Bent County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
6 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 2 Bent County races, led by the Colorado Senate District 35 contest.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Find your districts by addressColorado Senate District 35Rod Pelton (R) · Duane L Gurule (D) · Richard Graf (Libertarian) · Travis Star Nelson (Unaffiliated)
Rod Pelton Republican Incumbent
- Requiring state regulators to remove three existing regulations for every new one added
- Raising reimbursement rates for small rural hospitals and encouraging urban-rural hospital partnerships
- Securing a dedicated funding source for rural road and highway maintenance
Per the campaign site.
About Rod Pelton
Rod Pelton is the Republican state senator for Senate District 35, covering 13 southeastern Colorado counties, per the Colorado General Assembly. He serves on the Agriculture & Natural Resources, Legislative Audit and State, Veterans, & Military Affairs committees, and sponsored 22 bills in the 2026 session on agriculture, water management, energy and local government, per the Colorado General Assembly.
Duane L Gurule Democratic
- Improve housing affordability and cost of living for rural residents
- Address regional water resource challenges
- Expand access to quality healthcare
Per the campaign site.
About Duane L Gurule
Duane L Gurule is the Democratic candidate for Colorado Senate District 35 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Gurule is the current Mayor of Rocky Ford, works in technology, and founded a nonprofit organization, per Campaign site (guruleforcolorado.com). Gurule was raised in southeast Colorado and has spoken about experiencing housing instability as a child, per Campaign site (guruleforcolorado.com).
Richard Graf Libertarian
Richard Graf is the Libertarian candidate for Colorado Senate District 35 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Graf is the Libertarian nominee for Colorado Senate District 35, representing southeast Colorado, per Libertarian Party of Colorado. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Travis Star Nelson Unaffiliated
- Improve healthcare access
- Invest in infrastructure and school funding
- Support job creation and higher wages
Per the campaign site.
About Travis Star Nelson
Travis Star Nelson is the Unaffiliated candidate for Colorado Senate District 35 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Nelson is a small business owner and family rancher based in Trinidad, Colorado, who describes himself as a 'Conservative Moderate' and 'Pro-Choice Christian.', per Campaign site (travisforcolorado.com). Nelson qualified for the November 2026 ballot as an unaffiliated candidate by submitting the required number of petition signatures, per Colorado Secretary of State.
Rod Pelton (Republican), Duane L Gurule (Democratic), Richard Graf (Libertarian), Travis Star Nelson (Unaffiliated) are on the November 3 ballot for Colorado Senate District 35; Rod Pelton is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (leg.colorado.gov). Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 30 primary; minor-party nominees by assembly or petition and unaffiliated candidates by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageColorado House District 47Vic Meyers (D) · Ty Winter (R)
Vic Meyers Democratic
- Workers' rights and economic opportunity for working families
- Education funding and teacher compensation
Per the campaign site.
About Vic Meyers
Vic Meyers was born in Pueblo in 1967, served in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division as a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer, and earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Colorado State University Pueblo, per his campaign site. He worked more than 17 years for the Colorado Department of Corrections, later taught middle school mathematics in Walsenburg, and served on the Trinidad School District 1 board from 2007 to 2011, per his campaign site.
Ty Winter Republican Incumbent
Ty Winter represents Colorado House District 47, covering Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers and Pueblo counties, and serves as Assistant Minority Leader, per the Colorado General Assembly. He sits on the Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee and the Capital Development Committee, per the Colorado General Assembly. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Vic Meyers (Democratic), Ty Winter (Republican) are on the November 3 ballot for Colorado House District 47; Ty Winter is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (leg.colorado.gov). Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 30 primary; minor-party nominees by assembly or petition and unaffiliated candidates by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Who is on the ballot in Bent County, Colorado on November 3, 2026?
Bent County sample ballot 2026: see where the colorado senate and colorado house candidates stand on health care, roads and agriculture. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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