# Chris Richardson Chris Richardson is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 56. - Party: Republican - Seat: Colorado House, district 56 - Serving since: 2025-01-08 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0c428ee3-a327-4906-96c9-c46da7dfd7f1 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0c428ee3-a327-4906-96c9-c46da7dfd7f1 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline 48% of Richardson’s statements criticize a policy, 5.1 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%. ## What Richardson says (CO 2025–26 session) 539 classified statements: 539 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Richardson | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.9% | 425 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 47.5% | 9.3% | 6 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 69.0% | 31.9% | 21 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 1.8% | 197 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 7.0% | 12.7% | 478 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 2.2% | 1.4% | 177 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 24% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State House Republicans 11%); Health 9.1% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 8.9% (State House Republicans 4.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 82 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 96.1% (94.7%). 120 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1306 Wild Horse License Plate · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1306/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1363 Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1363/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · SB 169 Revisor's Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB169/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · HB 1102 Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1102/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1223/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1272/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1236 Arbitration Reform · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1236/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/ ## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session) Sponsored 40 bills: 33 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 113. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 59 of 64). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1420: Wind Energy Facilities Light-Mitigating Technology (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1420/ - SB 175: Adjust Experience Modification Factor in Workers' Compensation (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB175/ - HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/ - HB 1416: Transfers to General Fund & Colorado Economic Development Fund (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1416/ - HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/ - SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/ - HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/ - HB 1329: Motor Vehicle Stunt Drive & Takeover Penalties (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1329/ - HJR 1018: Plains-to-Pines Scenic Corridor (passed both chambers, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1018/ - HB 1286: Automated Driving System Commercial Vehicles (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1286/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $27.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2114654544353280038 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2114454436747600119 - 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2112185847973826948 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2111248078212616394 - 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2110574891845972344 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2109800883403772048 - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2107067053232320582 - 2026-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2106537036651909364 - 2026-10-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2106413900388291005 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RichardsonHD56/status/2105466913899893240 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/chris-richardson - Campaign site: https://sites.google.com/richardson-hd56.com/richardson-for-hd56?usp=sharing - X: https://x.com/RichardsonHD56 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardsonHD56 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-richardson-163a372/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0c428ee3-a327-4906-96c9-c46da7dfd7f1