Election Information

• General Election is November 5th, 2024
• Register to vote online in Colorado up to 8 days before election
• You can vote early in Colorado from 15 days before the election, right up to election day.
• Register to vote in person at the County Clerk’s office up to and including election day.

House District 59 

• Ignacio Mayor Clark Craig (R) Total Contributions: $21,268.37, expenditures $17,228.95
• Durango school board member Katie Stewart (D) Total Contributions: $39,463.08, expenditures $6,988.52
• The Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidate Forum on September 26th from 8am to 10:30 am at the Doubletree.

Senate District 6

• Incumbent Cleave Simpson (R) Total Contributions: $63,013.38,  Expenditures: $35,394.09
• Vivian Smotherman (D): Total Contributions: $18,940.21, Expenditures: $15,051.92

La Plata County Commissioner District 3

• Incumbent Matt Salka (D) Total Contributions: $7,402.58. Expenditures: $642.79
• Paul Black (R) Total Contributions: $19,375.00, Expenditures: $6,241.11.
• The Chamber of Commerce and La Plata Forum will host a Candidate Forum on September 10th at 11:30 am at the Doubletree in Durango.

La Plata County Commissioner District 2

• Incumbent Marsha Porter Norton (D) is unchallenged. Total Contributions: $4,635.00, Expenditures: $2,209.77.

Initiative 50 

• La Plata County Finance Director Adam Rogers warned that if voters pass Initiative 50, which will be on November’s ballot, it would cost the county  $677 thousand.  Initiative 50 would require voters to approve the retention of statewide property tax revenue that exceeds 4% over the preceding year. 

County Lodgers Tax

• The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners have formally notified the County Clerk and Recorder that they plan to ask voters to reallocate the Lodger’s Tax this November, but the Board has made no decisions on what that reallocation will be or what it will be for.  During the public comment section of their business meeting July 9th, the Commissioners listened to more than a dozen citizens advocating for the tax reallocation to be used for childcare or for housing in La Plata County. A discussion on the language of the ballot question is expected to take place in late July or early August.

Durango 2005 ½ Cent Sales Tax

• The Durango City Council formally decided to put the question about whether to reauthorize Durango’s 2005 ½ cent sales tax on the November ballot. Half the tax is earmarked for parks, open space, and trails.  Currently the other half is for the renovation of the old Durango 9R Administration building into a new Police Station and City Hall. The ballot language has yet to be finalized. The Council voted 4 to 1 in favor with Olivier Bosmans voting no. Bosmans said he thought the Council never properly evaluated all the options.