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Lesley Smith

State House District 49

Running in 2026: State House District 49 (June 30) · State House District 49 (November 3)

In the Legislature

House District 49 D · 2,064 floor votes this session, 1% not voting

Committees they vote in: Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources · Education · Energy & Environment · State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · Health & Human Services

Bills they lead: 20 (18 became law) — HB25-1039, HB25-1041, HB25-1096, HB25-1113, HB25-1197, HB25-1280, HB26-1007, HB26-1078, HB26-1213, HB26-1225, HB26-1237, HB26-1268 …

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $300,996; debts: up to $44,997 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).

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Representative HD49		2025-12-294 income sources, 3 sources of compensation, 1 colorado property, 3 debts
2025
2025-07-224 income sources, 1 colorado property, 3 debts
2025
2025-01-094 income sources, 1 colorado property, 3 debts
2024
2024-01-105 income sources, 1 colorado property, 2 debts
2024
2024-01-105 income sources, 1 colorado property, 2 debts

Findings

Worth a look Late or missing

TRACER lists a penalty for a late financial disclosure (July 21, 2025)

The Secretary of State's campaign finance system lists a “Late PFD” penalty dated July 21, 2025 on their candidate record; its status: paid, waiver requested. 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 Gifts

$5,619 in gifts from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO in 2024, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 27 items from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO received in 2024, worth $5,619.00 in all: Football tickets - cu vs osu (4 club @ $73 ea) ($292.00); Football tickets - cu vs utah (4 club @ $73 ea; 4 suite @ $100 ea) ($692.00); Football tickets - cu vs kansas state (4 @ $73 ea) ($292.00); Jacket ($250.00) …. 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. University Of Colorado is a public body; when it pays for an official's own duties (travel, events they attend in office) that isn't a gift from a private source. 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

Context Gifts

$1,609 in gifts from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO in 2023, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies

Their own gift reports list 11 items from UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO received in 2023, worth $1,609.00 in all: Sweatshirt ($55.00); 4 club tickets, $100 each, football vs stanford ($400.00); 2 tickets, $52 each, football vs ucla ($104.00); 4 club tickets, $100 each, football vs oregon state ($400.00) …. 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. University Of Colorado is a public body; when it pays for an official's own duties (travel, events they attend in office) that isn't a gift from a private source. 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 Lesley Smith listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $7,303 across 39 items from 1 source. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.

FromWhat, whenValue
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
$7,303 in all · lobbyist's client		FOOTBALL TICKET CLUB LEVEL · 2025-11-01$75
MEN'S BASKETBALL - VS. IOWA STATE (4 @ $17 EA) · 2024-12-30$68
ALAMO BOWL FOOTBALL TICKETS (1 @ $190 EA) · 2024-12-28$190
ALAMO BOWL GIFT BAG · 2024-12-26$100
MEN'S BASKETBALL - CU VS. BELLARMINE (2 @ $17 EA) · 2024-12-21$34
JACKET · 2024-12-13$250
MEN'S BASKETBALL - VS. CSU (2 @ $17 EA) · 2024-12-07$34
FOOTBALL TICKETS - CU VS OSU (4 CLUB @ $73 EA) · 2024-11-29$292
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - VS UTAH STATE & LOUISVILLE (2 +2 @ $4 EA) · 2024-11-19$16
FOOTBALL TICKETS - CU VS UTAH (4 CLUB @ $73 EA; 4 SUITE @ $100 EA) · 2024-11-16$692
FOOTBALL TICKETS - CU VS KANSAS STATE (4 @ $73 EA) · 2024-10-12$292
CU SWAG BAG · 2024-09-12$204
4 CLUB TICKETS,$70 EACH TO CU VS NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL · 2024-08-31$210
4 SUITE TICKETS, $100 EACH TO CU VS NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL · 2024-08-31$400
CU SWEATSHIRT · 2024-06-20$110
CU DENVER BACKPACK · 2024-04-11$85
4 TICKETS, $605 EACH TO NCAA ROUND 3 GAME VS IOWA · 2024-03-24$2,420
2 TICKETS, $18 EACH TO CU VS STANFORD MEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-03-03$36
2 TICKETS, $6 EACH TO CU VS WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-03-02$12
2 TICKETS, $6 EACH TO CU V S WASHINGTON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-02-29$12
2 TICKETS $6 EACH CU VS OREGON STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-02-11$12
2 TICKETS, $18 EACH TO CU VS ARIZONA MEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-02-10$36
2 TICKETS, $6 EACH TO CU VS OREGON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-02-09$12
2 TICKETS, $6 EACH TO CU VS USC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-01-21$12
2 TICKETS, $18 EACH TO CU VS OREGON STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-01-20$36
2 TICKETS, $5 EACH TO CU VS UCLA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-01-19$10
2 TICKETS, $5 EACH TO CU VS STANFORD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-01-14$10
2 TICKETS, $17 EACH TO CU VS USC MEN'S BASKETBALL · 2024-01-13$34
CU ATHLETICS BLENDER SUNGLASSES · 2023-12-13$75
CU ATHLETICS NIKE SHOES · 2023-12-13$140
POST SEASON GIFT/CUP, SWEATSHIRT · 2023-12-08$80
LETTERMAN JACKET · 2023-12-08$255
3 TICKETS, $5 EACH, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VS OKLAHOMA STATE · 2023-11-12$15
2 TICKETS, $5 EACH, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VS LE MOYNE · 2023-11-08$10
REGENT MEETING GIFT/COFFEE, MUG · 2023-11-08$75
4 CLUB TICKETS, $100 EACH, FOOTBALL VS OREGON STATE · 2023-11-04$400
2 TICKETS, $52 EACH, FOOTBALL VS UCLA · 2023-10-28$104
SWEATSHIRT · 2023-10-13$55
4 CLUB TICKETS, $100 EACH, FOOTBALL VS STANFORD · 2023-10-13$400

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 House District 49

$28,717itemized, 112 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $5 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $25,153

Consultants and professional services$10,691
Contributions$3,950
Office Equipment & Supplies$3,032
Employee Services$2,938
Other$2,658
Miscellaneous$700
Travel & Lodging$396
Fundraising Expenses$366
Food and meals$344
Gifts$75

Largest payees: REBECCA CHRISTENSEN $9,453 Employee Services · HOUSE MAJORITY PROJECT $3,750 Contributions · MARY BETH GENTRY $3,208 Consultants and professional services · HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS $2,500 Other · MAILCHIMP $1,049 Other · SQUARESPACE $751 Office Equipment & Supplies · COLORADO WATER CONGRESS $500 Miscellaneous · GRAVITY HAUS $374 Travel & Lodging

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 contributorsTypeTotal
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$3,100
BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO, SPONSORED BY WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
Los Angeles		Small Donor Committee$3,100
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$2,000
BOULDER VALLEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Lafayette		Small Donor Committee$1,000
COLORADO DENTAL SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Greenwood Village		Small Donor Committee$1,000
COLORADO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CTLA)
Denver		Small Donor Committee$1,000
JEAN ISRAELSON
Healthcare/Medical · SELF · Boulder		Individual$700
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
Washington		Other$500
SHEET METAL WORKERS' SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$500
ANDREW FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND
Redacted By Sos		Political Committee$450
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER POLITICAL COMMITTEE
Greenwood Village		Political Committee$450
MATT BENJAMIN
General Business · SELF EMPLOYED · Boulder		Individual$450
PATRICK BOYLE
Lobbyist · NEXUS POLICY GROUP INC · Denver		Individual$450
CAMACHO LEADERSHIP FUND
Denver		Political Committee$450
KEVIN CHENEY
Attorney/Legal · CHENEY, GALLUZZI & HOWARD LLC · Denver		Individual (Member of LLC: CHENEY, GALLUZZI & HOWARD LLC)$450

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

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$4,00063
COLORADO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CTLA)
Group or PAC · Denver		$4,00058
COLORADO STATE CONFERENCE OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CSCEW)
Labor union · Denver		$4,00027
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$3,10042
BUILDING A STRONGER COLORADO, SPONSORED BY WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
Labor union · Los Angeles		$3,10020
HEALTHIER COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$2,00040
BOULDER VALLEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Lafayette		$2,00014
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$2,00056
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$1,00036
COLORADO DENTAL SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Greenwood Village		$1,00031
LINDA SHOEMAKER
Retired, RETIRED · Boulder		$9003
MATT BENJAMIN
Media/Public Relations, SELF EMPLOYED · Boulder		$9007
ROBERTS LEADERSHIP FUND
Candidate or officeholder committee · Frisco		$90045
COLORADO MEDICAL PAC (COMPAC)
Group or PAC · Denver		$90054
COLORADO SKI COUNTRY USA PAC
Group or PAC · Denver		$90022