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Dylan Roberts

State Senate District 8

Running in 2026: State Senate District 8 (June 30) · State Senate District 8 (November 3)

In the Legislature

Senate District 8 D · 1,704 floor votes this session, 2% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Agriculture & Natural Resources

Bills they lead: 124 (102 became law) — HB25-1014, HB25-1024, HB25-1031, HB25-1039, HB25-104, HB25-1040, HB25-1056, HB25-1077, HB25-1085, HB25-1094, HB25-1113, HB25-1115 …

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	Aye 2025-02-18	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign); Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign); COLORADO PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION monitoring ($100 campaign)
HB26-1005 Worker Protection Collective Bargaining	Aye 2026-05-01	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign); Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign)
HB26-1054 Protections for Worker Safety	Aye 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	Aye 2025-04-04	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
HB25-1130 Labor Requirements for Government Construction Projects	Aye 2025-04-28	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
SB25-185 Claims Against Construction Professionals	No 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	Aye 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	Aye 2025-05-07	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
SB26-052 Coal Transition Community Investment	Aye 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	Aye 2026-04-30	Colorado Contractors Association monitoring ($450 campaign)
SB26-093 Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification	Aye 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	Aye 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
SB26-062 Rodenticide Use Restrictions	Aye 2026-03-18	Colorado Cattlemen's Association opposing ($225 campaign); COLORADO PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION opposing ($100 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	Aye 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)

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $349,998; debts: up to $559,996 on their latest disclosure with entries: the top of each range they selected, added up (the form asks for ranges, not amounts; a range with no top counts at its figure).

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Annual State Senate District 8	2026-01-09	2 income sources, 3 assets, 4 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 2 state-regulated businesses, 4 debts
2025 State Senate, District 8	2025-01-05	3 income sources, 3 assets, 4 colorado property, 2 state-regulated businesses, 4 debts
2024 Senate District 8	2024-01-10	2 income sources, 3 assets, 4 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 4 debts

Findings

Context Lobbying

78 bills they voted on were lobbied by donors to their campaign ($775 from 3 clients)

Clients of professional lobbyists that gave to their 2026 campaign took positions on 78 bills they voted on (their latest floor vote). The largest: Colorado Contractors Association ($450); Colorado Cattlemen's Association ($225); COLORADO PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION ($100). Where those donors clearly supported or opposed a bill, their vote went the donors' way on 20 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

Context Gifts

$100 in gifts from DOWNSTREAM ADVENTURES in 2025, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 1 item from DOWNSTREAM ADVENTURES received in 2025, worth $100.00 in all: Participated in a fact-finding raft trip in grand county to discuss current state water law and i spoke to the group about the legislative process. ($100.00). The Colorado Constitution's gift ban limits what an official may accept from one person in a calendar year to $75 (as adjusted for inflation), with exceptions: food and admission where they speak or answer questions, a nonprofit's or government's reasonable expenses for a meeting where they take part, gifts from relatives and personal friends on a special occasion, tokens and informational material, and anything they paid fair value for. The description (“fact-finding”) suggests one may apply. Reporting a gift is required either way; the report doesn't say which exception, if any, applies.

What to check

Whether an exception in art. XXIX, sec. 3(3) applies: a speaking role or scheduled program, a nonprofit (under 5% for-profit funding) or government paying for a meeting they took part in, a relative or personal friend, or payment of fair value by the official.
The Independent Ethics Commission's advisory opinions and letter rulings on similar gifts.
The report itself in TRACER (Supplemental Reports: Gifts, Honoraria and Other Benefits).

Rule: Gifts over the gift ban's limit

“shall solicit, accept or receive any gift or other thing of value having either a fair market value or aggregate actual cost greater than fifty dollars ($50) in any calendar year”Colorado Constitution, art. XXIX, sec. 3(2) (the Independent Ethics Commission's copy); the limit is $75 from 2023 (IEC Position Statement 23-01) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Gifts they reported

What Dylan Roberts listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $100 across 1 item from 1 source. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.

From	What, when	Value
DOWNSTREAM ADVENTURES $100 in all	PARTICIPATED IN A FACT-FINDING RAFT TRIP IN GRAND COUNTY TO DISCUSS CURRENT STATE WATER LAW AND I SPOKE TO THE GROUP ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. · 2025-06-19	$100

From the reports in TRACER (search them: Gifts and Honoraria Report). Officials file one each quarter in which they receive a reportable item (C.R.S. 24-6-203).

Campaign money: State Senate District 8

$171,478itemized, 737 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

50%39%

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

Plus $450 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $116,427

Advertising$93,460

Other$8,370

Fundraising Expenses$3,820

Contributions$3,481

Employee Services$2,803

Food and meals$1,385

Office Equipment & Supplies$1,094

Consultants and professional services$954

Travel & Lodging$591

Miscellaneous$385

Largest payees: BOULDER STRATEGIES LLC $53,500 Advertising · AGENCY STRATEGIES $26,787 Advertising · MAILCHIMP $5,783 Advertising · COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY $5,187 Other · BR PRINTERS $3,947 Fundraising Expenses · COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEE $3,431 Contributions · ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $2,852 Fundraising Expenses · SQUARESPACE INC $2,072 Advertising

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
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$6,200
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) Englewood	Small Donor Committee	$6,200
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$6,000
COLORADO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Greenwood Village	Small Donor Committee	$5,350
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$4,000
BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO, SPONSORED BY WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS Los Angeles	Small Donor Committee	$3,100
COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND Denver	Small Donor Committee	$3,000
COLORADO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CTLA) Denver	Small Donor Committee	$3,000
COLORADO STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (FOP) Westminster	Small Donor Committee	$2,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Washington	Small Donor Committee	$2,000
HEALTHIER COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$2,000
ARCHITECTS OF COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,500
COLORADO DENTAL SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Greenwood Village	Small Donor Committee	$1,500
CONSERVATION COLORADO ACTION FUND (SDC) (CCAF SDC) Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,000
COBALT ADVOCATES SDC Denver	Small Donor Committee	$725

Committees: DYLAN ROBERTS FOR COLORADO. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.

Outside spending for and against them

$15,336spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
PROSPERITY THROUGH PROPERTY RIGHTS general · notices in TRACER	for	$15,336

Independent expenditures from the 48-hour notices, 2026. The candidate doesn't control them. One that names several candidates is split evenly among them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$6,200	42
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC) Group or PAC · Englewood	$6,200	56
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$6,000	63
COLORADO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Greenwood Village	$5,350	28
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$4,000	56
BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO, SPONSORED BY WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS Labor union · Los Angeles	$3,100	20
COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND Labor union · Denver	$3,000	48
COLORADO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CTLA) Group or PAC · Denver	$3,000	58
COLORADO STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (FOP) Group or PAC · Westminster	$2,500	19
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Labor union · Washington	$2,000	56
HEALTHIER COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$2,000	40
ARCHITECTS OF COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$1,500	26
COLORADO DENTAL SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Greenwood Village	$1,500	31
CONSERVATION COLORADO ACTION FUND (SDC) (CCAF SDC) Group or PAC · Denver	$1,000	36
COBALT ADVOCATES SDC Group or PAC · Denver	$725	51