchers throughout rural Colorado—no matter the size, and whether they’re first-generation or legacy producers.”

Dwayne Romero

Supports rural hospitals and drug price negotiation

Romero opposes federal spending cuts that affect rural healthcare networks, advocating for keeping rural hospitals open and funded. He supports allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and protecting women's access to reproductive healthcare.

• Protect rural hospital funding and keep facility doors open
• Allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs
• Defend women's access to reproductive healthcare services

“The One Big Ugly Bill completely turned our health care network on its head — Medicare, Medicaid, & SNAP were decimated and people were kicked off their health plans.”

Jeff Hurd

Voted for federal reconciliation legislation

Hurd has not published an explicit healthcare issue statement on his campaign platform, but voted Yea on the 2025 budget reconciliation act (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act) in the 119th Congress.

• Voted Yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), addressing federal program funding and taxes

Dwayne Romero

Supports banning corporate home buying and cutting red tape

Romero proposes keeping housing affordable for local working families by banning large investment corporations from buying residential properties. He also supports repealing construction red tape and investing directly in rural housing developments.

• Bar Wall Street investment firms from acquiring single-family homes and inflating rents
• Repeal burdensome construction regulations to accelerate housing starts
• Direct federal investments into rural community housing projects

“Let’s stop Wall Street behemoths from buying up homes and driving up rents, repeal outdated red tape that hinders construction, and invest in housing construction in our rural communities.”

Jeff Hurd

Identifies housing as barrier to business growth

Hurd identifies high housing and childcare costs as major hurdles preventing rural Colorado businesses from recruiting workers. His economic approach focuses on creating high-paying jobs that allow families to meet rising living costs.

• Acknowledge housing costs as a primary impediment to local business hiring
• Promote higher-paying jobs to help families absorb higher regional housing costs

“Businesses struggle to recruit employees because of housing and childcare costs.”

Dwayne Romero

Opposes public land transfers and supports staffing

Romero opposes selling or transferring public lands to private interests and criticizes federal reductions in national forest staffing. He advocates for increased funding for firefighters and wildfire resilience programs across CO-03.

• Oppose the sale or transfer of federal public lands to private entities
• Restore reduced field staff positions in regional national forests
• Invest in firefighter support and proactive wildfire mitigation

“We need to oppose efforts to sell or transfer out public lands to private interests and support our firefighters and increase fire resilience.”

Jeff Hurd

Supports multi-use management and permitting reform

Hurd serves on the House Natural Resources Committee and emphasizes balanced multi-use public land management. He advocates for federal permitting reform to streamline energy extraction and water development projects on federal lands.

• Serves on the House Natural Resources Committee and subcommittees
• Reform federal permitting to accelerate traditional and low-carbon energy projects on public lands

“Jeff knows permitting and regulatory reform are necessary to speed both traditional and low-carbon energy development.”

Dwayne Romero

Supports stock bans and lobbyist restrictions

Romero pledges to reform congressional ethics by banning federal officials from trading stocks, ending dark money political spending, establishing congressional term limits, and closing the lobbying revolving door.

• Ban federal officials and members of Congress from trading stocks
• Prohibit dark money political spending in federal elections
• Enact term limits for members of Congress and restrict lobbying after public service

“This includes banning all federal officials from trading stocks, ending dark money in political spending, enacting term limits, and closing the revolving door between Congress and cushy lobbyist gigs.”

Jeff Hurd

Supports crypto regulation and FIT21 bill

Hurd promotes sensible regulatory oversight for emerging technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency. He supports bipartisan federal legislation to establish regulatory frameworks for digital assets while maintaining public protections.

• Support the FIT21 bill (H.R. 4763) for digital asset market structure
• Voted Yea on the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) regulating payment stablecoins
• Encourage domestic blockchain innovation to keep pace with foreign competitors

“In Congress, Jeff will fight to make sure that there are sensible regulations for advancing technologies like cryptocurrency, encouraging the innovation and job growth they bring, all while protecting the public from bad actors.”