# Julie McCluskie

Julie McCluskie is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 13
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/53facaaf-5673-4c76-b15a-6b5061965ae1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53facaaf-5673-4c76-b15a-6b5061965ae1 (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

11% of McCluskie’s statements use bipartisan language, 3.9 times the State House Democrat average of 2.9%.

## What McCluskie says (CO 2025–26 session)

276 classified statements: 276 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 | McCluskie | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.2% | 10.4% | 404 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 46.7% | 39.2% | 270 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 11.2% | 2.9% | 17 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 27.9% | 14.4% | 108 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Water Resources Development 20% (State House Democrats 1.3%); Education 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 10% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Economics and Public Finance 8.6% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.60 (standard error 0.02), from 892 donors and 885 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 97.8% (94.7%). 28 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 55 bills: 54 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 48 passed both, 33 became law. Cosponsored 552. 98.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 12 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 26: Adjourn Sine Die (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR26/
- HJR 1032: Notify Governor of Adjournment (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1032/
- HB 1433: Funding to Sustain Fire-Related Services (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1433/
- HJR 1031: 2027 Session Convening Date & Deadlines (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1031/
- SJR 25: Colorado Mining Association's 150th Anniversary (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR25/
- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HB 1414: Medical Record Requests (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1414/
- SB 155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB155/
- HB 1345: Higher Education Funding Allocation Model Changes (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1345/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $156.3K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 90% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2112735944701038875
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2109371147653726469
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2104691248133177523
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2102807677537784306
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2096787321123488113
- 2026-08-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2093047173533638927
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2088696833443082726
- 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2083704335633109087
- 2026-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2083545786227331412
- 2026-07-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/jmccluskie, McCluskieforCO/status/2083238657759347096

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/julie-mccluskie
- Campaign site: https://mccluskieforco.com/
- X: https://x.com/jmccluskie
- X: https://x.com/McCluskieforCO
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100018668616163
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McCluskieforCO
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mccluskieforco
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@juliemccluskie3399
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliemccluskie/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53facaaf-5673-4c76-b15a-6b5061965ae1