# Larry Liston Larry Liston is a Republican member of the Colorado Senate for district 10. - Party: Republican - Seat: Colorado Senate, district 10 - Serving since: 2021-01-13 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c9fd6b10-91a3-44ec-ac6a-48f73eee3ed1 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c9fd6b10-91a3-44ec-ac6a-48f73eee3ed1 (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 29% of Liston’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans. ## What Liston says (CO 2025–26 session) 22 classified statements: 22 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Liston | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 4.5% | 2.3% | 67 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 9.1% | 9.5% | 138 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 45.5% | 37.3% | 126 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 13.6% | 2.3% | 5 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 40.9% | 15.4% | 14 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 60% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Education 30% (State Senate Republicans 14%); International Affairs 20% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 10% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Finance and Financial Sector 10% (State Senate Republicans 1.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 436 donors and 1,126 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 1,666 roll calls. Attendance 93.2% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 91.1% (94.2%). 100 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 187 Establishing Commission on Medicaid · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB187/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1425 Applied Behavior Analysis Services · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · BILL · HB 1141 Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1141/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 78 Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB78/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · BILL · HB 1309 Abuse in Cases of Separation · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1309/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 165 Species Conservation Measures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB165/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 115 Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB115/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · AMEND (L.081) · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 3 End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB3/ ## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session) Sponsored 37 bills: 33 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 191. 86.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 33 of 35). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 6: Donate Life Month (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SR6/ - HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/ - SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/ - SB 141: Wildlife Collision Prevention (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB141/ - HB 1286: Automated Driving System Commercial Vehicles (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1286/ - HB 1257: Local Regulation of Massage Facilities (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1257/ - HB 1230: Extend Conservation Easement Tax Credit (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1230/ - SB 104: Require Key Boxes at Schools (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB104/ - HB 1203: Modification of County Commissioner Elections (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1203/ - SB 98: State & Local Noise Abatement Authority (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB98/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $2,800 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 29% 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. - 2026-04-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/2049623661863424471 - 2026-02-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/2024960998277611546 - 2026-02-20 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/2024976160283918382 - 2026-02-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/2018760316201697664 - 2026-02-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/2018760537887387757 - 2025-05-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/1918396151138509238 - 2025-04-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/1909288627441480091 - 2025-04-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/1908178126300926266 - 2025-04-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/1907127070804832476 - 2025-04-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LarryListon10/status/1907133784207884467 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/larry-liston - Campaign site: https://www.friendsoflarryliston.com/ - X: https://x.com/LarryListon10 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larry.liston.3 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarryListonHD16/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larryliston10/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-liston-12120410/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c9fd6b10-91a3-44ec-ac6a-48f73eee3ed1