Cary Kennedy

Cary Kennedy announced her candidacy for Governor of Colorado in April of 2017. She was the Colorado State Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 and is a former Deputy Mayor and Chief Financial Officer for Denver.

Biography

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Issue Ideas & Proposals

Education

Kennedy's website lists under-investment, teacher shortages, and lack of equity as the most important issues facing education in Colorado, and outlines the following key goals as governor:

Teachers:

• Raise teacher pay to at least the national average
• Ensure the public employee's retirement association is financially secure
• Expand the teacher talent pipeline through higher ed scholarships, apprenticeships, and other measures.
• Include teachers in evaluation systems and increase their professional advancement opportunities

Equity:

• Empower families to engage in their child’s education opportunities for parents like after-school classes, including ESL, GED, personal finance, and technology classes; expand district-wide family development programs that teach parents how to work with teachers.
• Universal access to quality preschool and full day kindergarten.
• Make access to technology more equitable by providing more opportunities for students to access technology needed for school work, like computers or tablets, and broadband services.
• Ensure that every district can support nurses, counselors and all needed support staff. Provide access to services that address out of classroom factors like food insecurity, and provide the services necessary to allow disabled students to learn and grow with their classmates at their neighborhood school.
• Replicate the principles of community schools and give districts the support the need to embrace these principles in schools across Colorado.

Funders

See the State Governor 2018 Campaign Finance page for more details on Kennedy's notable donors and an analysis of her campaign's financial support sources.