# Nick Hinrichsen Nick Hinrichsen is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 3. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado Senate, district 3 - Serving since: 2022-02-28 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/4d753f6e-b7e3-420d-a684-e9a27f7ab27b Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d753f6e-b7e3-420d-a684-e9a27f7ab27b (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 4.8% of Hinrichsen’s statements use an extreme label, 5.8 times the State Senate Democrat average of 0.8%. ## What Hinrichsen says (CO 2025–26 session) 291 classified statements: 291 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 | Hinrichsen | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 12.4% | 2.4% | 17 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 22.0% | 10.3% | 38 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 32.0% | 42.9% | 234 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 3.4% | 198 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 2.4% | 16.1% | 296 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 4.8% | 0.8% | 11 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Taxation 17% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Housing and Community Development 13% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.02), from 968 donors and 754 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 1,666 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 92.9% (94.2%). 56 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 69 bills: 67 reached committee, 56 passed one chamber, 51 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 331. 94.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 22 of 35). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/ - SB 172: Front Range Passenger Rail District (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB172/ - SJR 24: Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR24/ - SB 157: Determination of Town Abandonment (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB157/ - HB 1340: Revegetate or Dry Farm Formerly Irrigated Agricultural Land (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1340/ - SB 141: Wildlife Collision Prevention (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB141/ - HCR 1001: Charitable Gaming Constitutional Amendment (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1001/ - SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/ - HB 1304: History Colorado to Dispose of Mineral Rights (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1304/ - HB 1281: Homicide Criminal Offenses (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1281/ ## Campaign money (2024 cycle) Itemized receipts $5,704 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 99% 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. - 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2104375393725854016 - 2026-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2083570983471079893 - 2026-07-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2083054631446626366 - 2026-07-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2082227789403685313 - 2026-07-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2079662093352177959 - 2026-07-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2079662293340893565 - 2026-07-08 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2074711064986730572 - 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2072722903238684686 - 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2072723625535582341 - 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, bipartisanship · https://x.com/nickforco/status/2072724684941210067 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/nick-hinrichsen - Campaign site: http://ww38.nickforcolorado.com/ - X: https://x.com/nickforco - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickForColorado/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Hinrichsen/pfbid02qMt2xkqUP9QosQf4LVynSzKC882ZCiWkVkcVT4mWWtAk5syqRK4F86pcrCPqcNzel/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-hinrichsen-b1722468/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d753f6e-b7e3-420d-a684-e9a27f7ab27b