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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Denver, CO – January 3, 2025 – Today, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s campaign for Governor of Colorado announced a fundraising total of $157,657 in the first full day after launching.
The amount raised by the Weiser for Governor campaign is the largest raised by a Colorado gubernatorial campaign on the day of its launch in recent memory. The total was raised from 1,051 individual donors. Weiser’s campaign does not accept contributions from corporate political action committees (PACs).
The first-day contributions received by Phil Weiser for Governor surpasses the high-water marks in the 2022 and 2018 gubernatorial campaigns’ first day fundraising—for both total raised ($49,217.93 in a 2018 campaign) and total contributions (253 contributions in a 2018 campaign).
The campaign also announced its leadership and early endorsers, led by Honorary Campaign Chair, Governor Roy Romer. Governor Romer endorsed Phil’s campaign saying: “I am impressed by how hard Phil has worked at his job of Attorney General. He understands how critical it is to know our state, to meet people where they live, and get to know how they see the world. He listens and gets results. That is what will make him a great Governor, and I’m proud to support him.”
The entire list of leading endorsers are as follows:
Honorary Campaign Chair
- The Honorable Roy Romer, former Governor, State of Colorado
Campaign Co-Chairs
- Jeni Arndt, Mayor, City of Fort Collins
- Omar Montgomery, former mayoral candidate, City of Aurora
- Meg Porfido, former chief of staff, Colorado Governor’s Office
- Ed Perlmutter, former member, U.S. House of Representatives
Honorary Campaign Steering Committee
- Polly Baca, former State Senator, former State Representative
- Bernie Buescher, former Secretary of State
- Terrance Carroll, former Speaker of the House
- Jeff Chostner, Pueblo County District Attorney
- Lois Court, former State Senator, former State Representative
- Lisa Cutter, State Senator
- Lucia Guzman, former Senate Democratic Leader
- Edie Hooton, former State Representative
- Robert Jackson, Alamosa County Sheriff
- Barbara McLachlan, State Representative
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet, State Senator
- Brandon Shaffer, former Senate President
- Marc Snyder, State Senator
- John Stulp, former Commissioner of Agriculture, former Water Policy Advisor to the Governor, former Prowers County Commissioner
- Carrie Warren-Gully, Arapahoe County Commissioner
- Rachel Zenzinger, Jefferson County Commissioner, former State Senator
AG Weiser issued the following statement:
“I’m humbled by the outpouring of support I’ve received from people across Colorado, and grateful to have the wisdom and guidance of so many exceptional leaders involved in our campaign.
I’m looking forward to continuing my travels throughout the state in the coming months to hear directly from the people of Colorado about how we can confront our state’s most pressing issues, together.”
AG Weiser announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor of the State of Colorado in the 2026 election on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Weiser was elected Attorney General of Colorado in 2018 and reelected in 2022.
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