Cathy Kipp
2025 - Present
2029
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Cathy Kipp (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 14. She assumed office on January 8, 2025. Her current term ends on January 10, 2029.
Kipp (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 14. She declared candidacy for the 2028 election.[source]
Biography
Cathy Kipp was born in Berkeley, California.[1] Kipp graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in computer and information science in 1985. She moved to Fort Collins that same year. Her professional experience includes working as a database designer, adminstrator, and programmer. In 2011, she was elected to the Poudre School District school board and was re-elected to a second term in 2015. She served as board vice president from 2013 to 2015 and as board president from 2015 to 2017.[2][3]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Kipp was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Kipp was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Kipp was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2028
See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2028
General election
The general election will occur on November 7, 2028.
General election for Colorado State Senate District 14
Incumbent Cathy Kipp is running in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 14 on November 7, 2028.
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| Cathy Kipp (D) | ||
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2024
See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado State Senate District 14
Cathy Kipp defeated Phoebe McWilliams and Jeff Brosius in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cathy Kipp (D) | 68.2 | 58,742 | |
| Phoebe McWilliams (R) | 28.0 | 24,085 | ||
| Jeff Brosius (L) | 3.8 | 3,259 | ||
| Total votes: 86,086 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 14
Cathy Kipp advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 14 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cathy Kipp | 100.0 | 16,665 | |
| Total votes: 16,665 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 14
Phoebe McWilliams advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 14 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Phoebe McWilliams | 100.0 | 5,892 | |
| Total votes: 5,892 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2022
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Cathy Kipp defeated Deborah Vicino in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 52 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cathy Kipp (D) | 64.8 | 28,183 | |
| Deborah Vicino (R) | 35.2 | 15,282 | ||
| Total votes: 43,465 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erin King (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Cathy Kipp advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cathy Kipp | 100.0 | 9,378 | |
| Total votes: 9,378 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52
Deborah Vicino advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Deborah Vicino | 100.0 | 7,188 | |
| Total votes: 7,188 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Cathy Kipp defeated Donna Walter in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 52 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cathy Kipp (D) | 63.8 | 36,140 | |
| Donna Walter (R) | 36.2 | 20,528 | ||
| Total votes: 56,668 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Cathy Kipp advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cathy Kipp | 100.0 | 17,276 | |
| Total votes: 17,276 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52
Donna Walter advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 52 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Donna Walter | 100.0 | 7,083 | |
| Total votes: 7,083 | ||||
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2015
- See also: Poudre School District elections (2015)
Five of the seven seats on the Poudre School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 3, 2015.
The seats of District A incumbent Cathy Kipp, District B incumbent Thomas M. Balchak, District F incumbent Nancy Tellez, and District G incumbent Susan Gutowsky were up for election. There was also a special election for a two-year term for the District E seat, held by Carolyn Reed.[4][5]
Kipp defeated challenger Michael Pruznick for the District A seat. Balchak did not file to run for another term in District B, leaving challenger Nate Donovan to run unopposed and win that seat. Reed also ran unopposed and won the two-year term in District E. District F was left open to a newcomer. Rob Petterson defeated Gavin Kaszynski in that race. In District G, Gutowsky ran unopposed and won re-election.[6]
Results
| Poudre School District, District A, General Election, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cathy Kipp Incumbent |
77.8% | 24,596 |
| Michael Pruznick | 22.2% | 7,019 |
| Total Votes | 31,615 | |
| Source: Larimer County, "2015 Coordinated Election Statement of Votes Cast," accessed December 22, 2015 | ||
Funding
Kipp began the race with an existing account balance of $1,399.44 from her previous campaign. She reported $13,810.00 in contributions and $9,366.63 in expenditures to Colorado Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $5,842.81 on hand as of October 30, 2015.[7]
Campaign themes
2028
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2024
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Cathy lives in southeast Fort Collins, Colorado. Cathy started actively volunteering in PSD schools when her twin sons entered Kindergarten, and she soon became an active volunteer at the school district level.
Cathy served as a locally elected member of the Poudre School District School Board from 2011 to 2019, also serving for a term as Board President. Cathy’s focuses on the board included starting monthly listening sessions to make sure the community’s voice was heard and leading the board in our education advocacy efforts at both the state and federal levels.
Cathy moved to Fort Collins in 1985 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of California and spent 12 years working as a database developer prior to leaving the workforce to raise her children.- Public Education: support public education with appropriate funding and address the teacher shortage Colorado continues to experience
- Environment: mitigate climate change, improve our air quality, and reduce pollutants in our environment
- Housing: address the shortage of affordable and attainable housing in Colorado
- Reproductive rights including access to abortion care
- Protecting Pollinators
Listen to everyone, and
Additionally, my office is always available to help if you need help navigating state government.
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2022
Cathy Kipp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kipp's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Cathy Kipp lives in southeast Fort Collins, Colorado. Cathy and her husband have twin 24-year-old sons. Cathy started actively volunteering in PSD schools when her boys entered Kindergarten, and she soon became an active volunteer at the school district level.
Cathy served as a locally elected member of the Poudre School District School Board from 2011 to 2019, also serving for a term as Board President. Cathy’s focuses on the board included starting monthly listening sessions to make sure the community’s voice was heard and leading the board in our education advocacy efforts at both the state and federal levels.
Cathy moved to Fort Collins in 1985 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of California and spent 12 years working as a database developer prior to leaving the workforce to raise her children.- Public Education: We need to adequately fund public education in Colorado.
- Climate Change: We need to take steps mitigate climate climate change and promote clean air and water in Colorado.
- Affordable Housing: We need to continue to take steps to address the crisis of affordable housing and homelessness in Colorado.
Also, pollinator protection also holds a special place in my legislative agenda.
Understanding who to trust. A legislator can't do everything, so knowing who to trust is key.
Respond to constituents.
Finance & Appropriations Committees: Because most everything we do in the state legislature involves figuring out how to align our values within the constraints of our limited budget.
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2020
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Cathy Kipp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kipp's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Cathy started actively volunteering in the schools when her kids entered Kindergarten, and she soon became an active volunteer and served on many school and district level committees over the years. Cathy served on the PSD Board of Education. She was elected in 2011 and re-elected to a second term in 2015. While on the board, Cathy served time both as board Vice President and as board President. During Cathy's time on the school board, she spent a lot of time advocating for our public schools and for adequately funding public education. Cathy joined the State House of Representative in 2019 where she has continued her work to support public education in Colorado and to work on long-term sustainable solutions to our state's budget crisis. Cathy has also spent time working on solutions to protect our environment and address climate change. Cathy moved to Fort Collins in 1985 after graduating with a bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of California and spent 12 years working as a database developer prior to leaving the workforce to raise her children.
- Education: I have a strong background understanding education issues. I will continue to fight for Colorado to fully fund our public education system so all students have the opportunity to receive an excellent education and we can adequately pay our teachers.
- Environment: I believe in taking action to mitigate climate change. I will champion the values of our citizens by advocating for clean air and clean water. I support Governor-elect Polis' bold vision of 100% renewable energy in Colorado by 2040 and will work to beat that deadline.
- Healthcare: I will work to create price transparency for prescription drugs, medical services, and doctors' fees. These steps are key to achieving health care for all. I believe in access to quality mental health and substance abuse resources in Colorado.
Throughout all my time in public service, I have made a commitment to ensuring people hear back from me. I know how frustrating it can be to feel your voice isn't heard on issues that you care about. As your representative, I always listen and am willing to have a conversation - whether or nor we ultimately agree on an issue.
Having also been on the other side - trying to be heard by an elected official, I always respond when constituents email or call me. I think it's rude and disrespectful not to respond to the people I represent. Whether or not we agree on an issue, you deserve to know that I have heard you and understand your point of view.
And you never know where you might find common ground or with whom. I have run bills with members of the opposite party who generally have very different beliefs than me. So when we come together to run a bill, people look at us and look at the bill and know that if two such different ideologies can come together to agree on something, it's probably a good thing.
Energy and Environment: With the huge challenges we have of working to mitigate climate change, improve air and water quality along the Front Range (and throughout the state), creating more clean energy from renewable sources, work on protecting our environment from single use plastics, Styrofoam, chemicals and other pollution, and more - we have a lot to get done to keep Colorado and Fort Collins a great place to live.
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2024
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In 2024, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 8.
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2023
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In 2023, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 11.
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2021
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In 2021, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 8.
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2020
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In 2020, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.
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2019
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In 2019, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 4 through May 3.
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See also
2028 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 13, 2022
- ↑ Cathy Kipp, "About Cathy," accessed March 23, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 26, 2024
- ↑ Poudre School District, "Poudre School District Board of Education," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Colorado elections & campaign finance calendar," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Poudre School District, "2015 Director Election," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Tracer, "Search Results", accessed October 30, 2015
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Joann Ginal (D) |
Colorado State Senate District 14 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Colorado House of Representatives District 52 2019-2025 |
Succeeded by Yara Zokaie (D) |
| Preceded by - |
Poudre School District school board District A -2018 |
Succeeded by - |
