# Michael Carter

Michael Carter is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 36
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9c2accab-1bbf-495c-8036-137e48ba684d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c2accab-1bbf-495c-8036-137e48ba684d (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

Carter has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 382 donors and 282 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 96.8% (94.7%). 64 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 nay · 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 60 bills: 58 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 53 passed both, 40 became law. Cosponsored 251. 96.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 24 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 184: Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB184/
- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- SB 174: Prohibit Lead Generation Legal Marketing (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB174/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HB 1416: Transfers to General Fund & Colorado Economic Development Fund (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1416/
- SB 158: Youthful Offender Early Parole Procedure (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB158/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/
- SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/
- HB 1311: Retainage Surety Bond Construction Contracts (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1311/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $73.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/michael-carter
- Campaign site: https://www.carterforcolorado.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091843003347
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carter_for_colorado/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarterforColorado
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-carter-82a0196/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c2accab-1bbf-495c-8036-137e48ba684d