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Democrat · Colorado Senate, district 33

Serving since Jan 13, 2021CO 2025–26 session

Portrait of James Coleman, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
100%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Colorado Senate

100% of 45 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Colorado Senate is 94%. Ranks 3rd of 35, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Coleman sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Colorado Senate. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against the Colorado Senate. Coleman reported $36.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom half of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K). Coleman sits at −0.69 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 57% of State Senate Democrats.

The measures on which Coleman sits furthest from the middle of the Colorado Senate, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Out of committee

100%

Colorado Senate average 94% · ranks 3rd of 35

Party unity

98.6%

Colorado Senate average 94.2% · ranks 7th of 35 · 6 votes against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats

Attendance

99.8%

Colorado Senate average 97.2% · ranks 8th of 35 · 1,060 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$36.8K

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 441st of 746

CSIP ideology

−0.69

More liberal than 57% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.05

From Colorado, 2026

91%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 418th of 714 State Senate Democrats

Peer group: Colorado Senate. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Coleman, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Coleman is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Coleman says

Coleman criticizes policies less than 91% of State Senate Democrats. Policy criticism in 0% of 23 statements, against 10% for the average State Senate Democrat; 304th of 329.

An AI model reads each of Coleman’s 23 statements in the CO 2025–26 session (23 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State Senate Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the CO 2025–26 session

0%80%
Coleman
Peers
Rank
Credit claiming10 statements
43%
16%
9th of 329
Policy discussion6 statements
26%
43%
260th of 329
Bipartisanship1 statements
4%
3%
94th of 329
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
2%
248th of 329
Policy criticism0 statements
0%
10%
304th of 329
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Coleman's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowColemanPeers
Credit claiming43%16%
Policy discussion26%43%
Bipartisanship4%3%
Personal attacks0%2%
Policy criticism0%10%
23

statements classified

23 posts on X.

posts on X: 23 (100.0%)posts on X 23
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Coleman's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X23
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Coleman; the thin grey bar is the average State Senate Democrats. A longer thick bar means Coleman does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Coleman used no extreme labels in 23 statements. The peer average is 0.8%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the CO 2025–26 session

No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the CO 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 22 months are hatched here; 13 of them have no statements.

In Coleman’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 19, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

Policy discussion

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

May 21, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Education; Housing and Community Development · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Jun 1, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · credit claiming · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 23 statements

Newest first, the CO 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 23 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Education is what Coleman talks about most: 67% of policy statements, 4.6 times the peer share. Peers give it 15%. Agreement with legislation needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Coleman talks about. The bills Coleman sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Coleman talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the CO 2025–26 session

0%73%
Coleman
Peers
Education4 statements
67%
15%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues1 statements
17%
8%
Health1 statements
17%
17%
Housing and Community Development1 statements
17%
7%
Agriculture and Food0 statements
0%
5%
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Policy areas Coleman talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowColemanPeers
Education67%15%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues17%8%
Health17%17%
Housing and Community Development17%7%
Agriculture and Food0%5%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Coleman’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State Senate Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 73%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEducationEducation, talks about: 67% (State Senate Democrats 15%)67%Education, legislates on: 10% (State Senate Democrats 9%)10%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 8%)17%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 4% (State Senate Democrats 5%)4%HealthHealth, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 17%)17%Health, legislates on: 14% (State Senate Democrats 15%)14%Housing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 7%)17%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 3% (State Senate Democrats 5%)3%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 5%)0%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 3% (State Senate Democrats 3%)3%
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Coleman's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Democrats, legislates on
Education67%15%10%9%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues17%8%4%5%
Health17%17%14%15%
Housing and Community Development17%7%3%5%
Agriculture and Food0%5%3%3%

No agreement score.Needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills in the window.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Coleman legislates on exactly the areas Coleman talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Coleman sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Coleman sits at −0.69 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 57% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.74 to −0.65, which understates the uncertainty; from 563 donors and 793 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.69

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.74 to −0.65. From 563 donors and 793 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Coleman −0.7State Senate Democrats −0.7Colorado Senate −0.7All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Coleman, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Coleman’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Coleman sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Democratsmedian −0.7Coleman −0.7Colorado Senatemedian −0.7All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Coleman's CSIP score of −0.69 placed against State Senate Democrats, Colorado Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Coleman
State Senate Democrats825−0.743%
Colorado Senate35−0.749%
All State Senate1909+0.118%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Coleman in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Coleman.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Coleman reported $36.8K in the 2026 cycle, below the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 91% of itemized individual money came from Colorado.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$36.8K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 76 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)Individuals (itemized): $24.3K (65.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.6K (34.1%)
  • Individuals (itemized)66 squares$24.3K
  • PACs and other committees34 squares$12.6K
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Sources of Coleman's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$24.3K65.9%
PACs and other committees$12.6K34.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $97.9K$97.9K20202022 cycle: $27.6K$27.6K20222024 cycle: $128.7K$128.7K20242026 cycle: $36.8K$36.8K2026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Coleman's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$97.9K
2022 cycle$27.6K
2024 cycle$128.7K
2026 cycle$36.8K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 91% came from Colorado.

  1. Colorado$22.0K
  2. Pennsylvania$900
  3. North Carolina$450
  4. Louisiana$450
  5. California$450

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $900PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $450CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $22.0KCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $450NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $450LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Coleman's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Colorado$22.0K
Pennsylvania$900
California$450
North Carolina$450
Louisiana$450
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
76

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

91%

from Colorado

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Colorado. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. LOBBYIST$2,500 8 donors
  2. EXECUTIVE$1,550 4 donors
  3. PARTNER$1,435 6 donors
  4. CONSULTANT$1,350 3 donors
  5. PRESIDENT$1,000 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE$3,100
  2. COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE$2,000
  3. APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER POLITICAL COMMITTEE$450
  4. BLACK JACK PAC$450
  5. COLORADO ENERGY FUTURE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$450

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. POLITICALWORKS, LLC$1,350 3 donors
  2. THE CAPSTONE GROUP LLC$468 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Coleman voted with the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats on 98.6% of party-line votes and missed 0.2% of 1,060 roll calls. Colorado Senate on average: 94.2% party unity, 97.2% attendance. Across all roll calls, Coleman voted against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats 6 times.

1,060 roll calls Coleman could vote on in the CO 2025–26 session, compared with Colorado Senate. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Coleman voted with the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

6

votes against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats

Party unity 98.6%, Colorado Senate average 94.2%, ranks 7th of 35. 1,060 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Coleman, the thin grey bar the Colorado Senate average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Coleman
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.8%
97.2%
8th of 35
Party unity
98.6%
94.2%
7th of 35
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Coleman's attendance and party unity against Colorado Senate.
RowColemanPeers
Attendance99.8%97.2%
Party unity98.6%94.2%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the CO 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 13, 2026
SB 187
Establishing Commission on Medicaid
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 12–0Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 12 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1425
Applied Behavior Analysis Services
BILL
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 9–3Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 9 yea, 3 naybecame law · party crossover
May 13, 2026
SB 42
Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights
REPASS
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 0–12Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 12 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1141
Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools
BILL
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 0–12Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 12 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
SB 78
Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 12–0Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 12 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Coleman most often

  1. Dafna Michaelson JenetD387 shared votes99%
  2. Jessie DanielsonD906 shared votes99%
  3. Iman JodehD1,024 shared votes99%
  4. Tony ExumD1,022 shared votes99%
  5. Lisa CutterD1,050 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Coleman least often

  1. Lynda Zamora WilsonR717 shared votes47%
  2. Mark BaisleyR1,044 shared votes54%
  3. John CarsonR1,047 shared votes66%
  4. Rod PeltonR1,049 shared votes69%
  5. Janice RichR1,051 shared votes70%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

CO 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Coleman sponsored 45 bills in the CO 2025–26 session; 24 became law. Cosponsored 606 others. 100% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate average 94%; 3rd of 35).

The bills Coleman sponsored and cosponsored in the CO 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the CO 2025–26 session

Sponsored45 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4545Sponsored, In committee: 4545Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 4444Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 3838Sponsored, Became law: 2424Cosponsored606 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 606606Cosponsored, In committee: 606606Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 606606Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 573573Cosponsored, Became law: 465465IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Coleman sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4545443824
Cosponsored606606606573465
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Coleman sponsored, ochre blocks bills Coleman cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

100%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Colorado Senate average 94%. Ranks 3rd of 35.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Coleman, by number of shared bills in the CO 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Cathy Kipp130
  2. Monica Duran125
  3. Lisa Cutter104
  4. Iman Jodeh100
  5. Mandy Lindsay93
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Coleman’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
SJR 26Adjourn Sine DieSponsorMay 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced In House - Assigned to May 20, 2026
HJR 1032Notify Governor of AdjournmentSponsorMay 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedSenate Third Reading Lay on the Table-Deemed Lost - No Amendments May 22, 2026
SB 193Local Ordinances & State EmployeesCosponsorMay 6, 2026Became lawLabor and Employment(model)Governor Signed Jun 2, 2026
HB 1432Health-Care Payment ProgramsCosponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026
HB 1431Competency for Occupational Licensure PortabilityCosponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawLabor and Employment(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026

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Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Coleman’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Aug 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Coleman’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Coleman posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Coleman posted

No images from Coleman’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

27 turns, Feb 23, 2023 to Apr 8, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Coleman is most unusual among Colorado Senate, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
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Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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