Election 2026

In addition to 14 statewide ballot measures, local and congressional races, voters in Colorado are deciding on every statewide office in this year’s election.

Colorado voters have a long ballot this year, with 14 statewide ballot measures covering issues ranging from taxes and government spending to hunting, immigration and criminal penalties.

The Cortez Adult Education Center has moved into a larger, accessible facility at 640 East Second Street. An open house is scheduled for Oct. 8.

Voters in Mancos, Cortez and Montezuma County will decide separate tax proposals in November. Meanwhile, an already-approved Cortez sales-tax holiday will begin as people receive their ballots in the mail.

The two candidates vying for a seat on the Montezuma County Commission disagreed on issues such as child care and the controversial “Big Beautiful Bill” at a forum Wednesday evening in Dolores.

As the Cortez City Council prepares to ask voters for an increase in the lodgers’ tax, one member wants to use some of the resulting revenues for water infrastructure.

Victor Marx has won Colorado’s Republican primary for governor after a close race against Barbara Kirkmeyer. He will face Democrat Phil Weiser in November.

Unofficial Montezuma County primary election results show Rodney Cox leading the Republican commissioner race and Jerri Frizzell leading the clerk and recorder race.

Republican Jeff Hurd and Democrats Alex Kelloff and Dwayne Romero weigh in on some of the big environmental issues in Western and Southern Colorado.

Ethics complaints. Gov. Jared Polis’ final year. New leaders. A lawmaker who died in November. The legislature has a lot to navigate in 2026 beyond its policy agenda.