# Alex Valdez Alex Valdez is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 5. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado House, district 5 - Serving since: 2019-01-09 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/45c957a4-0017-4c0c-8650-393d656fc5a0 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/45c957a4-0017-4c0c-8650-393d656fc5a0 (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 Valdez missed 16% of 2,020 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 64 in the Colorado House (average 96.6%). ## What Valdez says (CO 2025–26 session) 66 classified statements: 66 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Valdez | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 6.1% | 2.5% | 114 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 13.6% | 10.4% | 234 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 71.2% | 39.2% | 37 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 24.2% | 14.4% | 154 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.0% | 161 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 49% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Environmental Protection 17% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State House Democrats 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.5% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 8.5% (State House Democrats 15%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.02), from 161 donors and 1,138 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 2,020 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 95.7% (94.7%). 62 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · HB 1306 Wild Horse License Plate · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1306/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · CONCUR · HB 1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1223/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · HB 1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · HB 1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1272/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · HB 1236 Arbitration Reform · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1236/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/ ## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session) Sponsored 19 bills: 18 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 249. 89.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 49 of 64). Recent sponsored bills: - HJR 1026: Governor Roy Romer Memorial Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1026/ - HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/ - HB 1337: Facilitating Nuclear Energy Development (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1337/ - HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/ - HB 1322: Civil Actions for Conversion Therapy Survivors (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1322/ - HB 1226: Manage Emissions from Electric Generating Units (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1226/ - HB 1133: Traveling Animal Protection Act Environmental Education Program (became law, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1133/ - HB 1131: Custody of Pet Animals (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1131/ - HB 1030: Data Center & Utility Modernization (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1030/ - SB 25-280: Data Center Development & Grid Modernization Act (in committee, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2025A/SB25-280/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $75 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% 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. - 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/2019931066329616393 - 2026-01-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/2011880017635262788 - 2026-01-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/2008310289838563543 - 2026-01-02 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/2006888667638300911 - 2025-12-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/1999161600079700089 - 2025-11-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/1989132653141106912 - 2025-11-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/1988416332099186933 - 2025-11-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/1987671628256579683 - 2025-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/1982504867395694815 - 2025-10-17 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/ValdezforCO/status/1979303875502051788 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/alex-valdez - Campaign site: https://www.valdezforcolorado.com/ - X: https://x.com/ValdezforCO - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValdezforCO - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexValdez5280 - Instagram: https://instagram.com/valdezforco/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@valdezforco - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-valdez-a2498b2aa/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/45c957a4-0017-4c0c-8650-393d656fc5a0