Dr. Lisa Calderón

🎉 It’s time to celebrate! Progressives had big wins across Colorado—we beat back dark money, MAGA Republicans and corporate Dems.

Join me on 11/12 to celebrate & support CD-1 candidate Melat Kiros, a bold fighter for the people!

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Denver mayor declares victory on $950 million Vibrant Denver bond package Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared victory on all five ballot measures that make up the city’s $950 million Vibrant Denver bond Tuesday night, securing a win in an off-year election.

Don't get it twisted. Denver residents voted to pass the bond package not because we like Mayor Mike Johnston, but because we love Denver.

Denver voters are generous and want much-needed improvements to our city.

It was not his comeback — it was voters cleaning up his mess.

Who’s funding the effort to change Denver’s at-large elections? They've played a big role in other local elections.

Councilman Kevin Flynn— a sponsor of 2G — said “so what?” to the flood of dark money backing it to defeat progressives in At-Large city council races.

Maybe corporate interests, Republicans and One Main Street buying Denver elections isn’t a big deal to him — but it is to voters.

Vote NO on 2G!

NO on Denver 2G Denver Referred Measure 2G is a half-baked, nonsensical measure that creates far more problems than it solves. 2G is opposed by the Democratic Party of Denver, unions and other progressive groups. It ...

❌ Bad Timing, Bad Priorities:
With Denver facing a budget shortfall, layoffs, and election office cuts, Measure 2G would waste money on unnecessary, costly changes to a system that already works.

Learn more: www.handsoffdenverelections.org

❌ Rushed and Divisive Process:
Measure 2G was pushed through Council without community consultation or expert input, passing by only one vote.

❌ Doubles Big Money Influence:
It would require At-Large candidates to win TWO elections — a general and a runoff — making races more expensive and giving big donors and dark money influence, like the $15 million 2023 mayor’s race.

❌Targeted at Progressives:

Measure 2G is designed to push out progressive At-Large Councilmembers like Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez & Sarah Parady — who are vocal against Flock, and hold Mayor Johnston accountable — and block future grassroots candidates.

Vote NO on 2G. It's a costly, unnecessary proposal to push out City Council At Large progressives, doubling campaign costs & dark-money influence.

Rushed through City Council by a single vote, 2G would make elections more expensive when Denver is facing budget cuts and layoffs.

Measure 2G = More $$$, Less Fairness

2G would make it harder for grassroots progressives to run for At-Large Denver City Council — and easier for big-money candidates to win.

Our elections work. We don’t need more expensive, confusing & corporate races.

www.handsoffdenverelections.org

Hundreds in Denver demanded turning off Flock cameras. Takeaways:

Mayor Johnston lied.
DPD Chief lied.
Flock lied.

They lied that mass surveillance data was safe from ICE & TX abortion trackers. It wasn't.

They lied they had safeguards. They didn't.

Our privacy & public trust isn't for sale.

Here's our updated progressive voting guide! Thanks to the Colorado Working Families Party staff and State Committee Members for vetting these issues and candidates.

Join us for a town hall to demand: Major Mike Johnston TURN FLOCK CAMERAS OFF! Denver says no to mass surveillance. Community Town Hall 10/22 6:00 pm 2650 E 40th Ave.

TONIGHT: Denver residents are uniting to call for real community safety, not more surveillance.

Join us at 6PM as we tell Mayor Johnston: End the Flock contract. Listen to the people.

"[Lisa Calderón] would like the city to fully staff the jail, expand funding for mental health treatment, reentry programs and homelessness services, and do a better job listening to deputies, inmates and their families about safety and service issues in the jail."

Denver’s jails are in crisis. People are dying—2X as many before the pandemic.

Mayor Johnston increased policing to jail more people while cutting crime prevention jobs.

Instead of joining DPD to reduce oversight, the Sheriff should fix his own mess.

Join me and Xóchitl 'Sochi' Gaytán - Denver School Board District 2 Director — a proven community grassroots champion for public schools, teachers and students.

We must do with people what billionaire-backed candidates do with money.

Plus we'll have a lot of fun!

His Cheyenne ancestors were pushed out of Colorado in the 1800s. Now he’s among the leaders of Colorado’s Indigenous land back movement Hundreds of years after most of Colorado’s Indigenous tribes were forcibly removed from the state, a movement emerges to bring them home.

Rick Williams doesn’t just want your land acknowledgement.

Does the AI boom threaten local air quality? A north Denver neighborhood is about to find out A new data center campus is currently under construction in Elyria-Swansea — a neighborhood already struggling with pollution from major highways and Colorado’s only oil and gas refinery.

The roots of heavy industry stretch back more than a century in Elyria-Swansea.

📣 Tonight: Latino Community Forum on Police Discipline

While crime prevention programs are cut, DPD's budget keeps growing—& the Chief is trying to weaken civilian oversight through his new plan. With policing being militarized nationally, now is not the time to go backwards.

Colorado Working Families Party Statement on "Opportunity Caucus" Legislative Retreat This is what corporate corruption in our state legislature looks like: bringing legislators to an all-expenses-paid retreat at an upscale hotel in Vail, for ‘trainings’ with corporate lobbyists. These are exactly the kind of behind-closed-doors big money special interest politics that alienate voters and erode trust in our democracy. At a time when everyday Coloradans are struggling to afford housing, healthcare, utilities and other basic necessities, it’s galling to see some out-of-touch legislators choosing to spend their time mingling with corporate lobbyists at luxury retreats instead of working to solve real problems. Working Families Party members across the state are organizing for a government that puts the needs of everyday people above the wants of the greedy corporations that are jacking up prices on all of us. It’s time for our elected officials to decide whose side they’re really on. -Wynn Howell, Colorado Families Party State Director

Our State Director, @wjhowell.bsky.social's, full statement on the legislative retreat that took place in Vail this past weekend:
#copolitics #coleg

Disillusioned with the Democratic Party? You’re not alone.

Meet Melat Kiros — daughter of Ethiopian immigrants, attorney, barista, scholar, & unapologetic progressive.

She’s taking on a 30-year incumbent to fight for working people in CD1

🗓️ Oct 16 — join us #MelatForCongress

- Quantify how crime prevention programs cost less than expanding the policing budget

- Predict that his billionaire tech friends can’t buy him the next election 😎 5/5

- Expand voting access instead of undermining the Clerk & Recorder

-Collaborate with City Council and the Auditor instead of bullying them

- Calculate that he can't "solve homelessness" by cutting eviction defense funds 4/

- Identify qualified leaders instead of political cronies

- State facts instead of lying about his “successes”

- Advise against retaliating against City workers and costly lawsuits 3/

- Manage Denver’s budget without scapegoating workers

- Forecast an economic downturn and stop overspending

- Save 170+ jobs instead of destroying their careers and livelihoods 2/

Denver embraces AI as mayor tries to shrink government The city is already using AI to cut its call center budget.

If Mayor Mike Johnston loves AI so much to replace Denver City workers, he should start with himself. 🤖

Here’s a list of things AI would handle better than Johnston:

Join us this Wed 9/24 for my house party for our friend Amie Baca Oehlert, former head of Colorado Education Association & candidate in CD8—one of the most competitive seats in the country!

Let's send a teacher & labor leader to Congress to represent working people. RSVP bit.ly/924hp

Mayor Johnston is nominating an unqualified ally to run Denver’s most powerful safety agency with the largest budget.

Political cronyism erodes public trust when we need accountability most.

We need experienced, accountable leadership that protects our communities, civil liberties & tax dollars.

As the new Co-Chair of the Colorado Working Families Party, I'm excited for our progressive endorsements!

These powerhouse candidates made it through our competitive process & represent our values of advancing racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing & electoral action.

Laid-off City workers are showing courage. They are not walking away quietly.

They are demanding justice—not just for themselves, but for all City workers living in fear. They are not alone.

We see you.
We believe you.
We support you.

The resistance movement has begun. ✊🏾💜 8/8

Mayor Johnston promised transparency. Instead, Councilmembers were left in the dark, and dedicated city workers were blindsided and traumatized.

Career protections were stripped. Processes changed overnight. Workers were evaluated under new, secretive criteria. Just like DOGE. 7/