Courtney Potter
2021 - Present
2025
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Courtney Potter is a member of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school board in Colorado, representing District 3. She assumed office on December 1, 2021. Her current term ends in 2025.
Potter (Republican Party) ran for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 24. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Potter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Courtney Potter was born in Stuttgart, Germany. Potter's professional experience includes working as a business owner. She earned a bachelor's degree and a graduate degree from Johnson & Wales University in 2016 and 2018, respectively.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado State Senate District 24
Kyle Mullica defeated Courtney Potter and Donald Osborn in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 24 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Mullica (D) | 53.8 | 30,008 | |
| Courtney Potter (R) | 43.4 | 24,184 | ||
| Donald Osborn (L) | 2.8 | 1,569 | ||
| Total votes: 55,761 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 24
Kyle Mullica advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 24 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Mullica | 100.0 | 11,565 | |
| Total votes: 11,565 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Salazar (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 24
Courtney Potter advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 24 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Courtney Potter | 100.0 | 9,679 | |
| Total votes: 9,679 | ||||
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2021
See also: Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education District 3
Courtney Potter defeated Jackson Dreiling and Russ Farmer in the general election for Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education District 3 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Courtney Potter (Nonpartisan) | 40.4 | 17,316 | |
| Jackson Dreiling (Nonpartisan) | 40.1 | 17,174 | ||
| Russ Farmer (Nonpartisan) | 19.5 | 8,331 | ||
| Total votes: 42,821 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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working to keep our community safe. I was born overseas when my mom was deployed. She taught me a deep love and appreciation for our country. I grew up in a rural community in Minnesota and moved to Colorado in my early twenties. I attended college here and after graduation combined my management and finance background with my cosmetology degree to start a business. I feel the weight of government’s increasing regulations every day as I work to serve my customers and build my business.
I volunteer in classrooms, coached dance teams and foster animals. In 2021, after a year of having my children at home, we were trying to do remote learning and experienced the disconnect between our schools and parents; I decided to run for a position on the Adams 12 school board. This work has been my most rewarding
volunteer activity. I have supported increased teacher pay, launched a new literacy curriculum for our elementary students, brought back middle school sports to increase opportunities for students and brought the parents voice to the decision-making process.- Making Colorado affordable again. As a mom, I know how difficult it is to make ends meet. We are seeing a 15% inflation rate, the highest in the country, raising the costs of most everything. I will work to reduce fees, taxes and regulations that have raised our costs.
- Providing mental health support. Unfortunately, suicide is the leading cause of death for our children ages 10 – 24. Colorado’s Children Hospital declared a state of emergency because of the lack of resources to support children’s mental health. This is unacceptable and is one of the top priorities I will address.
- Reducing crime and keeping our neighborhoods safe. I will also work to make our neighborhoods safer, supporting stronger penalties for repeat offenders.
experienced significant increases in crime, cost of living, mental health issues and a
decrease in trust that we can make decisions for ourselves. Parents no longer feel
heard or respected by our public education system; business owners no longer trust
they will be able to keep their business open, and seniors are feeling the impact of
higher costs. All of us have suffered from the effects of fires and constrained water
sources. Four years of single party rule has left many feeling like their voices aren’t heard.
I know the best results for our community come when all voices are at the table and there is respect for the multiple solutions that will make our neighborhoods safe and affordable. I have learned first-hand working with my peers on the Adams 12 school board, that while we don’t always agree on how to get results, we all want our education
children, two boys and a girl and are both married to great men. She is very active in
charities that support young children and support good mental health. She is athletic
and involved in coaching activities. She supports the military personnel and works to
ensure their families have the supports they need.
Her charitable activities include supporting Action for Children which supports children
in low-income families. Working with policy making organization they provide support for
families trying to make sure families can stay together. They also run education facilities
for severely disabled children. Around improving mental health, she has run campaigns
encouraging people to be open about their mental health issues. She also encourages
investments in facilities and programs to ensure people get the supports they need.
In addition to her coaching Kate helped set up Coach Core, an organization that
provides apprenticeships for those wishing to pursue a coaching career. She has also
been active in supporting military families and those who are serving their country.
She is someone I look up to because she works for good in her community. She
collaborates to find solutions to challenges and works hard to implement solutions. She
is passionate about ensuring families have the supports they need and works with
summer. This was the prefect first job as I learned the importance of taking great care of
customers; watching out for the bottom line and working together with team mates to
create a great experience for customers. The ice cream parlor was also a candy shop
and during the summer we often were very busy. I learned how to greet customers and
make them feel part of the family. We learned how to great experiences for everyone
who walked in the door.
Additionally, we worked hard as a team. We learned to support one another and do whatever
job needed to be completed to ensure we had a clean, welcoming facility. Sometimes I
had to work late to complete tasks that others didn’t have time to complete. It was truly
a team effort.
We also learned to watch the bottom line as this was a small family-owned ice cream
shop and we were rewarded with bonuses as part of the profit sharing. In an ice cream
shop staffed with young adults it could be a place where people were given lots of free
“tastes”, but we learned that the profits helped not only the owner succeed, but also
enable him to help the community.
I also learned the importance of giving back. The owner was a huge supporter of our
community. He sponsored local children’s sports teams and encouraged us to be
engaged as well. We had the opportunity to volunteer at some of the community events.
I also remember a child coming in dressed in dirty clothes with a few coins in her hand.
She asked for an ice cream cone, and it cost a little more than the coins in her hand.
The owner was at the cash register and rang her up for the exact amount she had in her
hand. I still remember the smile on her face as she walked out of the store with her ice
collaborative relationship. All legislation that passes through the house and senate must
be signed by the Governor to become law. And for the Governor to advance his/her
agenda so it becomes law, he/she must work to ensure his/her ideas pass the house
and senate. So, the best relationship would be collaborative.
Finding where the Governor and the majority of State Legislators have common ground
is the key to ensure that legislation passed in the house and senate will be signed by
the Governor.
Of course, there will be areas where not everyone agrees on the best path forward. It is
key to assume good intentions to all parties. Being willing to talk to one another and
discuss the pros and cons each person sees, often results in the collaboration needed
the tide of increasing crime in our neighborhoods, so they are once again safe places to
raise families. We must use our resources wisely, so they support our population
growth, finding sustainable cost-effective sources of energy and use our oil and gas
resources to become energy independent again. We must ensure an adequate supply
of life sustaining water to support our farmers, ranchers, and neighborhoods. We must
ensure parents are respected voices and in charge of the education of their children and
we must ensure our healthcare system is affordable and robust enough across the
It is also critical to have good relationships so that the learning curve for understanding the processes in the legislature goes quickly. Building relationships with Legislators also helps you build other relationships in the community. Every legislator built a coalition of support to get elected. They have subject matter experts and community members who can help craft and amend legislation. These are folks you can rely on when crafting and understanding legislation.
We certainly learned over the last couple of years that emergency powers vested in one person can lead to decisions that aren’t supported by a large percent of the population.
work for all. That generally involves compromise. It has been said that the best policy is
created when not everyone is one hundred percent happy nor one hundred percent
disappointed.
Over the last couple of years in Colorado we have seen policy made without much
community engagement. Even when parents, community members and subject matter
experts have opposed policies, because one party has been in control they have
pushed policies without any compromise.
We simply need to ask ourselves if life has gotten better over the last couple of years.
Most people are telling me life is harder. From worrying about whether their car will be
stolen, to inflation which is among the highest in the country, people are telling me it’s harder to make ends meet. I know that is true for my family.
We see homeless folks on our streets, drug paraphernalia in our parks and somewhat
empty shelves in grocery stores. We know fentanyl has been decriminalized, penalties
for crimes have been reduced and the cost of living has soared.
We also know our children have suffered. Closed schools, remote learning and being
apart from family and friends has caused a mental health crisis unlike any we have seen. Additionally, most of our children have lost years of learning and aren’t catching up quickly.
Our businesses are suffering. About forty percent of small businesses have closed over
the last three years and each day bring an announcement that another business is
closing. These are not just doors shut on a business, they are often the lost of a lifetime
of savings, the loss of livelihood for the owners and employees, and the loss of a
community anchor.
Now more than ever it is important that we come together, put all the voices at the table,
listening carefully especially to those with whom we don’t always agree, and build
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2021
Courtney Potter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 10, 2022
