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Rod Pelton

State Senate District 35

Running in 2026: State Senate District 35 (June 30) · State Senate District 35 (November 3)

In the Legislature

Senate District 35 R · 1,704 floor votes this session, 2% not voting

Committees they vote in: State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · Agriculture & Natural Resources · Transportation & Energy · Business, Labor, & Technology

Bills they lead: 61 (32 became law) — HB25-1054, HB25-1082, HB25-1085, HB25-1087, HB25-1116, HB25-1121, HB25-1155, HB25-1203, HB25-1223, HB25-1299, HB26-1025, HB26-1034 …

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
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	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)
SB25-005 Worker Protection Collective Bargaining	No 2025-02-18	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($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	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	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)
HB26-1005 Worker Protection Collective Bargaining	No 2026-05-01	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)
HB26-1054 Protections for Worker Safety	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
HB26-1236 Arbitration Reform	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)
HB26-1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections	No 2026-05-13	Colorado Contractors Association opposing ($450 campaign)

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $179,994; debts: up to $59,998 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 Senate District 35	2026-01-05	6 income sources, 6 assets, 6 colorado property, 2 debts
2025 Senate District 35	2025-09-29	6 income sources, 6 assets, 6 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 2 debts
2024 Senate District 35	2024-12-31	6 income sources, 3 colorado property, 9 state-regulated businesses

Findings

Context Lobbying

23 bills they voted on were lobbied by donors to their campaign ($450 from 1 client)

Clients of professional lobbyists that gave to their 2026 campaign took positions on 23 bills they voted on (their latest floor vote). The largest: Colorado Contractors Association ($450). Where those donors clearly supported or opposed a bill, their vote went the donors' way on 15 of 15. 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 Late or missing

TRACER lists a penalty for a late financial disclosure (September 24, 2025)

The Secretary of State's campaign finance system lists a “Late PFD” penalty dated September 24, 2025 on their candidate record; its status: waived. 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

Campaign money: State Senate District 35

$29,122itemized, 219 contributions

$1,102from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

37%44%12%

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

Plus $1,102 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $26,779

Travel & Lodging$10,822

Advertising$9,643

Miscellaneous$3,316

Other$1,621

Food and meals$1,216

Office Equipment & Supplies$100

Bank Fees$61

Largest payees: RODNEY PELTON $10,138 Travel & Lodging · BUILD A SIGN $4,683 Advertising · SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS $1,700 Other · CAMPAIGN PARTNER $1,550 Advertising · MINUTEMAN PRESS $866 Advertising · AMAZON $844 Returned Expenditure · HYATT REGENCY DENVER AT CCC $782 Travel & Lodging · COLORADO SENATE REPUBLICANS $700 Miscellaneous

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
RODNEY PELTON Cheyenne Wells	Candidate	$1,102.26
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Denver	Small Donor Committee	$1,000
COLORADO STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (FOP) Westminster	Small Donor Committee	$1,000
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY Trinidad	Political Party Committee	$1,000
OTERO COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE La Junta	Political Party Committee	$1,000
ROBERT LEMBKE Retired · NONE · Greenwood Village	Individual (Member of LLC: 70 RANCH, LLC)	$900
BENT COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE Las Animas	Political Party Committee	$500
PROWERS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY Holly	Political Party Committee	$500
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION COLORADO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Chicago	Political Committee	$450
TRAVIS ANDERSON Financial/Investment · GGHC CO · Goshen	Individual	$450
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Greenwood Village	Political Committee	$450
BROWN FUNERAL HOME Eads	Business	$450
DOUGLAS CARRIGAN Law Enforcement · SELF · Brighton	Individual	$450
COLORADANS FOR WESTERN VALUES LEADERSHIP PAC Colo. Springs	Political Committee	$450
COLORADO CHAMBER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Denver	Political Committee	$450

Committees: COMMITTEE TO ELECT ROD PELTON. 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
OTERO COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE Party committee · La Junta	$1,000	5
COLORADO STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (FOP) Group or PAC · Westminster	$1,000	19
COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Denver	$1,000	63
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY Party committee · Trinidad	$1,000	2
ROBERT LEMBKE Agriculture, 70 RANCH LLC · Greenwood Village	$900	40
PROWERS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY Party committee · Holly	$500	3
BENT COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE Party committee · Las Animas	$500	2
COLORADO DAIRY FARMERS POLITICAL COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Salt Lake City	$450	34
RX PHARMACIES PLUS, INC - POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Wheat Ridge	$450	20
TRAVIS ANDERSON Financial/Investment, GGHC & CO · Goshen	$450	14
DOUGLAS CARRIGAN Healthcare/Medical, ADVANTAGE TREATMENT CENTERS · Brighton	$450	3
COLORADANS FOR WESTERN VALUES LEADERSHIP PAC Group or PAC · Colo. Springs	$450	15
LUNDEEN LEADERSHIP FUND Candidate or officeholder committee · Monument	$450	15
ONEOK INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Group or PAC · Tulsa	$450	22
PAUL FARAGO Healthcare/Medical, FARAGO ACUPUNCTURE · Asheville	$450	21