# Lindsay Gilchrist

Lindsay Gilchrist is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 8
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d5ec869e-db7a-480f-b270-428805b90cee

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d5ec869e-db7a-480f-b270-428805b90cee (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

Gilchrist has 11 classified statements in the CO 2025–26 session.

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

11 classified statements: 11 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 | Gilchrist | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 27.3% | 10.4% | 54 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 39.2% | 1 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.1% | 2.9% | 44 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 18.2% | 14.4% | 266 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 55% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 36% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Education 27% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (State House Democrats 11%); Immigration 18% (State House Democrats 4.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 573 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 99.5% (94.7%). 15 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 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 35 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 181. 95.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 30 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1425: Applied Behavior Analysis Services (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/
- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- SB 178: Health Insurance Affordability Measures (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB178/
- SB 177: Access Adjoining Property to Repair or Maintain (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB177/
- SB 173: Barre & Pilates Teacher Training Regulatory Exemptions (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB173/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HB 1347: Federal Disability Benefits for Foster Care Youth (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1347/
- SB 145: Charter School Involvement in Local Ballot Questions (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB145/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- SB 140: Exempt Drugs from Prescription Drug Affordability Board Reviews (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB140/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2112678565888323608
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2110505534919209284
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2108280380692566105
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2100722485595623765
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2097812306369655001
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2094561015862276134
- 2026-08-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2090560663383072981
- 2026-03-15 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2033241700504592824
- 2026-02-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2025642267550064822
- 2026-01-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LindsGilchrist/status/2015932865079607767

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/lindsay-gilchrist
- Campaign site: https://www.gilchristforcolorado.com/
- X: https://x.com/LindsGilchrist
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gilchristforcolorado/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.gilchrist.16
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gilchristlindsay/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LindsayGilchrist-zt1ic
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-gilchrist-5a373214

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d5ec869e-db7a-480f-b270-428805b90cee