# Tony Hartsook

Tony Hartsook is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 44.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado House, district 44
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/561892b1-c618-43cb-9767-9237514f0a92

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/561892b1-c618-43cb-9767-9237514f0a92 (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

55% of Hartsook’s statements discuss policy, 1.7 times the State House Republican average of 32%.

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

389 classified statements: 389 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hartsook | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.5% | 2.9% | 451 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 17.2% | 9.3% | 136 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 54.8% | 31.9% | 79 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.1% | 1.8% | 167 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 17.0% | 12.7% | 238 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.8% | 1.4% | 327 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Republicans 11%); Commerce 15% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.02), from 243 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 91.4% (94.7%). 125 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 nay · 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 nay · CONCUR · HB 1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1223/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1272/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1236 Arbitration Reform · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1236/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/

## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 35 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 99. 94.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 35 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 162: Sensitive Test Results in Health Care (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB162/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/
- SJR 23: Recognize Young Americans Bank (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR23/
- SJR 19: Colorado & Taiwan Sister-State Relations (passed both chambers, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR19/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- SB 140: Exempt Drugs from Prescription Drug Affordability Board Reviews (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB140/
- HB 1290: Criminal Offense of Assault (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1290/
- HB 1286: Automated Driving System Commercial Vehicles (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1286/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $58.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 89% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2114404392367784179
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2113253092942921962
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2112876021825622095
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2112589349271543826
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2110541945462542362
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2110091318303346811
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2107671786213212320
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2107846791001428336
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2107557922490519908
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepHartsook, https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook/status/2104645702555148767

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/anthony-hartsook
- Campaign site: https://www.anthonyhartsook.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepHartsook
- X: https://x.com/AnthonyHartsook
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089607807395
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyHartsookCO
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.hartsook.7
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/rephartsook/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyhartsook/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-hartsook/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/561892b1-c618-43cb-9767-9237514f0a92