# Larry Suckla

Larry Suckla is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 58.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado House, district 58
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a2745e24-bcf2-40f8-aa77-fad08d873ab1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a2745e24-bcf2-40f8-aa77-fad08d873ab1 (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

The policy areas Suckla talks about and legislates on agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State House Republicans.

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

137 classified statements: 137 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 | Suckla | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 13.9% | 9.3% | 191 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 52.5% | 31.9% | 97 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 1.8% | 458 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 10.9% | 12.7% | 379 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.4% | 247 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Public Lands and Natural Resources 18% (State House Republicans 1.5%); Agriculture and Food 15% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Transportation and Public Works 14% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 8.3% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 93 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 95.4% (94.7%). 164 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 yea · 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 yea · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/

## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 23 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 95. 85.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 56 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- SB 136: Reporting of Lost or Stolen Livestock (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB136/
- HCR 1001: Charitable Gaming Constitutional Amendment (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1001/
- HB 1306: Wild Horse License Plate (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1306/
- HB 1254: Audit Enforcement (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1254/
- HB 1238: Designating Emergency Medical Services Essential Services (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1238/
- HB 1205: Colorado State Forest Service Good Neighbor Authority (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1205/
- HB 1209: Temporary Decrease Statutory Property Tax Revenue Limits (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1209/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,830 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 68% 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/LSuckla/status/2112891537298465186
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2112917911820214358
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2111927989508428115
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2111602829484040577
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2110865748575011238
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2096729007673024669
- 2026-08-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2086599742373646727
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2079288427946921994
- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2064152042042777819
- 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LSuckla/status/2064072228673827241

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/larry-don-suckla
- Campaign site: https://sucklafor58.com/
- X: https://x.com/LSuckla
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larrydonsuckla.commissioner
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564217878795
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larrydonsuckla/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a2745e24-bcf2-40f8-aa77-fad08d873ab1