Colorado — U.S. Senate

John Hickenlooper

Supports universal coverage and ACA public option

Hickenlooper views healthcare as a right and advocates for building on the Affordable Care Act by establishing a national public option. He supports empowering Medicare to negotiate all prescription drug prices, protecting pre-existing condition coverage, expanding Medicaid, and investing in rural hospitals and mental health services.

• Establish a federally-administered public health insurance option while protecting ACA benefits
• Empower Medicare to negotiate all prescription drug prices and allow safe importation of medication from Canada
• Increase funding for Medicaid, Community Health Centers, and rural hospitals to ensure equitable care access

“Health care is a right, not a privilege. No matter where you live, who you are, or how much you earn, you deserve high-quality, affordable health care.”

“As senator, he lowered drug prices for seniors and held pharmaceutical companies accountable for price gouging. John supports legislation to create a public option, lower drug prices by empowering Medicare to negotiate all drug prices, and improve health care access for rural, low-income, and minority communities.”

Mark Baisley

Supports market-driven healthcare and patient choice

Baisley advocates for market-based healthcare reforms that increase competition and reduce federal regulation. He opposes government control, favoring Health Savings Accounts, association health plans, price transparency, and reduced federal mandates to lower costs and protect rural health infrastructure.

• Expand access to association health plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• Increase healthcare price transparency to allow patients to compare costs
• Protect rural hospitals, expand telehealth, and reduce federal mandates pushing small providers out

“Colorado families deserve affordable, accessible healthcare — without government control driving up costs and limiting choices. Mark Baisley believes healthcare decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not Washington bureaucrats.”

“True healthcare reform means empowering patients not expanding federal control.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports worker investments and housing regulations

Hickenlooper focuses on building an economy that benefits working families by raising wages, strengthening labor unions, and supporting small business capital access. He advocates for housing cost reductions, apprenticeships, regulating AI impact on labor, and rolling back tariffs.

• Co-sponsor of the PRO Act to strengthen labor union organizing and collective bargaining rights
• Supports raising the minimum wage, expanding apprenticeship programs like CareerWise, and investing in workforce development
• Promotes comprehensive housing legislation to curb corporate speculation and expand affordable housing options

“We need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the ultra-wealthy and well-connected. More affordable housing, lower prices, good paying jobs, fair working conditions, and strong small businesses.”

“He has championed legislation to expand access to capital for small businesses, women, Coloradans of color and rural communities.”

Mark Baisley

Supports tax cuts and market deregulation

Baisley promotes economic prosperity by cutting federal taxes, rolling back government regulations, and unleashing private sector enterprise. He believes reducing federal mandates and restoring domestic energy dominance will drive paycheck growth across industries.

• Cut federal taxes and roll back government regulations to foster private-sector job creation
• Restore American energy dominance to drive wage growth and economic expansion
• Reduce federal intervention to make the U.S. attractive to employers rather than managed by bureaucrats

“He understands that prosperity doesn’t come from Washington mandates — it comes from unleashing the private sector. In the United States Senate, he will fight to cut federal taxes, roll back job-killing regulations, restore American energy dominance, and make the US a magnet for employers — not a playground for unelected bureaucrats.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports federal clean transit and water investments

Hickenlooper champions major federal investments in clean energy infrastructure, electric vehicle grids, public transit, and water conservation. He established the Senate Colorado River Caucus and helped secure federal funds to combat drought and fix roads and bridges.

• Secured federal funding to revamp infrastructure, fix bridges and roads, and expand electric vehicle charging networks
• Founded the Senate Colorado River Caucus to secure federal funding for extreme drought and water management
• Promotes energy-efficient building standards and modernizing the national electric grid

“He’s helped secure federal funding to build more affordable housing, fix our bridges and roads, and invest in clean energy tech, creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs in the process.”

“He also created the Senate Colorado River Caucus and secured billions in federal funding to help address the Colorado river crisis.”

Mark Baisley

Supports targeted local projects and permitting reform

Baisley advocates for targeted infrastructure spending focused on roads, bridges, rural broadband, and Western Slope water storage. He emphasizes fiscal discipline, local control, streamlined federal permitting, and prioritizing American materials over broad federal packages.

• Focus federal spending on targeted investments in roads, bridges, rural broadband, and water storage rather than large packages
• Protect critical Western Slope water infrastructure through local control and accountability
• Streamline permitting processes and reduce federal red tape to accelerate infrastructure development

“Mark Baisley believes in rebuilding roads, bridges, and water systems the right way: with fiscal discipline, local control, and accountability for every taxpayer dollar.”

“He will fight for targeted, transparent investments that improve mobility, strengthen rural communities, and protect critical Western Slope water infrastructure.”

John Hickenlooper

Opposes ICE overreach and supports reform

Hickenlooper strongly criticizes aggressive immigration enforcement, voting against expanded ICE funding and introducing legislation to ban masks and raids at sensitive locations. He advocates for legal counsel for immigrants, detention center oversight, and humane immigration policies.

• Co-sponsored legislation to force ICE agents to unmask and permit lawsuits against ICE for misconduct
• Introduced legislation banning ICE raids at sensitive sites like schools, hospitals, places of worship, and polling places
• Conducts oversight visits at detention facilities and works to ensure immigrants and children have access to legal counsel

“ICE is out of control. They’ve shot, beaten, and killed people. They’re attacking constitutional rights. John refuses to accept their lawlessness. He knows they need to be completely overhauled or shut down.”

“That’s why he voted against giving ICE a penny more and introduced legislation to ban ICE agents from wearing masks and conducting raids at sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, polling places, and places of worship.”

Mark Baisley

Supports legal immigration with strict vetting

Baisley emphasizes the rule of law regarding immigration, noting that legal immigrants must be thoroughly vetted to ensure they are self-reliant, law-abiding, and ready to assimilate. He asserts that those not legally admitted should work to establish liberty in their home nations.

• Supports legal immigration framework welcoming 1.2 million vetted individuals annually
• Requires immigrants to be non-violent, self-reliant contributors who assimilate into American culture
• Believes non-eligible applicants should work to foster liberty and rule of law within their native countries

“These welcomed souls are vetted to ensure that they: • Are not violent or dishonorable • Will be self-reliant contributors • Will proudly assimilate into American culture”

“Those applicants who are not fortunate enough to share in the American inheritance should establish Natural Law in their native countries by pledging to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports 100% clean energy and public lands

Hickenlooper targets net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through investments in wind, solar, carbon capture, and electric vehicles. He aggressively opposes selling off federal public lands and championed methane emission regulations and rejoining the Paris Agreement.

• Supports transitioning to a 100% renewable energy economy with net-zero emissions by 2050
• Fought to block the sale of millions of acres of federal public lands and protected Colorado public land
• Established state methane leak regulations and supports federal carbon dividend plans and Climate Corps initiatives

“First and foremost, we are calling for a transition to a 100% renewable energy economy with net-zero emissions by 2050, with an interim goal of a 43% reduction below 2005 levels in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030”

“John knows our public lands will NEVER be for sale. When Trump and MAGA Republicans tried to sell off millions of acres of our public lands, John stopped them in their tracks.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports universal background checks and gun bans

Hickenlooper advocates for strict federal gun safety legislation, including universal background checks, bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and extreme risk protection laws. He co-sponsored the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and helped form the Gun Violence Prevention Caucus.

• Enacted state universal background checks and magazine limits as governor and supports national expansion
• Supports a federal assault weapons ban, closing the Charleston loophole, and prohibiting untraceable ghost guns
• Supports Extreme Risk Protection Order (red flag) laws and repealing liability shields for gun manufacturers

“As Governor, he took on the NRA and won. He created sweeping gun safety reform including universal background checks and limits on high capacity magazines.”

“John supports legislation to expand background checks to all gun sales, ban assault weapons, and better regulate the safe home storage of firearms.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and IVF

Hickenlooper supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law and securing access to contraception, IVF, and medication abortion like mifepristone. As governor, he expanded access to free long-acting reversible contraceptives, significantly reducing unintended pregnancy rates.

• Supports federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and establish nationwide access to IVF and contraception
• Pledges to protect access to mifepristone and reverse funding cuts targeting Planned Parenthood and Title X
• Expanded free LARC contraception programs as governor, reducing unintended pregnancies in Colorado by 54%

“The constitutionally protected right to an abortion is an essential component of reproductive health care. We must also guarantee access to affordable and safe contraception”

“He is fighting to restore Roe v Wade and reverse disastrous Medicaid cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood. He is working to protect mifepristone and medical abortions and establish a nationwide right to access IVF.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports campaign finance reform and voting access

Hickenlooper refuses corporate PAC contributions and fights to eliminate dark money by overturning Citizens United. He champions legislation banning lawmakers and executive officials from stock trading on insider information and opposes voter suppression tactics.

• Refuses corporate PAC money and supports overturning Citizens United to restrict dark money in elections
• Sponsors legislation prohibiting lawmakers from using insider government information for stock trading
• Supports expanding universal vote-by-mail nationally and opposes efforts to restrict ballot access

“John doesn’t take a dime of corporate PAC money. He is fighting to ban dark money and special interest corruption in politics.”

“He has championed legislation to prevent Trump and his cronies from using insider information to make millions betting on military operations and stop lawmakers from using their position to enrich themselves.”

John Hickenlooper

Supports scientific research and AI regulation

As the Senate's only peer-reviewed scientist, Hickenlooper works to protect funding for federal research facilities like the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). He champions legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, protect against cyberattacks, and boost science agency budgets.

• Protected funding and 800 jobs at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder
• Authored legislation to prepare the workforce for AI integration while supporting AI regulatory guardrails
• Advocates for increased federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation

“As the only peer-reviewed scientist in the Senate, John refuses to bend the knee to the Trump administration’s all-out attack on science and American innovation.”

“That’s why he’s authored legislation to prepare and protect our workforce as we harness American innovation to lead on AI.”