Endorsements
Crisanta was endorsed by almost 60% of voters when she won the Democratic Primary on August 10th.
Organization Endorsements:
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AFSCME |
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Colorado BlueFlower Fund |
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Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council |
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Colorado Council of Teamsters |
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Colorado Machinists Council |
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Denver Classroom Teachers Association |
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Denver Sheriff's Fraternal Order of Police |
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IBEW Local 111 |
 | Kaiser Health Care Professional Stewards for UFCW |
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Pipefitters Local 208 |
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Poder PAC |
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Planned Parenthood |
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Progressive Majority |
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Service Employees International Union |  |
Unite Here |
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Women Under Forty Political Action Committee |
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Women's Campaign Forum |
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Joe Hansen
International UFCW President |
Past and Current Elected Officials:
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Polly Baca, former State Senator
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 | Edward Casso, State Representative House District 32
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 | Jerry Frangas, State Representative House District 4
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 | Rick Garcia, former Denver City Councilman District 1
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 | Michael Hancock, Denver City Councilman District 11
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 | Arturo Jimenez, Denver School Board
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 | Paul Lopez, Denver City Councilman District 3
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| James Mejia, former Denver School Board
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| Monisha Merchant, CU Regent
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Andrea Merida, Denver School Board
Ramona Martinez, former Denver City Councilwoman
Left to right: Ramona Martinez, Paul Lopez, Andrea Merida |
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Judy Montero, Denver City Councilwoman District 9
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Joe Neguse, CU Regent
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Chris Nevitt, Denver City Councilman District 7
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Sal Pace, State Representative House District 46
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Theresa Pena, Denver School Board
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Congressman Ed Perlmutter
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Chris Romer, State Senator
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 | Governor Roy Romer |
 | Gail Schoettler, former Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer
and U.S. Ambassador
Left to right: Former Lt. Gov. Gail Schoettler, Crisanta Duran and State Treasurer
Cary Kennedy
(Please note: Ms. Kennedy has not made an endorsement in this race.) |
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Judy Solano, State Representative House District 31 |
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Lois Tochtrop, Assistant Majority Leader Senate District 34
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Wellington Webb, former Mayor of Denver
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| | Ruben Valdez, former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, Executive Director of Colorado Department of Human Services from 1979 to 1982 and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment from 1982 to 1986 |
Business Owners and Leaders: |
Oscar Aguirre | |
Patricia Barela-Rivera |  |
Juana Bordas | |
David Cole | |
Zee Ferrufino | |
Cole Finegan | |
Ayn Fox |  |
Wanda James | |
Jim Lyons, Attorney | |
Keith Montoya | |
Kendra Sandoval | |
Mike Stratton | |
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Community Leaders: |
Lena Archuleta | |
Veronica Barela | |
Bob Deveraux
Left to right: Bob Deveraux, Crisanta Duran, Curt Hjelle |  |
Sam and Nancy Gary | |
Dusti Gurule
Left to right: Veronica Montoya and Dusti Gurule | |
Arnie Grossman |  |
Curt and Beth Hjelle | |
Jaime Lewis | |
John Lucero | |
Denise Maes | |
Jim McCotter | |
Veronica Montoya
Left to right: Veronica Montoya and Dusti Gurule | |
Debbie Ortega | |
Alex Sanchez | | |
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