Brienna Parsons
Brienna Parsons (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 36. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 30, 2026.[source]
Parsons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 30, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36
Joshua Abblett and Eric Mulder are running in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on November 3, 2026.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36
Incumbent Michael Carter and Brienna Parsons are running in the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 30, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Brienna Parsons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Parsons' responses.
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- Brienna Parsons argues that a truly democratic economy for workers is impossible while dark money controls our politics. To overcome this, she has introduced a Two-Year Plan for the People. Its first priority: out-organizing dark money interests by uniting community groups, non-profits, and people power. This coalition, The People’s Lobby, will build resilient local systems—protecting Coloradans from federal instability and forging a future where universal affordability is a guarantee, not a concern.
- Brienna Parsons’ "A Comrade’s Guide to Policy" presents a strategy for winning long-term demands like a Green New Deal for Colorado. This dual-power approach directly challenges the influence of dark money by channeling grassroots street energy into sustained, statewide political power. The goal is to institutionalize mobilization—ensuring that when Coloradans organize for change, it translates into permanent, people-funded advocacy at every level of government.
- Some say her opponent is a good person caught in a broken system. Brienna Parsons disagrees. The Colorado Opportunity Caucus isn't just a product of the establishment; it is the engine of it. Her opponents’ alliances with the very corporations driving our affordability and climate crises are features, not bugs, of a captured political system. We cannot mistake cozy relationships for credible solutions. The reforms offered by this old guard are designed to maintain the status quo, not disrupt it. For a true just transition—to meet the urgent needs of the people of Colorado—we must build independent power that cannot be bought. The choice is clear: the oligarch's ally, or the people's champion.
The antidote to this civic darkness is radical transparency: freedom of information. Just as sunlight is the best disinfectant for corruption, a strong, protected local press is the essential sunlight for our democracy. We cannot have self-government in the dark. We must fund it, defend it, and demand that our leaders recognize it not as a nuisance, but as the bedrock of public trust.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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