# Yara Zokaie

Yara Zokaie is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 52.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 52
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e8a7d2a2-1907-450d-8c61-8c328839e922

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8a7d2a2-1907-450d-8c61-8c328839e922 (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

The policy areas Zokaie talks about and legislates on agree at 0.63 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

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

195 classified statements: 195 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 | Zokaie | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.6% | 2.5% | 181 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 21.5% | 10.4% | 107 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 60.5% | 39.2% | 100 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.1% | 2.9% | 363 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 23.6% | 14.4% | 167 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 3.6% | 1.0% | 57 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Taxation 16% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Health 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 13% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.03), from 491 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 98.2% (94.7%). 54 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 not voting · 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 66 bills: 65 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 51 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 236. 97.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 22 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1426: Department of Law Legislative Report (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1426/
- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- SB 176: State Remedies for Constitutional Rights Violation (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB176/
- HB 1418: Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1418/
- SB 168: Transparency of Legislative Caucuses' Money (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB168/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HR 1005: State Highway 47 Dolores Huerta Boulevard (introduced, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HR1005/
- SJR 21: National Arab American Heritage Month (passed both chambers, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR21/
- SJR 18: Recognizing Celebration of Nowruz (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR18/
- HR 1003: Recognize Environmental Initiatives (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HR1003/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,451 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 84% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2114484239026786509
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2113788506082554201
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2112623230767026445
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2112307608203972897
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2108350399153684770
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2108305640989049042
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2107172488098742458
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2105404150284759451
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2104684211823362534
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/YZokaie/status/2103607719836196941

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/yara-zokaie
- Campaign site: https://www.yaraforco.com/
- X: https://x.com/YZokaie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yaraforco
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yzeeeee
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yaraforco/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCKwt-wu8_YWoq5fIZFu-FQ

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8a7d2a2-1907-450d-8c61-8c328839e922