Jeff Bridges

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Jeff Bridges
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Colorado State Senate District 26
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

6

Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 3

Compensation

Base salary

43,977/year for legislators whose terms began in 2023. $41,449/year for legislators whose terms began in 2021.

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $45/day. For legislators living more than 50 miles from the capitol: $237/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

January 5, 2019

Education

High school

Arapahoe High School

Graduate

Harvard University

Contact

Jeff Bridges (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 26. He assumed office in 2019. His current term ends on January 10, 2029.

Bridges (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 26. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Jeff Bridges attended Arapahoe High School. He received his Master's of Divinity degree from Harvard University. His professional experience includes working for U.S. Senator Ken Salazar (D). He has been on the board of the Colorado Conservation Voters and served as associate vice president at Union Theological Seminary.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Bridges was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bridges was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Bridges was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Colorado committee assignments, 2017
Education
Transportation and Energy

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Colorado State Senate District 26

Incumbent Jeff Bridges defeated Bob Lane and Meredith Ryan in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 26 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges (D)
 
62.0
 
48,296
Image of Bob Lane
Bob Lane (R) Candidate Connection
 
35.6
 
27,756
Image of Meredith Ryan
Meredith Ryan (Unity Party) Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
1,806

Total votes: 77,858
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 26

Incumbent Jeff Bridges advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 26 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
 
100.0
 
12,768

Total votes: 12,768
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 26

Bob Lane advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 26 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bob Lane
Bob Lane Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,613

Total votes: 5,613
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Colorado State Senate District 26

Incumbent Jeff Bridges defeated Bob Roth and Marc Solomon in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges (D)
 
60.6
 
54,275
Image of Bob Roth
Bob Roth (R)
 
36.8
 
32,984
Marc Solomon (L)
 
2.6
 
2,366

Total votes: 89,625
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 26

Incumbent Jeff Bridges advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 26 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
 
100.0
 
27,578

Total votes: 27,578
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 26

Bob Roth advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 26 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bob Roth
Bob Roth
 
100.0
 
12,142

Total votes: 12,142
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Colorado State Senate District 26

Marc Solomon advanced from the Libertarian convention for Colorado State Senate District 26 on April 13, 2020.

Candidate
Marc Solomon (L)

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2018

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 3

Incumbent Jeff Bridges defeated Toren Mushovic in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges (D)
 
61.2
 
23,457
Image of Toren Mushovic
Toren Mushovic (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.8
 
14,891

Total votes: 38,348
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 3

Incumbent Jeff Bridges advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 3 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
 
100.0
 
8,528

Total votes: 8,528
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 3

Toren Mushovic advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 3 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Toren Mushovic
Toren Mushovic Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,578

Total votes: 5,578
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2016

Obama endorsement
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During the 2016 election cycle Bridges was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama

Full list of Obama's 2016 endorsements
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Colorado House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 4, 2016. Incumbent Daniel Kagan (D) did not seek re-election.

Jeff Bridges defeated Katy Brown in the Colorado House of Representatives District 3 general election.[2][3]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Bridges 52.53% 22,016
     Republican Katy Brown 47.47% 19,892
Total Votes 41,908
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


Jeff Bridges defeated Meg Froelich in the Colorado House of Representatives District 3 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Bridges 56.61% 3,178
     Democratic Meg Froelich 43.39% 2,436
Total Votes 5,614


Katy Brown defeated Rick Gillit in the Colorado House of Representatives District 3 Republican primary.[4][5]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Katy Brown 73.73% 3,441
     Republican Rick Gillit 26.27% 1,226
Total Votes 4,667

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »
This district was included in the Republican State Leadership Committee's list of "16 in '16: Races to Watch." Read more »


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Jeff Bridges did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Bridges' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

  • Jobs and the economy: Simplify the tax code for small businesses and create a fast track to start new businesses. Invest in Colorado's renewable energy economy to create new, good-paying jobs. Encourage retirement savings with a Colorado-wide, optional retirement plan. Expand access to higher education for responsible students without creating crippling loan debt. Increase financing and funding tools to develop more affordable housing.
  • Education: Fully fund public education using tools like a simple accounting fix to the Hospital Provider Fee to free up funds under TABOR. Increase state funding to reduce the achievement gap between lower and higher income districts. Work with teachers to promote testing that doesn't distract from learning objectives and provides feedback that helps both students and teachers improve. Expand efforts to retain, recruit, train, and reward our most effective educators, because teachers are the key to a quality education.
  • Gender equity: Require contractors doing business with the state to meet equal-pay standards, so that every individual earns what she or he deserves regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. Fully fund Colorado's long acting reversible contraception plan, a nationally recognized program that has dramatically reduced unplanned teen pregnancies. Continue to resist legislative attempts to roll back a woman's right to make personal reproductive health care decisions with her family and her doctor without government intrusion. Expand Family and Medical Leave Act protections so more Coloradans have access to paid sick and parental leave.
  • Environment and renewable energy: Having worked in rural Colorado and for both John and Ken Salazar, I have a deep understanding of Colorado's limited water resources. Counties and major municipalities need to have regularly updated water plans that work alongside Governor John Hickenlooper's bipartisan Colorado Water Plan. We should also encourage counties and municipalities to include open space and parks so our families can enjoy the outdoors near their homes. And every State Representative and Senator should take an active role supporting their local governments in these processes.
  • Healthcare: We've worked hard in Colorado to expand health care access and affordability. As someone with lifelong asthma, I'm especially thankful that the Affordable Care Act ended denials of coverage for those of us with preexisting conditions. That doesn't mean the system works perfectly and that there aren't improvements we can make. For example, one of the women I met while knocking on doors told me about a clerical error she fought for almost a year to finally get affordable health insurance. We can and we must do better.[6]
—Jeff Bridges[7]

Campaign finance summary


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Jeff Bridges campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Colorado State Senate District 26Won general$93,037 $57,405
2020Colorado State Senate District 26Won general$257,509 N/A**
2018Colorado House of Representatives District 3Won general$174,722 N/A**
2016Colorado House of Representatives, District 3Won $255,664 N/A**
Grand total$780,933 $57,405
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Colorado State Senate District 26
2019-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Colorado House of Representatives District 3
2017-2019
Succeeded by
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