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Sherri M Wright
State Board of Education
Running in 2026: State Board of Education District 3 (June 30) · State Board of Education District 3 (November 3)
Colorado property
$434,949 at the county assessors' values, 1 parcel we matched to the property on their disclosures.
| Kind | County | Assessor's value |
|---|
| property | Montezuma | $434,949 |
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
Income listed: up to $84,997; 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 (amendment)
State Board of Education CD3 | 2026-02-01 | 3 income sources, 1 assets, 2 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 2 debts |
2026
State Board of Education CD3 | 2026-01-23 | 4 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 1 assets, 6 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 1 debts |
2026
State Board of Education CD3 | 2026-01-12 | 4 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 1 assets, 6 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 1 debts |
2025 Annual
State Board of Education CD 3 | 2025-01-10 | 3 income sources, 1 assets, 6 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 1 debts |
2024
State Board of Education CD3 | 2024-03-04 | 4 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 1 assets, 6 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 1 debts |
Findings
Context Gifts
$595 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE in 2026, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE received in 2026, worth $595.00 in all: 2026 winter conference ($595.00). 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 (“conference”) 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
Context Gifts
$455 in gifts from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE in 2025, over the gift ban's $75 limit unless an exception applies
Their own gift reports list 1 item from COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE received in 2025, worth $455.00 in all: Conference registration ($455.00). 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 (“conference”) 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 Sherri M Wright listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $1,050 across 2 items from 1 source. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.
| From | What, when | Value |
|---|
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES (CASE) CONFERENCE
$1,050 in all | 2026 WINTER CONFERENCE · 2026-02-19 | $595 |
| CONFERENCE REGISTRATION · 2025-07-23 | $455 |
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 Board of Education District 3
$5,485itemized, 15 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
49%47%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $3,887
Other$2,102
Consultants and professional services$1,250
Travel & Lodging$437
Bank Fees$98
Largest payees: POLIFI LLC $1,250 Consultants and professional services · BAYMONT INN $485 Other · WARWICK DENVER HOTEL $437 Travel & Lodging · LOVE'S $210 Other · QUALITY INN $196 Other · HOLIDAY INN $161 Other · CAPRESE TRATTORIA $155 Other · CLARION HOTELS $138 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 |
|---|
ALAMOSA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Alamosa | Political Party Committee | $1,000 |
DELTA COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Paonia | Political Party Committee | $500 |
MOFFAT COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE (MCRCC)
Craig | Political Party Committee | $500 |
RIO GRANDE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Monte Vista | Political Party Committee | $500 |
STEVEN DURHAM
Retired · RETIRED · Colorado Springs | Individual | $450 |
KELLY HEGARTY
Retired · RETIRED · Durango | Individual | $450 |
MERRI SANCHEZ
Construction/Engineering · AEROSPACE CORP · Longmont | Individual | $450 |
JAMES VOSS
Retired · RETIRED · Boulder | Individual | $450 |
SUE WHITTLESEY
Retired · RETIRED · Hotchkiss | Individual | $450 |
ANGELA LEMA
Consultant · VISION QUEST ADVISORS · Palisade | Individual | $200 |
LOIS DUNN
Real Estate Professional · SELF · Grand Junction | Individual | $150 |
PATTI HILL
Retired · RETIRED · Montrose | Individual | $150 |
SARA DODERO
Retired · RETIRED · Silt | Individual | $100 |
CASEY MCCOMSEY
Teacher/Education · ATLAS SCHOOLS · Kansas City | Individual | $100 |
SANDRA JOHNSON
Montrose | Individual | $35 |
Committees: SHERRI WRIGHT FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. From the Secretary of State's TRACER bulk files.
Outside spending for and against them
$91,330spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
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 | By party |
|---|
MONTROSE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Party committee · Montrose | $2,000 | 2 | |
DELTA COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Party committee · Paonia | $1,000 | 5 | |
MESA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Party committee · Grand Junction | $1,000 | 3 | |
ALAMOSA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Party committee · Alamosa | $1,000 | 5 | |
MONTEZUMA COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Party committee · Cortez | $900 | 3 | |
SUE WHITTLESEY
Retired, RETIRED · Hotchkiss | $900 | 2 | |
MOFFAT COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE (MCRCC)
Party committee · Craig | $500 | 6 | |
RIO GRANDE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Party committee · Monte Vista | $500 | 5 | |
DAVE WHITTLESEY
Agriculture, HIGH WIRE RANCH · Hotchkiss | $450 | 4 | |
KELLY HEGARTY
Mining/Energy, RETIRED · Durango | $450 | 9 | |
PATTI HILL
Retired, RETIRED · Montrose | $350 | 2 | |
CLARK CRAIG
Government/Civil, CITY OF IGNACIO · Ignacio | $250 | 2 | |
SHARON CRAIG
General Business, MEADOWBROOK MOBIL PARK · Ignacio | $250 | 2 | |
LYLE LAFFERTY
Retired, RETIRED · Montrose | $250 | 2 | |
OTERO COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Party committee · La Junta | $250 | 5 | |