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Rick Taggart

State House District 55

Running in 2026: State House District 55 (June 30) · State House District 55 (November 3)

In the Legislature

House District 55 R · 2,064 floor votes this session, 4% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations

Bills they lead: 152 (141 became law) — HB25-1021, HB25-1061, HB25-1163, HB25-1197, HB25-1215, HB25-1335, HB26-1008, HB26-1014, HB26-1015, HB26-1016, HB26-1088, HB26-1142 …

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.

BillTheir voteClients that lobbied on it, their position, and what they gave
HB25-1281
Title Register & Drive Kei Vehicles		Aye
2025-04-14		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1302
Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprises		No
2025-04-23		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
SB25-038
Wildlife Damage Protection of Personal Information		Aye
2025-02-28		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
SB25-039
Agricultural Buildings Exempt from Energy Use Requirements		Not voting
2025-03-11		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
SB25-196
Insurance Coverage Preventive Health-Care Services		No
2025-04-25		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1021
Tax Incentives for Employee-Owned Businesses		Aye
2025-05-05		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1040
Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource		Aye
2025-02-25		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1053
Landowner Immunity for Emergency Access to Property		Aye
2025-02-06		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1166
Efforts to Reduce Food Waste		Aye
2025-02-27		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1283
Wild Horse Project Management & Immunocontraception		Aye
2025-04-23		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1280
Advanced Leak Detection Technology Rules		Aye
2025-03-13		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1113
Limit Turf in New Residential Development		No
2025-04-11		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
SB25-283
Funding Water Conservation Board Projects		Aye
2025-05-02		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1115
Water Supply Measurement & Forecasting Program		Aye
2025-03-04		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1299
Animal Protection Fund Voluntary Contribution		Aye
2025-04-15		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1332
State Trust Lands Conservation & Recreation Work Group		No
2025-05-07		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
SB25-140
Irrigation Districts Inflation Adjustments		Aye
2025-03-19		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
HB25-1131
Eliminate Student Cap at Colorado State University's Veterinary Program		Aye
2025-02-13		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
SB25-005
Worker Protection Collective Bargaining		No
2025-05-06		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union amending ($100 campaign)
HB25-1211
Tap Fees Imposed by Special Districts		Aye
2025-04-15		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
HB25-1203
Misbranding Cultivated Meat Products as Meat		Aye
2025-03-10		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1023
Local Government Review of Fencing Projects		No
2025-05-01		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
SB25-045
Health-Care Payment System Analysis		No
2025-04-23		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1080
Wireless Telephone Infrastructure Deployment Incentives		Aye
2025-03-31		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1274
Healthy School Meals for All Program		No
2025-05-07		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1121
Permanent Trailer Registration		Aye
2025-04-30		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
SB25-053
Protect Wild Bison		No
2025-04-28		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)
HB25-1285
Veterinary Workforce Requirements		Aye
2025-04-11		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
HB25-1014
Increasing Efficiency Division of Water Resources		Aye
2025-03-05		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union supporting ($100 campaign)
SB25-149
Local Government Duties Equestrian Protections		Aye
2025-04-14		Rocky Mountain Farmers Union monitoring ($100 campaign)

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $249,994; debts: up to $24,999 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
House of Representatives District 55		2025-12-306 income sources, 2 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 1 debts
2025
of Representatives District 55		2025-06-266 income sources, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 1 debts
2025 Annual
of Representatives District 55		2025-01-016 income sources, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 2 debts

Findings

Context Lobbying

66 bills they voted on were lobbied by donors to their campaign ($100 from 1 client)

Clients of professional lobbyists that gave to their 2026 campaign took positions on 66 bills they voted on (their latest floor vote). The largest: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union ($100). Where those donors clearly supported or opposed a bill, their vote went the donors' way on 38 of 42. 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 House District 55

$55,245itemized, 127 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

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How it was spent: $46,324

Consultants and professional services$36,280
Advertising$3,338
Travel & Lodging$1,979
Food and meals$1,698
Contributions$1,300
Other$1,250
Office Equipment & Supplies$460
Bank Fees$18

Largest payees: KYLIE GRAHAM $24,150 Consultants and professional services · LAUREN PEPIN $7,800 Consultants and professional services · STRATEGIC COMPLIANCE $2,800 Consultants and professional services · SIGNSONTHECHEAP.COM $2,108 Advertising · JOHN TAGGART $1,979 Travel & Lodging · REDLANDS MESA GOLF CLUB $1,538 Food and meals · WILLIAM WADE $1,424 Other · HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS $1,300 Contributions

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
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC)
Englewood		Small Donor Committee$6,200
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$4,550
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$3,100
COLORADO DENTAL SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Greenwood Village		Small Donor Committee$2,000
HEALTHIER COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$2,000
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Denver		Small Donor Committee$1,500
COLORADO CHIROPRACTIC PAC (CCA, CC-PAC)
Denver		Political Committee$900
STEPHEN HILLARD
Financial/Investment · COUNCIL TREE · Grand Junction		Individual$900
MESA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Grand Junction		Political Party Committee$500
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
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS (AGC) COLORADO CONSTRUCTION ACTION COMMITTEE
Denver		Political Committee$450
BARRON LEADERSHIP PAC
Fort Lupton		Political Committee$450
JULIA BEASLEY
Consultant · 5280 STRATEGIES · Denver		Individual$450
STEPHANIE BERRY
Retired · RETIRED · Denver		Individual$450

Committees: TAGGART FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 55. 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 DENTAL SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Greenwood Village		$7,50031
COPIC SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$6,55056
REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC)
Group or PAC · Englewood		$6,20056
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$3,10042
HEALTHIER COLORADO SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$3,00040
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$2,50063
MESA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Party committee · Grand Junction		$1,5003
KELLI KELTY
Lobbyist, POLITICALWORKS · Centennial		$90029
COLORADO ENERGY FUTURE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Denver		$90036
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER POLITICAL COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Greenwood Village		$90051
COLORADO INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY ALLIANCE
Group or PAC · Denver		$90031
COLORADO INDEPENDENTS PAC (COINPAC)
Group or PAC · Littleton		$90036
KAYLA TIBBALS
Lobbyist, NEXUS POLICY GROUP · Centennial		$90061
COLORADO DENTAL PAC (CODPAC)
Group or PAC · Greenwood Village		$90061
TWO RIVERS LEADERSHIP PAC
Group or PAC · Denver		$90013