# Matt Soper

Matt Soper is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado House, district 54
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9e529237-916b-407c-a60e-abd8e0708329

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9e529237-916b-407c-a60e-abd8e0708329 (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

Soper voted against the majority of Colorado House Republicans 253 times; party unity 85%, in the bottom tenth of the Colorado House (average 94.7%).

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

80 classified statements: 80 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 | Soper | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 779 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 311 donors and 834 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 85% (94.7%). 253 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 91 bills: 88 reached committee, 78 passed one chamber, 69 passed both, 61 became law. Cosponsored 149. 93.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 41 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1432: Health-Care Payment Programs (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1432/
- HB 1431: Competency for Occupational Licensure Portability (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1431/
- SB 192: Producer Responsibility Dues Appeals Process (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB192/
- SJR 25: Colorado Mining Association's 150th Anniversary (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR25/
- 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/
- 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/
- HB 1416: Transfers to General Fund & Colorado Economic Development Fund (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1416/
- HCR 1002: Require Age Verification for Pornographic Material (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1002/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.7K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 91% 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.

- 2025-11-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1985673758544158905
- 2025-11-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1985678344869068958
- 2025-11-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1985699493388697988
- 2025-11-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1985336690362196448
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1983860854421393892
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1983862675227460042
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1983880024026706043
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1983896299251626285
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1983912714440249839
- 2025-10-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/SoperMatthew/status/1983471935704232226

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/matt-soper
- Campaign site: https://www.electmattsoper.com/, https://matthewsoper.blogspot.com/
- X: https://x.com/SoperMatthew
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/m.c.soper
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/m.c.soper
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.soper.colorado/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.Matt.Soper
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.soper.colorado/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SoperInternational
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepMattSoper
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsoper/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9e529237-916b-407c-a60e-abd8e0708329