SEIU Colorado represents over 35,000 workers: healthcare, property service and airport workers organized in Local 105 and state employees in Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (COWINS). Our members take the time to interview and review candidates for elected office and endorse those who show that they understand, and will take on, the issues that working people face every day.
SEIU Colorado proudly endorses the following candidates for the 2026 General Election
Working people understand our elected officials need to stand united with workers for economic and racial justice by fighting for fair wages, access to healthcare, immigration reform, and the right to unionize.
Click the links below to view SEIU Colorado’s Federal and Statewide endorsements
SEIU’s position is that working people should not pay the same tax rate as millionaires and giant corporations. Amendment 87 would cut taxes for 97% of Coloradans while asking the wealthiest households and largest corporations to pay their fair share. The additional revenue would be dedicated to K–12 schools, health care, and child care—the essential services working families rely on.
Proposition NN
SEIU supports strong, well-funded public schools for working families and communities. Proposition NN would allow Colorado to retain more revenue for education, increasing the resources available to support students, schools, educators, and the workers who keep our public education system running.
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Proposition 136
SEIU opposes locking Colorado into a tax structure that makes it harder to ask millionaires and large corporations to pay their fair share. Proposition 136 would limit the state’s ability to adopt a fairer tax system and could override the Graduated Income Tax measure if both pass and Proposition 136 receives more votes.
Proposition 132
SEIU believes working families affected by addiction need effective prevention, treatment, and recovery resources. Proposition 132 would significantly increase prison sentences for fentanyl possession, could contribute to prison overcrowding, and does not address the underlying challenges of substance use and addiction.
Amendment 81
Immigrant workers are an important part of our unions, workplaces, and communities. Amendment 81 would permanently amend the Colorado Constitution and override current state laws that limit state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement, creating additional risks and uncertainty for immigrant workers and their families.
Proposition 134
SEIU supports dignity and fairness for all students, regardless of sex or gender. Proposition 134 would create new statewide rules for school sports based on biological sex, while leaving important questions about how sex would be determined and how those rules would be implemented by school districts.
Proposition 135
SEIU believes families should be able to make personal health care decisions in consultation with qualified medical professionals. Proposition 135 would create a statewide prohibition on certain surgeries for people under 18 related to sex or gender, limiting the ability of families and health care providers to make those decisions based on individual circumstances.
Member-led process backs the candidate who has chosen workers over corporations DENVER, CO — SEIU Colorado, uniting two SEIU union locals that bargain on behalf of more than 35,000 healthcare workers, janitors, airport workers, and public service workers across the state, has endorsed State Representative Manny Rutinel for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. “Colorado’s state workers,…
Member-led process backs candidates who stood with workers on affordability, healthcare, and strong unions DENVER, CO — SEIU Colorado, uniting two SEIU union locals that bargain on behalf of more than 35,000 healthcare workers, janitors, airport workers, and public service workers across the state, will announce its first round of 2026 electoral endorsements at a…
