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Election results – state

• Split government which is very beneficial to banking in Colorado, with
GOP control of the CO Senate
o CBA long has been a proponent of balanced government (split
between the parties), which produces more balanced public

policies and pushes both parties toward reasonable proposals in
the middle.
• Numerous high-impact ballot issues impacted banks, and CBA’s position
prevailed on 4 out of 5
o CBA was an early organizer of Building a Better Colorado, which

spawned Raise the Bar, 71; and Let Colorado Vote, 107 & 108.
CBA was a key player in these initiatives.

Colorado House Colorado Senate
• Margin now 37 D, 28 R in 2016 • Margin 17 D, 18 R in 2016 and
• Speaker Duran 2017/18
• Majority Leader Becker • President Grantham
• Business Committee Chair • Majority Leader Holbert
Kraft-Tharp • Business Committee Chair Tate –
great committee

Colorado executive branch in 2018

Colorado statewide office holders were selected in 2014 and will be in 2020:

• Governor – Approximately 41 candidates – changing weekly
• Attorney General – 4 candidates
• Treasurer – candidates

• Secretary of State – 1 candidate

Candidate list is extremely crowded – most people running for office in
decades