Election 2026

Regent of the University of Colorado - Congressional District 2

On the Nov. 3 ballot in Larimer and Weld counties.

The office

The University of Colorado Board of Regents consists of nine members serving staggered six-year terms, one elected from each of Colorado's eight congressional districts and one from the state at large. The board is charged constitutionally with the general supervision of the university and the exclusive control and direction of all funds of and appropriations to the university, unless otherwise provided by law.

From University of Colorado Board of Regents.

On the ballotVote for one

Names are in the ballot's order.

Campaign money

Raised, spent and on hand are the Secretary of State's summary of each candidate's committee for this race, in the ballot's order. The donors are from the committees' filings since Jan. 1, 2025: a donor is named here when any one gift was $200 or more.

CandidateRaisedRaised, drawn to scaleSpentOn hand
Marty Neilson$1,750$887$876
Edie Hooton$95,943$90,803$5,143
Richard FriendNot listed in TRACER for this race

Marty Neilson

  1. BOULDER COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE, LONGMONT$1,000
  2. BOULDER CTY REPUBLICANS:, BOUOLDER$500

From donors not named here: 4 gifts, $250.

Edie Hooton

  1. EDITH R HOOTON, BOULDER$40,232
  2. COLORADO AFL-CIO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRI, DENVER$2,000
  3. EAGLE COUNTY DEMOCRATS, BASALT$1,000
  4. DAVID GROSS, BOULDER$900
  5. EDWARD BATTREALL, LOUISVILLE$900

From donors not named here: 141 gifts, $10,361.

As printed in the document it was read from. Money from TRACER, the Secretary of State's campaign finance system (read 4:01 a.m.).