Trisha 4 Colorado

The hometown candidate who can beat Boebert

<img src="https://run.imgix.net/d2edc86f-8205-4038-89bd-a2e5507c9ddc/a6c34d68-4ead-43f4-867a-e5fa82a90e28/a6c34d68-4ead-43f4-867a-e5fa82a90e28.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">My story begins with access to rural health care. My parents lived in Sterling, Colorado, where my dad was the City Attorney, and my mom was a childcare provider. My mom needed emergency surgery to remove an ectopic pregnancy. It saved her life and made mine possible the next year.&nbsp; We ultimately moved to be closer to care. I grew up in Highlands Ranch, in Douglas County, when there were wild horses. My parents were conservatives and taught me the importance of family, community, and serving others. I attended Douglas County public schools and earned a full academic scholarship to Johns Hopkins. I am a wordsmith by trade. At the AFL-CIO, representing working people in every industry, I worked to help pass historic infrastructure and American energy legislation. Most recently, at the US National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency, I worked for a Trump nominee on key workforce legislation that is re-shoring American manufacturing and expanding the map of American innovation. Then, last fall, my mom called to tell me that she did not have long to live. She’d been caring for my dad, who had been battling cancer. With both parents facing terminal illnesses, I returned home to Highlands Ranch to provide end-of-life care for both my parents.&nbsp; My dad’s union pension covered his treatment. Medicare provided both of my parents the care they needed and gave us precious time together in the comfort of our home. It was thanks to my own union, AFGE 3403, that I was able to drop everything to take care of my parents.&nbsp; I’m running for the care and dignity of families in my hometown.&nbsp; Before he died, my dad told me to run. That meant a lot, especially from a guy who voted Republican his entire life.&nbsp; Lauren Boebert voted against lowering prescription drug costs, including the ones that extended my dad’s life, and I can’t let that stand.&nbsp; Systems of support and care are missing, and economic hardship on middle-class families are mounting. We need new opportunities to meet people where they are. We need paths into the middle class and ladders up everywhere, and not always requiring a four-year degree. With expertise navigating Washington and intimate knowledge of our district's needs, I promise you will be heard in Congress. As we rise to local challenges, from legislation I helped shape, I will work to bring home investments for union jobs, apprenticeships, workforce training, public education, and start-ups. I will fight with my whole heart to protect and expand access to reproductive and maternal care and protect Social Security and Medicaid. Together, we can sustain our democracy and build a community that works for all of us.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert decided to ditch her district to run in CO-4. So, Trisha decided to step up and run to serve the community that raised her.Our poll shows Trisha has a winning message that gives her a 9 point advantage over Lauren Boebert — But we need voters to hear that message. Help us get our message out to voters in Colorado's 4th District.

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I'm a Colorado native who grew up in Sterling and Highlands Ranch. I was working in Washington, D.C. when my parents got sick. Thanks to my union, I was able to return home to provide end-of-life care. Now, I'm running for Congress to restore abortion rights, defend Social Security and Medicare and to make Colorado a world leader in renewable energy and climate technology.

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2003 Throwback. Jay Calvarese hands a box of Play-Doh to daughter Trish, 17, Thursday at their Highlands Ranch home. Trish's Holiday Stars project has collected 1,000 toys to be donated to battered women's shelters and others in need.

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From the Denver Post - Democrat aims for a rare upset in Colorado’s ruby red 4th District. "Trisha needs to be visible in all parts of the district and demonstrate her commitment to rural Colorado,” said Markey, who was from Fort Collins. “Unlike Boebert, she has roots in the district.”

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Can Trisha Calvarese Beat Lauren Boebert?

From CBS Colorado - Trisha Calvarese was victorious in the Democratic primary Tuesday night in Colorado's 4th Congressional District. With 94% of the votes counted as of Wednesday morning, she had 43% of the vote.Calvarese now moves on to face Republican primary winner Lauren Boebert in November, and immigration issues figure to be a key topic in the race.

Trisha Calvarese victorious in Democratic primary

From Colorado Newsline - Trisha Calvarese won a three-way race to become the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race at 11:33 p.m. Tuesday. Calvarese will now face U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Trisha Calvarese wins chance to take on Boebert

For Immediate Release June 25, 2024 Contact:&nbsp;&nbsp;720-320-0097 <a href="mailto:press@trisha4co.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">press@trisha4co.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLORADO — Trisha Calvarese has secured the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. She will face Congresswoman Lauren Boebert who won the Republican nomination in the June 25, 2024 primary.Statement from Calvarese:&nbsp;“I am incredibly grateful to all of the CD4 folks that voted twice for Trisha and look forward to earning the support of every Democrat in CD4. My team and I worked hard to connect with every voter we could to listen and earn their support. CD4 is where I grew up; it is where I returned to care for my parents and lay them to rest, and it is where I will build my family. Our win tonight shows that our District wants a representative who is a champion for working families, not the dysfunction&nbsp; Lauren Boebert has brought to Congress. She moved here because she thought she could win in this district, but that was before I got into this race. From Yuma to Highlands Ranch, we know folks want more than chaos. They want someone who represents their values.&nbsp;Tonight, I’m thinking about my Dad, who passed away at home here in Highlands Ranch shortly before I began this campaign. I was fortunate to be able to provide end-of-life care to both of my parents — and a big reason I’m running is because it’s a privilege a majority of Americans do not have. My dad was a Republican, and he was my first endorsement. Because, like so many voters, he shares our values: hard work, economic opportunity, time with family, and investments in the community. I’ll be carrying his endorsement close to my heart as I take this campaign throughout the District in the coming weeks.&nbsp;It’s time to move forward and into a new chapter for Colorado and our country. It’s time to create economic opportunities for our families to live and work in the towns that raised them. And it starts with a vote — your vote. Together, we’re going to win this election in November to make sure Lauren Boebert stays far, far away from power in our CD4.” To learn more about Trisha and her priorities as Congressional District Four’s next Representative, visit <a href="http://Trisha4Colorado.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trisha4Colorado.com</a>.###Trisha Calvarese grew up in Highlands Ranch, attended Douglas County public schools and earned an academic scholarship to Johns Hopkins University. She is the former Director of Speechwriting &amp; Publications at the AFL-CIO and a 2nd generation member of the Federal Civil Service with the U.S. National Science Foundation.

HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO. — Trisha Calvarese has secured the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. She will face Congresswoman Lauren Boebert who won the Republican nomination in the June 25, 2024 primary.

Trisha Calvarese To Face Lauren Boebert in&nbsp;Colorado’s 4th Congressional District

<a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/01/republican-greg-lopez-skips-debate-eastern-plains/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Denver Post - John Aguilar</a>Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election debate at the Grizzly Rose on Saturday featured two political novices, a guy who doesn’t want to win and an empty chair set aside for the presumed favorite in the race.Republican Greg Lopez was a no-show at the debate, sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld and the Lincoln Club of Colorado, a decision libertarian candidate Hannah Goodman called a travesty.“I disapprove of taking your ball and going home when things don’t seem to be going your way,” she said to a crowd of 200 or so packed into the venerable country-western bar in Adams County, just over the Denver line. “What an example for the youth today.”Republican Women of Weld Vice President Tammy Klein said Lopez, a former mayor of Parker and past unsuccessful candidate for governor, backed out a day before the event after he asked the organization to endorse him in the race and it declined.“We think it’s inappropriate (to give an endorsement),” Klein said, noting that four candidates across the political spectrum had been invited to debate in the race to fill out the <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/04/07/4th-congressional-district-vacancy-ken-buck-special-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">rest of former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s term</a>.Buck resigned from Congress in March,<a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/12/ken-buck-resigns-congress-special-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> triggering a special election on June 25</a> to fill his seat until the new congressional term starts in January. That’s also the date for <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/04/24/colorado-congressional-candidates-2024-primary-elections-democrats-republicans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Colorado’s eight congressional primary contests</a>. The 4th District, encompassing the Eastern Plains along with populous Douglas County, is one of Colorado’s most reliably Republican strongholds.Trisha Calvarese is the Democrats’ nominee to run in the district’s special election. She’s also vying to get on the district’s November ballot to face one of six Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert.The 37-year-old labor advocate, who lives in Highlands Ranch and spent some of her youth in Sterling, said she has debated Lopez twice before.“I didn’t mean to debate him so hard to scare him,” she told The Denver Post after the debate.The reaction to Lopez’s absence was not positive among the Republican faithful who had come to see him debate.“You should get in front of everyone you can — these are his people,” said Lori Garcia Sander, a Republican who is running for a state house seat in the 4th District. “I was disappointed.”There were two other Republican debates Saturday afternoon at the Grizzly Rose. Former state lawmaker Janak Joshi sparred with state Rep. Gabe Evans in the 8th Congressional District, while five of six candidates in the 4th District — Boebert had declined an invitation weeks ago — tussled on stage.A request for comment from the Lopez campaign was not immediately returned Saturday. He is running <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/28/4th-congressional-district-special-election-nomination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">only to fill out Buck’s term</a> and will not appear on the June 25 primary ballot.Calvarese, the Democrat, said she supports continued financial support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, a position a large chunk of the Republican Party has turned against.“We need to support our democratic allies,” she said.Her father’s union benefits, she said, helped him afford medicine when he was diagnosed with cancer. She has picked up the endorsement of the Colorado AFL-CIO.“I got four more years with my father because he could get his medication,” Calvarese said. “I’m pro-families. I’m pro-people who work for a living. That’s what I’m stepping up for.”Because a big portion of the voters in the 4th District are unaffiliated, Calvarese said a Democrat can win. The district even spent a brief moment under Democratic representation when Betsy Markey held the seat from 2009 to 2011.Goodman took the opposite tack on the question of U.S. aid to Ukraine — or aid to any other country for that matter.&nbsp; Overall, she said she would support reducing the federal budget dramatically and lowering taxes to let people keep more of the money they earn.“I would shave down that budget as much as I could shave it down,” she said.The last candidate on stage Saturday in the special election race was Frank Atwood of the Approval Voting Party. He touted the benefits of approval voting, in which voters can choose multiple candidates rather than having to decide between the “lesser of two evils” from the major parties.But he plainly declared he has no desire to actually win.“My wife has told me she’ll divorce me if I win,” Atwood said. “I have no intention of winning.”

From The Denver Post - Republican Greg Lopez skips debate in Eastern Plains congressional contest“I didn’t mean to debate him so hard to scare him,” Trisha told The Denver Post after the debate.

Republican Greg Lopez skips debate in Eastern Plains congressional contest

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/trisha-calvarese-within-striking-distance-of-lauren-boebert-colorado-democrats-internal-poll-shows/article_f03eb126-1def-11ef-a5b5-d7da89021053.html">Colorado Politics - Ernest Luning</a>Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert starts off leading Democrat Trisha Calvarese by a sizable margin, but that lead turns into a nearly equal deficit after voters hear about Boebert's positions on abortion and other issues, according to an internal poll conducted by a Colorado firm for the Calvarese campaign.Boebert is one of six Republicans running in next month's primary for the seat formerly held by Republican Ken Buck, who resigned from Congress in March, while Calvarese, a former speechwriter for the AFL-CIO and staffer at the National Science Foundation, is one of three Democrats seeking her party's nomination in the solid red 4th Congressional District.In a simultaneous special election, voters in the district will also elect someone to fill the remainder of Buck's term through the end of the year, choosing between Calvarese,&nbsp;Republican Greg Lopez, Libertarian Hannah Goodman and Approval Voting Party nominee Frank Attwood.A Keating Research poll of likely voters made available for review to Colorado Politics found the better-known Boebert beating Calvarese 49% to 37%, with 12% undecided, in a hypothetical general election contest. However, Calvarese jumped to a 47% to 38% lead over Boebert, with 13% undecided, after voters were read a handful of statements about the two candidates. Both margins were outside the poll's 4.4% margin of error.The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted April 18-24 by live telephone interviewers. The pollster said the sample represents likely general election voters based on party registration, gender, age, region and ethnicity.Chris Keating, the Democratic firm's founder, told Colorado Politics the points that appeared to move voters most included Boebert's votes on veterans' health care legislation, her support for a national abortion ban and a reminder about the scandal that engulfed Boebert late last summer when she was <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/lauren-boebert-ejected-beetlejuice-performance-denver-complaints/article_18254bfe-51c8-11ee-9e6c-8b72a7bc9aae.html">ejected from a Denver performance of the musical "Beetlejuice"</a> for vaping and other disruptive behavior.That massive, unusual shift in voter sentiment suggests the state's most prominent Republican could be unexpectedly vulnerable if she wins the GOP nomination in her adopted district, said Keating, the only pollster to have accurately <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/how-adam-frisch-saw-a-path-to-defeating-lauren-boebert-in-gop-leaning-colorado-district/article_782a9bd8-6120-11ed-9f88-9b358d2d855a.html">shown Boebert had a close race on her hands</a> in the last election.Boebert defeated Democratic challenger Adam Frisch in 2022 by fewer than 600 votes in the GOP-leaning 3rd Congressional District, a seat national election forecasters had called safely Republican up until Election Day. Contrary to that consensus, Keating <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2022/lauren-boebert-in-statistical-dead-heat-with-challenger-adam-frisch-dems-internal-polling-shows/article_4eeab1ca-4403-11ed-b237-d330d14b390b.html">pegged the race as a dead heat</a> in an internal poll for Frisch released shortly before voters began casting ballots.Facing a rematch against Frisch, who set state fundraising records and out-raised Boebert by wide margins all year, the two-term Republican announced late last year that she was moving from the Western Slope-based 3rd CD into the safer 4th CD, which covers Douglas County, Loveland and Colorado's Eastern Plains. Buck had earlier announced he wouldn't seek reelection to a sixth term.Boebert's current position in the new district reflects her high unfavorable scores, said Keating, noting that his polling found she's deeply underwater, particularly with the district's unaffiliated voters."If you look at the demographics of the district, you've got an 18-point Republican advantage, and Buck won by 23-24 points," Keating said. "It’s a tough place for any Democrat to win, but I think having Boebert on the ticket, this poll shows Trisha has a real opportunity, because all these suburban-exurban voters are not too thrilled about her not standing up for veterans, her national abortion ban and the 'Beetlejuice' incident.""That’s what swings it," Keating added. "You go to basically 2-to-1 for Trisha with unaffiliateds, and up 52% to 34% with women, after hearing these things."Boebert's campaign declined to comment on the Democrat's internal poll.It's the second recent internal poll that shows Boebert facing strong headwinds in a hypothetical general election matchup. A survey conducted by the nonpartisan firm Gravis Marketing for Democrat Ike McCorkle, a Marine veteran making his third run for the seat, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/internal-poll-shows-mccorkle-leads-boebert/article_4fd34bbc-1d03-11ef-aa9d-bb703058a29b.html">showed McCorkle leading Boebert</a> in a hypothetical general election contest 41% to 27%, with 33% undecided, with a 4.7% margin of error.Calvarese and McCorkle share the Democratic primary ballot with John Padora, an engineer and addiction-recovery advocate.Boebert's primary opponents are former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, and state Reps. Mike Lynch, R-Wellington, Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, former talk radio host and nonprofit founder Deborah Flora and business consultant Peter Yu.Ballots go out to voters during the first full week of June and are due back to county clerks by 7 p.m. on June 25.

From Colorado Politics - Boebert's current position in the new district reflects her high unfavorable scores, said Keating, noting that his polling found she's deeply underwater, particularly with the district's unaffiliated voters.

Trisha Calvarese within striking distance of Lauren Boebert, Colorado Democrat's internal poll shows

The three-decade-long congressional stalemate over immigration is an issue that talented and experienced legislators have made little progress on, much less a short-term congress member. But Lopez isn't the only vacancy candidate promising big results in a short time.“I think that we should hold that representative accountable,” said <a href="https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/03/vg-2024-colorado-primary-elections-congressional-district-4-candidate-trisha-calvarese/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: var(--c-link-content); color: var(--c-link-content)">Democratic candidate Trisha Calvarese</a>, “even if it is a six-month period, they should be working doggedly to make sure they're actually getting results for this district.”Calvarese worked for the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Science Foundation, where she shaped messaging for bills like the Chips and Science Act. While she doesn’t have electoral experience, she argues the knowledge of Washington, D.C. she gained from those jobs would help her get things done.Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsAt the 2024 Republican 4th Congressional District Assembly. April 5, 2024, at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo.“What I want to do is go into Washington and figure out how to move the ball forward, whether that's actually introducing legislation or something even as simple as writing a letter to the Department of Commerce,” she explained.Unlike Lopez, Calvarese is running in both the special and the race for next term.

From Colorado Public Radio - Six months on the job, especially when the job is as a U.S. Representative, is barely enough time to figure out where the bathrooms are, let alone do any significant work.So, when it comes to the vacancy election in Colorado's 4th Congressional District, what will the winner be able to accomplish in their truncated term?

Colorado is about to elect a six-month member of Congress. What can they actually get done?

From Meidas Touch Network - The Special Election for Colorado 4th Congressional District is on June 25th and Democrats have been outpreforming across the country in almost every special election since Dobbs. Democratic nominee Trisha Calvarese is taking on Lauren Boebert’s hand-picked place holder and controversial Republican nominee Greg Lopez. She’s up for the fight and Fred gets her in the Hot Seat.

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Democrat Trisha Calvarese speaks about her campaign points with CBS Colorado

<a href="https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/03/vg-2024-colorado-primary-elections-congressional-district-4-candidate-trisha-calvarese/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Colorado Public Radio - Michelle P. Fulcher</a>Democrat Trisha Calvarese was raised in Highlands Ranch, then left Colorado to work for the U.S. Civil Service and the AFL-CIO before returning to the state in the fall of 2023 to care for her aging parents.Calvarese, who describes herself as the “hometown” candidate, is in a unique position in this race — her name will appear on both the Democratic primary ballot and the ballot for the special vacancy election to fill out the remainder of former congressman Ken Buck’s term this year.For the primary, she won top-line billing at the district assembly. She was selected for the vacancy election by a committee of local Democrats.In her campaign materials Calvarese touts her work as a speechwriter for the AFL-CIO and the National Space Foundation, saying she was “at the forefront of shaping messaging” in support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act and the Chips and Science Act. All of those measures, she says, have helped support jobs for 4th District residents.Calvarese has never run for office. She served as campaign manager for a 2018 House race that her candidate lost.Calvarese spoke to CPR News about her positions on some of the issues that are most important to voters in the district.<h3>On democracy and good governance</h3>For starters, Calvarese said, a key congressional responsibility is passing a budget and funding the government. “When people are saying good government, I get it,” she said. “We need to pass crop insurance, we need to get a Farm Bill passed, and when those things are delayed they have real tangible impacts on people’s incomes and livelihoods.”One way to improve the performance and productivity of Congress, she said, would be to reverse the rule that allows a single member of Congress to force a vote on a resolution to remove the House Speaker. That rule led to last year’s ouster of Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a long battle over who would replace him.Hearkening back to her union roots with the AFL-CIO, Calvarese said democracy needs to be bolstered not just in the political sphere but in the workplace. In the age of AI, workers need to be able to speak up about working conditions, their benefits and the results of their work. “In a lot of cases it’s technology — whether that is protection against AI replacing you, or what your output is.”<h3>On the economy and cost of living</h3>Calvarese said she would target “price gougers,” to bring inflation down and improve the economy. “We've seen record profits at a time that people’s pocketbooks have been really, really pinched, where for my generation, it's literally a luxury to buy groceries.”Another priority, she said, would be to bring jobs in innovative fields to rural Colorado. The 4th District, she noted, lacks a traditional four-year university “so we need pathways into excellent jobs that maybe don’t necessarily need a four-year degree.”On housing, Calvarese blames “speculators” for buying up starter homes and driving up prices. And she said the growing pressure on the “sandwich generation” – people caring both for children and elderly parents – speaks to the need to develop multi-generational housing.&nbsp;That problem is especially acute in rural areas, she said, where young people often feel like they have an impossible choice – staying in a small town to care for family members, or moving elsewhere to find economic opportunity. “No one should have to choose between those two. We should be able to have both,” she said.<h3>On immigration</h3>Calvarese says Colorado has the potential to become a world hub for renewable energy. At the same time, she touts her endorsement by the United Mine Workers and vows that the transition from fossil fuels won’t come at the expense of workers.“For folks who work in the fossil fuel industry we need to have bridges that get them either to upskill and reskill into different fields, and we need workplace protections in place, or even bridges to their pensions, whatever it takes, but it's not going to be on their backs.”She said economic incentives and partnerships are already available to spark research and development in renewables. “We need a representative though, who is going to fight tooth and nail to connect the money that's already there to our communities so that we can address some of these challenges that we're all going to face together one way or another.”

From Colorado Public Radio - For the primary, she won top-line billing at the district assembly. She was selected for the vacancy election by a committee of local Democrats.

4th Congressional District: Democrat Trisha Calvarese

Trisha received 58.6% of the delegate vote at Colorado Democratic Congressional District Four Assembly and will appear first on the ballot in the June 25 primary election. She also faces MAGA “placeholder” Greg Lopez in the&nbsp;June 25 General Special Election.&nbsp; HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO — After a vote by delegates in Colorado’s Democratic Assembly, Trisha Calvarese has been selected to appear at the top of the ballot in Colorado’s Congressional District Four primary ballot on June 25. This makes Calvarese the twice highest vote getter by double digits in both Special Convention and the Democratic CD4 Assembly. Statement from Calvarese:&nbsp; “I am incredibly grateful for the delegates who put us at the top of the ballot tonight, and to all organizers, delegates and workers across the Democratic Party. I have full faith that come June 25, voters will back this campaign because they want a representative, a fighter, and a champion for working families—not a complacent seatholder.&nbsp; Tonight I’m thinking about my father, who passed away shortly before I began this campaign in my childhood home here in Highlands Ranch. I was fortunate to be able to provide end-of-life care to both of my parents—a privilege a majority of Americans do not have. He may have been a Repbulican, but he was my first endorsement. Because like so many voters, he shares our values—economic opportunity, time with family, investments in community. I’ll be carrying his endorsement close to my heart as I take this campaign throughout the district in the coming weeks.&nbsp; It’s time to move forward and into a new chapter for Colorado and our country. It’s time to create economic opportunities for our families to live and work in the towns that raised them. And it starts with a vote—your vote. Together, we’re going to win this election in June and again in November to make sure Lauren Boebert stays far, far away from power in our CD4.” To learn more about Trisha and her priorities as Congressional District Four’s next Representative, visit <a href="http://Trisha4Colorado.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trisha4Colorado.com</a>.###Trisha Calvarese grew up in Highlands Ranch, attended Douglas County public schools and earned an academic scholarship to Johns Hopkins University. She is the former Director of Speechwriting &amp; Publications at the AFL-CIO and a 2nd generation member of the Federal Civil Service with the U.S. National Science Foundation.ur press release text here.

Trisha received 58.6% of the delegate vote and will appear first on the ballot in the June 25 primary election. She also faces MAGA “placeholder” Greg Lopez in the June 25 General Special Election.

Trisha Calvarese Wins Delegate Vote, Wins Top Spot on the Ballot

For Immediate Release: February 12, 2024 Contact​: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:press@trisha4co.com">press@trisha4co.com</a> ​Highlands Ranch, CO – Former Colorado State Senator and Representative, Polly Baca, the first Latina to serve in leadership in any state Senate, and the first Latina nominated by a major political party for U.S. Congress, made her endorsement in the U.S. House race for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.&nbsp;&nbsp;“I’m happy to endorse Trisha Calvarese for Congress. From her experience in organized labor, especially writing for my friend, the late labor legend, Richard Trumka, Trisha understands that all working people, regardless of immigration status, deserve respect, dignity and a voice on the job. She is the best candidate to protect women’s rights, to fight for immigration reform, and to connect historic Biden-Harris investments to the people and places often left behind, left out, or overlooked, including our Latino and rural communities in Eastern Colorado,” Baca said.&nbsp;&nbsp;“I am grateful and don’t take lightly the support of this iconic civil rights leader. Farm workers are supposed to have guaranteed access to toilets and sanitation on farms because of Polly Baca. When her farm sanitation bill stalled on the state level, from her role with the National Endowment of Democracy, she persuaded President Reagan’s Secretary of Labor to pass an executive order,” Calvarese said. “I will work doggedly to honor and build upon that legacy.”&nbsp;Calvarese, a Colorado native, recently returned to her hometown in Highlands Ranch to provide end of life care for her parents. Formerly with the AFL-CIO and U.S. National Science Foundation, as a second-generation member of the U.S. Federal Civil Service, Calvarese helped persuade and message the coalitions that passed generational investments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Bipartisan Chips &amp; Science Act.###

"She is the best candidate to protect women’s rights, to fight for immigration reform, and to connect historic Biden-Harris investments to the people and places often left behind, left out, or overlooked..."

Civil Rights Icon Polly Baca Endorses Trisha Calvarese for U.S. Congress

Former labor movement, federal government communicator and Highlands Ranch resident launches campaign to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District&nbsp;HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO — Democrat and Colorado native Trisha Calvarese announced her candidacy for Congressional District 4. A seasoned communicator in the labor movement and federal government, and proud alumna of Douglas County public schools,Calvarese offers a fresh, dynamic approach.“Rep. Boebert was born in Florida the same week I was born in Colorado. As two elder millennials, I was looking forward to working together in Congress on the issues that matter to our generation. But now that she has decided to run in my home district, I look forward to respectfully but relentlessly inviting her to debate,” Calvarese said.&nbsp;At the AFL-CIO and U.S. National Science Foundation, Calvarese was at the forefront of shaping messaging that led to the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Bipartisan Chips and Science Act. Those investments are creating thousands of jobs in the district Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is leaving for what she likely anticipates will be an easier race.&nbsp;As a card-carrying member of AFGE with the U.S. National Science Foundation in Alexandria, VA, Calvarese was working to reshore and revitalize American manufacturing and innovation. Then, a family emergency changed everything. Calvarese returned to her hometown, Highlands Ranch, in October to provide end-of-life care for her parents, who died in the comfort of home, days apart. Now, Calvarese is running to serve the community that raised her. In sharp contrast to Rep. Boebert, Calvarese will defend freedoms like choice and access to reproductive care while working to expand opportunities in education and workforce training, especially in the rural part of the district.This announcement comes on the eve of the Jan. 6 anniversary with the hope that, for the good of democracy, this race too will be competitive.###

Former labor movement, federal government communicator and Highlands Ranch resident launches campaign to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District&nbsp;

Trisha Calvarese Announces Campaign for Congress&nbsp;

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