# Emily Sirota Emily Sirota is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 9. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Colorado House, district 9 - Serving since: 2019-01-09 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c8c1a9c5-c7c2-4894-8829-fc83251bcaf2 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c8c1a9c5-c7c2-4894-8829-fc83251bcaf2 (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 64% of Sirota’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. ## What Sirota says (CO 2025–26 session) 38 classified statements: 38 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 | Sirota | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 5.3% | 2.5% | 134 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 31.6% | 10.4% | 31 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 73.7% | 39.2% | 25 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 2.9% | 291 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 26.3% | 14.4% | 128 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 39% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 36% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Environmental Protection 11% (State House Democrats 3.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.77 (standard error 0.03), from 673 donors and 1,176 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 2,020 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 98.6% (94.7%). 48 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 nay · 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 190 bills: 190 reached committee, 188 passed one chamber, 185 passed both, 179 became law. Cosponsored 400. 99.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 9 of 64). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 193: Local Ordinances & State Employees (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/ - SB 187: Establishing Commission on Medicaid (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB187/ - HB 1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/ - HB 1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1429/ - SB 188: Residential Treatment for Members in Colorado Department of Human Services Custody (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB188/ - HB 1428: Administration of Publicly Funded Education Programs (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1428/ - HB 1425: Applied Behavior Analysis Services (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/ - SB 181: Works Program Reserves & Cost of Living Adjustment (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB181/ - HB 1423: Community Corrections Budget Request & Data Information (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1423/ - HB 1419: Over-Refund of Excess State Revenues (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1419/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $112.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 64% 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. - 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/2094946998646686037 - 2026-06-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/2069919557352034522 - 2026-05-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/2055432485568491604 - 2025-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1965924463155036627 - 2025-08-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1960525897624379559 - 2025-08-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1956017087857442913 - 2025-07-30 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1950638988399952035 - 2025-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1949922547853906042 - 2025-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1949932877728326050 - 2025-07-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EmilyForCO/status/1949259210874929378 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/emily-sirota - Campaign site: https://www.emilyforcolorado.com/ - X: https://x.com/EmilyForCO - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyForColorado - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emilylippsirota - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@representativeemilysirota4302 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilysirota/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c8c1a9c5-c7c2-4894-8829-fc83251bcaf2