# Janice Marchman Janice Marchman is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 15. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado Senate, district 15 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/2718c918-a38c-49c2-a120-5503164f959f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2718c918-a38c-49c2-a120-5503164f959f (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 Marchman sits at −0.92 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 83% of State Senate Democrats. ## What Marchman says (CO 2025–26 session) 5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Marchman | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 | | Policy criticism | 20.0% | 10.3% | 55 of 330 | | Policy discussion | 20.0% | 42.9% | 291 of 330 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.92 (standard error 0.02), from 1,933 donors and 567 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 1,666 roll calls. Attendance 93.4% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 91.9% (94.2%). 49 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 187 Establishing Commission on Medicaid · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB187/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1425 Applied Behavior Analysis Services · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1141 Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1141/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 78 Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB78/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1309 Abuse in Cases of Separation · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1309/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 165 Species Conservation Measures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB165/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 115 Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB115/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · AMEND (L.081) · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 3 End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB3/ ## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session) Sponsored 88 bills: 85 reached committee, 77 passed one chamber, 70 passed both, 57 became law. Cosponsored 375. 95.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 16 of 35). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 185: Enhance Security of Office of Information Technology (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB185/ - SB 186: Update Workers' Compensation Statutes Allow Electronic Filing (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB186/ - SB 180: Investment Performance Authority (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB180/ - HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/ - SR 7: April 2026 Second Chance Month (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SR7/ - SM 1: High-Stakes Standardized Testing (introduced, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SM1/ - SB 155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB155/ - HB 1342: Negligently Luring Bears (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1342/ - HB 1343: Electronic Process in Competency & Administrative Hearings (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1343/ - SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $208.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 93% 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 criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Janice_Marchman/status/2114722787067896196 - 2026-07-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/Janice_Marchman/status/2078853219019788368 - 2026-07-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Janice_Marchman/status/2075394073620312479 - 2026-07-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Janice_Marchman/status/2075394921503068415 - 2026-05-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/Janice_Marchman/status/2055414100755132750 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/janice-marchman - Campaign site: https://www.janiceforcolorado.com/ - X: https://x.com/Janice_Marchman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janiceforcolorado - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janice.marchman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiceforcolorado/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JaniceMarchman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-marchman-a123a32b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2718c918-a38c-49c2-a120-5503164f959f