Julie is a progressive Democrat fighting for every Coloradan

Learn where Julie stands and what she’s done on the issues that matter.

Reproductive Justice

Reproductive rights are under attack across the country. Julie proudly sponsored the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which codified in Colorado law each person’s ability to make reproductive healthcare decisions free from government interference.

Affordable Housing

Julie is tackling Colorado’s housing crisis head-on. She lives in an affordable housing unit and knows how transformative housing stability can be for families and communities. Since getting elected, Julie has:

  • Allocated over $500 million to incentivize affordable housing

  • Strengthened protections for renters and tenants

  • Reduced state barriers to develop affordable housing

New Americans

Julie worked in the immigrant rights movement for over a decade, and has seen the consequences of our broken immigration system far too many times. She knows the vibrancy that new Americans bring to our state and communities. Her immigration works includes:

  • Preventing ICE from raiding state databases for immigration enforcement

  • Expanding in-state tuition to every high school graduate, regardless of immigration status

  • Establishing a statewide Office of New Americans

Environmental Justice

Every Coloradan deserves clean, healthy air to breathe. But unfortunately, our air quality is often among the worst in the nation. Poor air quality disproportionately impacts working-class Coloradans and communities of color. Julie has worked to clean up our air and water by:

  • Establishing statewide monitoring and health-based standards for deadly air toxics

  • Eliminating dangerous “forever” PFAS chemicals from our water supply

  • Securing over $100 million for clean-air investments

Criminal Legal Reform

There are many ways to ensure that individuals who commit crimes can repair the harm done to society, and locking someone up in a cell is rarely the most effective. Julie has focused her criminal legal reform efforts to:

  • Repeal the death penalty in Colorado

  • Re-write Colorado’s misdemeanor code and sentencing guidelines to be more just and humane

  • Strengthen the rights of children, immigrants, renters, and people with intellectual disabilities in court