# Meghan Lukens Meghan Lukens is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 26. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado House, district 26 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c1a18202-08ad-487f-99bb-b1a606c15a22 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1a18202-08ad-487f-99bb-b1a606c15a22 (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 Lukens reported $111.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). ## What Lukens says (CO 2025–26 session) 24 classified statements: 24 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 | Lukens | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 25.0% | 39.2% | 588 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 12.5% | 2.9% | 14 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 29.2% | 14.4% | 96 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 67% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Emergency Management 17% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Science, Technology, Communications 17% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.02), from 1,289 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 2,020 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 96.6% (94.7%). 40 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 75 bills: 73 reached committee, 66 passed one chamber, 63 passed both, 54 became law. Cosponsored 249. 94.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 33 of 64). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 173: Barre & Pilates Teacher Training Regulatory Exemptions (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB173/ - SB 171: Disposal of Preproduction Plastic Materials (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB171/ - HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/ - SB 151: Modify Public Employees Retirement Association Allowed Affiliation and Board of Trustees (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB151/ - HB 1342: Negligently Luring Bears (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1342/ - HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/ - HM 1002: Memorializing Former Representative Carl Miller (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HM1002/ - SB 141: Wildlife Collision Prevention (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB141/ - HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/ - SB 139: Local Education Provider Workforce Housing (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB139/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $111.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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. - 2026-06-11 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2065119480104235217 - 2026-06-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2061889078547853485 - 2026-06-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2061509411257110624 - 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2057184031041864060 - 2026-05-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2056838988460441630 - 2026-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2056453615058141417 - 2026-03-12 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2032174536444297705 - 2026-02-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2026409226122440960 - 2026-02-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/2024954331095834627 - 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/MeghanLukens/status/1982829273540128838 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/meghan-lukens - Campaign site: https://meghanlukens.com/ - X: https://x.com/MeghanLukens - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meghan.lukens - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeghanLukensforColorado/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghanlukensforcolorado/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-lukens-000a1513a/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1a18202-08ad-487f-99bb-b1a606c15a22