# Dylan Roberts Dylan Roberts is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 8. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado Senate, district 8 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/4be512fb-5ebc-422c-a858-d250cb5568ad Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4be512fb-5ebc-422c-a858-d250cb5568ad (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 Roberts voted against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats 101 times; party unity 82%, in the bottom 5% of the Colorado Senate (average 94.2%). ## What Roberts says (CO 2025–26 session) 73 classified statements: 73 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 | Roberts | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 17.8% | 10.3% | 69 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 43.8% | 42.9% | 170 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 13.7% | 3.4% | 11 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 11.0% | 16.1% | 190 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 1.4% | 0.8% | 64 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 34% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 13% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 9.4% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Water Resources Development 9.4% (State Senate Democrats 1.2%); Emergency Management 6.3% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.01), from 1,530 donors and 1,191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 1,666 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 82% (94.2%). 101 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 133 bills: 130 reached committee, 125 passed one chamber, 122 passed both, 106 became law. Cosponsored 271. 96.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 15 of 35). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1432: Health-Care Payment Programs (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1432/ - HB 1433: Funding to Sustain Fire-Related Services (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1433/ - HB 1426: Department of Law Legislative Report (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1426/ - SB 174: Prohibit Lead Generation Legal Marketing (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB174/ - HB 1417: Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act Testing Entities (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1417/ - HB 1418: Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1418/ - SB 169: Revisor's Bill (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB169/ - SB 165: Species Conservation Measures (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB165/ - SB 163: Regulation of Gaming & Sports Betting (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB163/ - HB 1416: Transfers to General Fund & Colorado Economic Development Fund (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1416/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $120.8K (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. - 2026-07-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2074950689130774641 - 2026-06-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2069180484907860123 - 2026-06-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2069193803542761678 - 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2064071283558719889 - 2026-06-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2064087773179752623 - 2026-06-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2061654846428836092 - 2026-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2057286522760774065 - 2026-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/2048390369168236553 - 2025-11-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/1991911931163398288 - 2025-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO/status/1965893093514961158 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/dylan-roberts - Campaign site: https://dylanroberts.org/ - X: https://x.com/Dylan_RobertsCO - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dylan.roberts.71 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DylanforColorado - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dGWQlvEELK6hYDtPhX33Q - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-roberts-b214b933/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4be512fb-5ebc-422c-a858-d250cb5568ad