# Tony Exum Tony Exum is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 11. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado Senate, district 11 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/473bd095-778d-4418-8e61-96a2b8005c8e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/473bd095-778d-4418-8e61-96a2b8005c8e (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 Exum sits at −0.97 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State Senate Democrats. ## What Exum says (CO 2025–26 session) 24 classified statements: 24 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 | Exum | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 45.8% | 42.9% | 160 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 20.8% | 3.4% | 2 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 33.3% | 16.1% | 34 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 36% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Housing and Community Development 36% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.97 (standard error 0.02), from 781 donors and 586 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 1,666 roll calls. Attendance 96.8% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 94.1% (94.2%). 33 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 52 bills: 51 reached committee, 50 passed one chamber, 47 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 458. 98.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 10 of 35). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/ - HB 1314: Family Stability & Kinship Care (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1314/ - HB 1303: Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1303/ - HB 1297: Uniform Language for Misdemeanor Traffic Offense (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1297/ - HB 1293: Modernization of Requirements for Ballot Information Booklet (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1293/ - HB 1294: Fix Incorrect Citation Compact Military Children (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1294/ - SB 117: Permissible Methods of Selling Lottery Tickets (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB117/ - HB 1244: Department of Public Health and Environment Nursing Home Penalty Fund (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1244/ - HB 1217: Correct Child Support Guidelines Statutory Cites (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1217/ - HB 1215: Technical Revision Online Marketplaces Requirement (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1215/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $76.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% 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. - 2025-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1910437404336410995 - 2025-03-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1906808353084596290 - 2025-03-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1906808356188360829 - 2025-03-25 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1904627555413717203 - 2025-03-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1903108202390020501 - 2025-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1902469698295386332 - 2025-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1898120181773439101 - 2025-03-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1897764568098549812 - 2025-03-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1897764574323253543 - 2025-02-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonyexum/status/1895225715530047986 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/tony-exum - Campaign site: https://tonyexum.com/ - X: https://x.com/tonyexum - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exumcampaign - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/exum4citycouncil/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/473bd095-778d-4418-8e61-96a2b8005c8e