Our Platform: Our Values

We support a free and fair economy based on Equity, that gives everyone an opportunity to pursue their Happiness. This means a strong and fair economy that works for everyone.

A quality public education system is fundamental to democracy and an essential investment in our future. Our civic and economic vitality depends on the skill level, creativity, problem-solving capacity, and leadership abilities of its workforce. A high-quality public education for 21st-century learners must be accessible and affordable to all student populations.

Colorado's social and economic mainstays of agriculture, tourism, and wildlife diversity depend on a sustainable, healthy, and clean environment that is protected from environmental threats such as pollution, natural resource depletion, and climate change.

The single largest stressor any of us have ever seen on our healthcare system, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, has exposed critical flaws in our United States and Colorado healthcare infrastructure. Simply having insufficient coverage or no coverage at all puts individuals and families at a significant disadvantage in avoiding serious infection.

Our constitutional democracy is under attack and needs to be secured and protected from authoritarianism. For the first time in our republic’s history, a losing presidential candidate and many in his party publicly encouraged the use of force to keep power and attempted to change the outcome of the election.

We honor and defend the rights of everyone in Colorado regardless of citizenship. We value the contributions of immigrants and refugees to the vibrancy of our state. We value the contributions that those from other lands bring to our national economic, intellectual, and cultural life. We value diversity and must provide a pathway for aspiring Americans to earn citizenship.

The entrepreneurial spirit of the American economic system has led to innovations and wealth generation with the potential to advance the standard of living for all Americans. However, rewards are going primarily to the wealthy and not primarily with those who generated the wealth. It is time to level the playing field.

We believe physical and mental health are human rights, and that we owe Seniors the social and economic safeguards to maintain a decent standard of living and adequate nutrition as they face aging in the modern world. We will fight to combat the ageism that abounds in current society.

U.S. foreign policy must reflect our highest principles of democracy and human rights. We must engage with the people of the world as partners. Conflict must be settled through diplomacy whenever possible. Military action must be a last resort, used in proportion to the threat and in accordance with international laws and agreements.