# Chad Clifford

Chad Clifford is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/faaae748-7c57-47df-bdf7-1811e0a61458

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/faaae748-7c57-47df-bdf7-1811e0a61458 (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

2.3% of Clifford’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (average 14%).

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

433 classified statements: 433 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 | Clifford | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.7% | 2.5% | 177 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 18.5% | 10.4% | 146 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 31.6% | 39.2% | 507 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.5% | 2.9% | 303 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 2.3% | 14.4% | 635 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 268 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 28% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Democrats 11%); Law 12% (State House Democrats 2.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 10% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 135 donors and 455 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 98.0% (94.7%). 41 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 nay · 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 50 bills: 49 reached committee, 45 passed one chamber, 39 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 484. 96.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 27 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- HB 1422: Security Measures for Certain Government Entities (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1422/
- HR 1006: Supporting Law Enforcement (passed one chamber, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HR1006/
- HB 1347: Federal Disability Benefits for Foster Care Youth (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1347/
- HR 1003: Recognize Environmental Initiatives (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HR1003/
- HB 1343: Electronic Process in Competency & Administrative Hearings (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1343/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- 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 1329: Motor Vehicle Stunt Drive & Takeover Penalties (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1329/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2112718247921393799
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2111873781497307474
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2110016263095267341
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2109712870615265356
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2108662612611199037
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2108663157283574039
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2107997999859204408
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2097773508583714884
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2092600298598445403
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chadclifford/status/2054284024512983182

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/chad-clifford
- Campaign site: https://www.chadforcolorado.com/
- X: https://x.com/chadclifford
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chadforcolorado
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chadclifford
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadclifford/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/faaae748-7c57-47df-bdf7-1811e0a61458