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Byron Pelton

State Senate District 1

Running in 2026: State Senate District 1 (June 30) · State Senate District 1 (November 3)

In the Legislature

Senate District 1 R · 1,704 floor votes this session, 1% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · Transportation & Energy · Agriculture & Natural Resources · Finance

Bills they lead: 72 (37 became law) — HB25-1002, HB25-1031, HB25-1062, HB25-1086, HB25-1094, HB25-1110, HB25-1131, HB25-1177, HB25-1210, HB25-1281, HB25-1285, HB25-1293 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) on which a lobbyist's client that gave to their campaign, or gave them a gift, took a position: the largest first, with the position the lobbyist reported.

Bill	Their vote	Clients that lobbied on it, their position, and what they gave
SB25-005 Worker Protection Collective Bargaining	No 2025-02-18	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign); Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign)
HB26-1005 Worker Protection Collective Bargaining	No 2026-05-01	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign); Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign)
HB26-1054 Protections for Worker Safety	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign); Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign)
HB26-1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign); Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign)
HB25-1010 Prohibiting Price Gouging in Sales of Necessities	No 2025-04-04	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
HB25-1130 Labor Requirements for Government Construction Projects	No 2025-04-28	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
SB25-185 Claims Against Construction Professionals	Aye 2025-03-21	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
HB25-1272 Construction Defects & Middle Market Housing	Aye 2025-04-17	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
HB25-1228 Best Value Design-Build Transportation Contracts	Aye 2025-04-15	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
HB25-1001 Enforcement Wage Hour Laws	No 2025-05-06	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
SB25-320 Commercial Motor Vehicle Transportation	Aye 2025-05-02	Colorado Contractors Association supporting ($450 campaign)
HB25-1300 Workers' Compensation Benefits Proof of Entitlement	No 2025-05-07	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
SB26-052 Coal Transition Community Investment	Not voting 2026-02-24	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
SB26-074 Clarify Excessive Public Construction Bond Claim Penalty	Aye 2026-03-19	Colorado Contractors Association supporting ($450 campaign)
SR26-001 Morgan County Road Improvements	Aye 2026-02-17	Colorado Contractors Association supporting ($450 campaign)
HB26-1311 Retainage Surety Bond Construction Contracts	Aye 2026-04-07	Colorado Contractors Association supporting ($450 campaign)
SB26-137 Measures to Reduce Administrative Burdens	Aye 2026-04-13	Colorado Contractors Association supporting ($450 campaign)
HB26-1084 Voter Transparency in Ballot Measures	No 2026-04-30	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
SB26-093 Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
SB26-175 Adjust Experience Modification Factor in Workers' Compensation	Aye 2026-05-04	Colorado Contractors Association supporting ($450 campaign)
HB26-1317 Unified Postsecondary Talent Development System	Aye 2026-05-06	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
HB26-1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
HB26-1236 Arbitration Reform	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
SB25-038 Wildlife Damage Protection of Personal Information	Aye 2025-02-05	Colorado Cattlemen's Association supporting ($225 campaign)
SB25-039 Agricultural Buildings Exempt from Energy Use Requirements	Aye 2025-03-12	Colorado Cattlemen's Association supporting ($225 campaign)
HB25-1053 Landowner Immunity for Emergency Access to Property	Aye 2025-03-03	Colorado Cattlemen's Association monitoring ($225 campaign)
HB25-1283 Wild Horse Project Management & Immunocontraception	No 2025-04-21	Colorado Cattlemen's Association monitoring ($225 campaign)
HB25-1180 Prohibiting Pet Animal Sales in Public Spaces	Aye 2025-04-14	Colorado Cattlemen's Association monitoring ($225 campaign)
SB25-283 Funding Water Conservation Board Projects	Aye 2025-04-23	Colorado Cattlemen's Association monitoring ($225 campaign)
SB25-049 Continue Wildlife Habitat Stamp Program	No 2025-03-31	Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign)

Colorado property

1 parcel we matched to the property on their disclosures.

Kind	County	Assessor's value
property	Logan	not given

The county assessor's actual value (the 2025 reappraisal, an estimate of market value in mid-2024), from the state's parcel records. We match parcels by the owner's name where their office or race is, or by the legal description or address on their disclosure; we don't show addresses, parcel numbers or co-owners. Property held in a name we can't connect to them isn't here.

Personal Financial Disclosures

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Annual Senate District 1	2026-01-11	3 income sources, 4 sources of compensation, 3 compensated lobbying, 3 assets, 3 colorado property, 4 offices and directorships, 4 state-regulated businesses, 3 debts
2025 State Senator District 1	2025-06-04	4 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 1 compensated lobbying, 1 colorado property, 2 state-regulated businesses, 5 debts
2025 Senate District 1	2025-01-07	4 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 1 compensated lobbying, 1 assets, 1 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 6 debts
2024 [Senator Senate district 1	2024-06-21	5 income sources, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 2 state-regulated businesses, 6 debts
2024 Annual (amendment)	2024-01-09	—

Findings

Worth a look Late or missing

TRACER lists a penalty for a late financial disclosure (June 2, 2025)

The Secretary of State's campaign finance system lists a “Late PFD” penalty dated June 2, 2025 on their candidate record; its status: paid. A disclosure is due within ten days of a candidate affidavit, and by January 10 each year for those in office; a late one accrues $50 a day until it's filed.

What to check

The penalty on the candidate's TRACER page (Penalties tab): the date, status and any waiver.
When the disclosure was then filed (their disclosures on this page).

Rule: A penalty for a late financial disclosure

“A $50 per day late filing penalty that will accrue until the statement is filed”Form CPF-13 (Rev. 06/2026), instructions: Candidate Filing Penalties ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

77 bills they voted on were lobbied by donors to their campaign ($675 from 2 clients)

Clients of professional lobbyists that gave to their 2026 campaign took positions on 77 bills they voted on (their latest floor vote). The largest: Colorado Contractors Association ($450); Colorado Cattlemen's Association ($225). Where those donors clearly supported or opposed a bill, their vote went the donors' way on 34 of 35. Two public records read together: it doesn't mean either one caused the other.

What to check

The bills and each client's position (Bills their donors lobbied on, on their page).
Most lobbied bills draw clients on both sides; a vote with one donor can be a vote against another.

Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

Campaign money: State Senate District 1

$48,343itemized, 127 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

34%63%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $52,402

Other$47,338

Travel & Lodging$1,816

Consultants and professional services$1,049

Food and meals$640

Advertising$530

Miscellaneous$506

Gifts$500

Office Equipment & Supplies$23

Largest payees: GASAMAT $6,428 Travel & Lodging · SWS POLIFI, LLC $4,201 Other · LOVE'S TRAVEL $3,832 Travel & Lodging · PERA PARKING $2,000 Other · SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS $1,940 Other · QT 4216 $1,726 Travel & Lodging · $1,541 Other · LOGAN COUNTY FAIR $1,528 Other

Expenditures their committee reported to TRACER over the election cycle, by the type the committee gave; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributors	Type	Total
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$4,000
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$3,100
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) Englewood	Small Donor Committee	$3,100
COLORADO STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (FOP) Westminster	Small Donor Committee	$1,500
R.D. SEWALD Lobbyist · SEWALD HANFLING · Cherry Hills Village	Individual	$1,350
COLORADO DAIRY FARMERS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Salt Lake City	Small Donor Committee	$1,000
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,000
COLORADO DAIRY FARMERS POLITICAL COMMITTEE Salt Lake City	Political Committee	$900
KAYLA TIBBALS Lobbyist · NEXUS GROUP · Centennial	Individual	$900
AT&T COLORADO EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Englewood	Political Committee	$675
ONEOK INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Tulsa	Political Committee	$650
AGRICULTURE PAC Fort Lupton	Political Committee	$450
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION COLORADO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Chicago	Political Committee	$450
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Greenwood Village	Political Committee	$450
MICHAEL BEASLEY Consultant · 5280 STRATEGIES · Morrison	Individual	$450

Committees: PELTON FOR STATE SENATE. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$4,000	56
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$3,100	42
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) Group or PAC · Englewood	$3,100	56
COLORADO STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (FOP) Group or PAC · Westminster	$1,500	19
R.D. SEWALD Lobbyist, SEWALD HANFLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS · Cherry Hills Village	$1,350	42
COLORADO DAIRY FARMERS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Salt Lake City	$1,000	2
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$1,000	63
COLORADO DAIRY FARMERS POLITICAL COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Salt Lake City	$900	34
KAYLA TIBBALS Lobbyist, NEXUS POLICY GROUP · Centennial	$900	61
AT&T COLORADO EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Englewood	$675	22
ONEOK INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Tulsa	$650	22
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) Group or PAC · Washington	$450	28
LODGEPAC Group or PAC · Lakewood	$450	9
PATRICK BOYLE Lobbyist, NEXUS POLICY GROUP · Denver	$450	64
MICKI HACKENBERGER Lobbyist, HB STRATEGIES · Aurora	$450	15