2018 Republican Gubernatorial Primary

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Candidates

Republican Party Candidates

Name	Party	Endorsements/Info	Contact	Articles / Questionnaires
Stephen Barlock	Republican	Going through the Caucus/Assembly Process Co-chair of Donald Trump's Colorado campaign. Wants to drain the "swamp" of the state's politics	Website Facebook Email
Erich Braun	Republican	Filed 1/23/18	Email Gives website on TRACER that is a link to a road constriction business in Aurora, CO
Cynthia Coffman	Republican	Now Caucusing, not Petitioning Previously Petitioning onto the Primary Ballot	Website Facebook Email
Lew Gaiter	Republican	Going through the Caucus/Assembly Process Current Larimer county comissioner	Website Facebook Email
Teri Kear (Lehman)	Republican	Going through the Caucus/Assembly Process Brief article about campaign	Email
Greg Lopez	Republican	Going through the Caucus/Assembly Process Former Mayor of Parker	Website Facebook Email
Victor Mitchell	Republican	Petitioning onto the Primary Ballot Voted for McMullin, not Trump, but applauds Trump's cabinet	Website Facebook Email
Doug Robinson	Republican	Petitioning onto the Primary Ballot Mitt Romney's nephew	Website Facebook Email
Jim Rundberg	Republican	Going through the Caucus/Assembly Process Anti-Trump LinkedIn Cached page of a Campaign Statement on Ending Violence in regards to Policing and gun ownership Cached Press Release about Loans and Credit Scores Believes the "End Times" is 300 years away	Website Email Twitter
Walker Stapleton	Republican	Petitioning onto the Primary Ballot Current State Treasurer, deep ties to Bush family	Website Facebook Email
Greg Westin	Republican	Filed 2/10/18 Third-Party voter registration site lists him as a registered Democrat	Email

Issues & Stances

Forums

Date	Sponsors	Candidates	Link
11/12/17	Over a dozen organizations, listed on event page	Noel Ginsburg Mike Johnston Cary Kennedy Greg Lopez Jared Polis Erik Underwood Matthew Wood (Unaffiliated)	Link to Videos through Indivisible Arapahoe
1/11/18	Mesa County GOP	Stephen Barlock Cynthia Coffman Greg Lopez Victor Mitchell Doug Robinson Tom Tancredo Walker Stapleton	No available video Grand Junction Sentinel coverage KJCT8 Coverage Western Slope Now coverage
1/13/18	Democracy Enter Colorado	Noel Ginsburg Mike Johnston Cary Kennedy Greg Lopez Donna Lynne Jared Polis Erik Underwood	Video forthcoming
1/17/18	Colorado Hispanic Republicans Straw Poll Results	Stephen Barlock Cynthia Coffman Greg Lopez Victor Mitchell Doug Robinson Tom Tancredo	Video via Colorado Hispanic Republicans Facebook page

Campaign Finance

• Big money — more than $13 million in 2017 — flows into Colorado governor’s race with a new record and super PAC (Denver Post, 1/18/18)

IECs/PACs

• Stronger Colorado Ahead - Cynthia Coffman
• Better Colorado Now - Walker Stapleton
• Colorado's Future - Doug Robinson