# Lesley Smith Lesley Smith is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 49. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado House, district 49 - Serving since: 2025-01-08 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/475639af-fb56-4fde-9a78-213593db91d0 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/475639af-fb56-4fde-9a78-213593db91d0 (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 The policy areas Smith talks about and legislates on agree at 0.43 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. ## What Smith says (CO 2025–26 session) 161 classified statements: 161 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 | Smith | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 3.7% | 10.4% | 533 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 18.0% | 39.2% | 653 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 5.0% | 14.4% | 565 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 31% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Environmental Protection 17% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Emergency Management 14% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Science, Technology, Communications 14% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Democrats 11%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.03), from 380 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 2,020 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 98.6% (94.7%). 27 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 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 364. 97.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 15 of 64). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/ - SB 171: Disposal of Preproduction Plastic Materials (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB171/ - SB 163: Regulation of Gaming & Sports Betting (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB163/ - HR 1003: Recognize Environmental Initiatives (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HR1003/ - HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/ - SB 141: Wildlife Collision Prevention (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB141/ - HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/ - HB 1326: Sunset Public Utilities Commission (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1326/ - SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/ - SJR 15: Protecting Colorado's National Public Lands (passed both chambers, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR15/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $26.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2114521908880511116 - 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2098984114624004407 - 2026-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2090477599374160267 - 2026-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2089843542936162792 - 2026-08-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2089424111957405973 - 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2084832278673547537 - 2026-07-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2080434147135471735 - 2026-07-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2076800661862379900 - 2026-07-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2076379047463145495 - 2026-07-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/LesleyForCU/status/2075193052717797650 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/lesley-smith - Campaign site: https://www.lesleyforco.com/ - X: https://x.com/LesleyForCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LesleyForCO - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesley.smith.5283 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9j7WUuq5jIrXgqtJO2LaNg - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesley-smith-colorado/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/475639af-fb56-4fde-9a78-213593db91d0