# Max Brooks

Max Brooks is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado House, district 45
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fe11081d-5ca9-4f88-a143-04aed94e45f9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe11081d-5ca9-4f88-a143-04aed94e45f9 (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

33% of Brooks’s statements criticize a policy, 3.5 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

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

399 classified statements: 399 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Brooks | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.9% | 329 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 33.1% | 9.3% | 29 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 48.4% | 31.9% | 152 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.8% | 1.8% | 187 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 10.5% | 12.7% | 388 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.0% | 1.4% | 194 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 22% (State House Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (State House Republicans 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Immigration 9.3% (State House Republicans 4.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.02), from 148 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 96.0% (94.7%). 225 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1306 Wild Horse License Plate · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1306/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · 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 nay · REPASS · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · 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 nay · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/

## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 16 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 86. 76.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 61 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- SJR 17: Reappoint Kerri L. Hunter as State Auditor (passed both chambers, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR17/
- SB 134: Payment Card Networks' Fees (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB134/
- HB 1287: Sunset Division of Real Estate (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1287/
- HB 1278: Local Government Approval of Transmission Infrastructure (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1278/
- HB 1254: Audit Enforcement (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1254/
- SB 98: State & Local Noise Abatement Authority (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB98/
- HB 1098: Public Trustee Act Foreclosure Procedures (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1098/
- HB 1092: Licensed Midwife Public Health Facility Privileges (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1092/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% 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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2107867506304311465
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2092385335389077700
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2081793594168410271
- 2026-07-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2077078542009954465
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2076007159762939945
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2076009014618669340
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2076010839136461029
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2054256803832340679
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2053934511394853157
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks, mbrookshd45/status/2052832966783729924

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/max-brooks
- X: https://x.com/MaxwellBrooks
- X: https://x.com/mbrookshd45
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaxforHD45
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/max.brooks1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_max.brooks_/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3rrI0BFmZuDkiPLnmZ5lDQ

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe11081d-5ca9-4f88-a143-04aed94e45f9