# Gretchen Rydin

Gretchen Rydin is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 38
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e0edd86c-a50d-4e78-96ac-f3e8217de4a8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0edd86c-a50d-4e78-96ac-f3e8217de4a8 (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

Rydin has 1 classified statements in the CO 2025–26 session.

## What Rydin 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 House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Rydin | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.03), from 621 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 96.7% (94.7%). 46 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 nay · 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 28 bills: 27 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 224. 96.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 26 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/
- HB 1327: Large Employer Worker Health-Care Support (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1327/
- SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/
- SJR 15: Protecting Colorado's National Public Lands (passed both chambers, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR15/
- HB 1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1298/
- HB 1286: Automated Driving System Commercial Vehicles (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1286/
- HB 1275: Law Enforcement Identification & Immigration Training Requirements (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1275/
- HB 1276: Protect Safety of Individuals Who Are Immigrants (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1276/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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.

- 2025-01-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/GretchenforCO/status/1880329835844878534

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/gretchen-rydin
- Campaign site: https://www.gretchenforcolorado.com/
- X: https://x.com/GretchenforCO
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchenforcolorado
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenforcolorado
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gretchenrydin1899

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0edd86c-a50d-4e78-96ac-f3e8217de4a8