Dwayne Romero
Democratic
Former Colorado economic development director under Gov. John Hickenlooper; Army veteran and property management business owner
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
U.S. House race in Colorado’s 3rd district
Incumbent: Jeff Hurd, running for re-election.
Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd, first elected in 2024, faces Democrat Dwayne Romero, Libertarian Cory Robertson and unaffiliated candidate Clifton Brown; candidates are listed in official ballot order, with the party candidates ordered by the Secretary of State's July 28 lot drawing and the unaffiliated candidate after them as Colorado law requires.
The 4 candidates
Jeff Hurd
RepublicanIncumbentU.S. Representative for Colorado's 3rd district since 2025; attorney
Cory Robertson
LibertarianStay-at-home father who says he has lived in Colorado for the past decade
Clifton Brown
UnaffiliatedCarpenter; promotes a new party he calls HERO (Human and Environmental Rights Organization)
Where they stand
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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Economy & cost of living
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Says affordability is at the top of his priorities and that he would start by repealing tariffs he calls disastrous and expanding family tax credits.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Says he would focus on helping small businesses start and grow, target mandates and regulations he calls unnecessary, and work for higher-paying jobs in rural Colorado.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Would change housing laws to make housing affordable, promote a 32-hour workweek and cap interest at 12%.
Health care
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Would work to keep rural hospitals open and funded, allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and protect women's access to reproductive health care.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
Supports repealing the Affordable Care Act's mandates, allowing insurance to be sold across state lines and empowering Health Savings Accounts, and would remove FDA barriers he says delay treatments.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Supports universal health care and making health care a constitutionally protected right.
Agriculture
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Supports passing a Farm Bill and keeping foreign entities from owning Colorado water and farmland, and says he would fight for family farms, ranches and small agriculture businesses.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Says he would work to protect the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers of every size, citing the Farm Bill and policy on trade, labor, regulation, grazing, land use, water and wolves.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Says he would protect water rights and agriculture and support farmers, ranchers and small towns.
Environment
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Says protecting the district's water is his top job, citing challenges facing the Colorado River Compact, efforts to move water out of its home basins and drought.
“This is job number one.”
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Would push lower Colorado River Basin water users to "live within their water means," work to eradicate non-native plants such as tamarisk and seek federal permitting changes for Colorado water projects.
“push water users in the lower Colorado River Basin to live within their water means”
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Energy
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Supports an all-of-the-above approach: using the legacy energy resources produced in the district while pressing to develop and deploy alternative energy.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Supports developing all of Colorado's energy resources, including oil and natural gas, and exporting energy; says he is open to competitively priced renewable and low-carbon energy and supports permitting reform.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Immigration
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Supports securing the border along with a path to citizenship for long-term, law-abiding community members and more immigration judges.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Supports legal immigration and expanding opportunities for legal immigrants; says the border must be secured immediately and Border Patrol and law enforcement given all resources needed to enforce the law.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Budget
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
Would start paying down the federal debt by selling unused federal land back to the states.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Supports a balanced budget amendment to end deficit spending.
Civil rights
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
Would vote to end bulk data collection by agencies such as the NSA and FBI, require warrants for all digital searches and hold agencies accountable for civil liberties violations.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Supports putting human rights above corporate rights and national interests, establishing a right to privacy and ending the drug war.
Public lands
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Opposes selling or transferring public lands to private interests and supports firefighters and greater fire resilience; says national forests in the district have lost field staff.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Housing
DemocraticDwayne Romero
Would build more housing, stop large Wall Street investors from buying homes, repeal what he calls outdated red tape that hinders construction and invest in housing in rural communities.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Taxes
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Says he would explore savings for working families, including the Child Tax Credit and tax credits and investments that help parents with child care.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Technology
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Supports what he calls sensible regulation of blockchain and cryptocurrency that encourages innovation while protecting the public from bad actors, and cites the FIT21 bill (H.R. 4763) as the kind of bipartisan lawmaking he wants.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Social Security & Medicare
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
Says commitments to current seniors should be honored while ending Social Security "as we know it" and letting young people invest in their own retirement.
“I am calling to end Social Security as we know it and let young people invest in their own retirement.”
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
No published position found.
Ethics
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Would end stock trading, book deals and all moonlighting by federal judges and elected officials.
Defense
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Would cut military spending, end all foreign wars and close all foreign military bases.
Elections & democracy
DemocraticDwayne Romero
No published position found.
RepublicanJeff Hurd
No published position found.
LibertarianCory Robertson
No published position found.
UnaffiliatedClifton Brown
Would eliminate districts to end gerrymandering, create a national ID to vote or donate money, and end mail-in voting.
Who’s on the ballot: sources
- ListColorado Secretary of State: 2026 General Election official candidate list(opens in a new tab)
- ListColorado Secretary of State: 2026 General Election ballot order for major & minor party candidates(opens in a new tab)
- ListWikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado(opens in a new tab)