# Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dc9056b8-fb9c-4a66-99b8-210acce64bff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc9056b8-fb9c-4a66-99b8-210acce64bff (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

Sullivan sits at −1.42 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State Senate Democrats.

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

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sullivan | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.42 (standard error 0.02), from 1,532 donors and 594 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.8% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,666 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 97.9% (94.2%). 58 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 yea · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 21 bills: 20 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 261. 95.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 17 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/
- HB 1275: Law Enforcement Identification & Immigration Training Requirements (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1275/
- HB 1210: Prohibit Surveillance Price & Wage Setting (passed both chambers, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1210/
- SB 93: Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB93/
- SB 86: Reduce Premium Cigar Excise Tax Rate (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB86/
- HB 1144: Prohibit Three-Dimensional Printing Firearms & Components (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1144/
- SB 67: Tuition Waiver for Dependents of Veterans (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB67/
- SB 43: Record Keeping & Regulation of Sale of Firearm Barrel (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB43/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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.

- 2025-02-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Sully_720/status/1894049205041156323

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/tom-sullivan
- Campaign site: https://sullivanforcolorado.com/
- X: https://x.com/Sully_720
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.sullivan.14606936
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepTomSullivan

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc9056b8-fb9c-4a66-99b8-210acce64bff