Colorado Forward Party

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Colorado Forward Party
Basic facts
Location:	Colorado
Type:	Political party
Affiliation:	Forward Party
Top official:	Dave Ryan, Chair
Website:	Official website

The Colorado Forward Party is a political party. As of May 2025, it was a ballot-qualified party in Colorado.

The Colorado Forward Party (CFP) is an affiliate of the national Forward Party, which was founded in 2022 by Andrew Yang. According to its website the CFP is, "centered on principles & values first, policies second, while modeling innovative ways of restoring the voices and choices of every voter in America."

The party gained ballot qualification in Colorado in January 2024.

Party chair

Dave Ryan

Dave Ryan is the current chair of the Colorado Forward Party.

Party leadership

As of May 2025, the party's website listed the following individuals as the leadership for the Colorado Forward Party:

• Blake Biegalski , Vice Chair
• Johannes Plambeck, Secretary
• Joshua Herr,Treasurer

For more information on the party's full leadership and staff, please click here.

Party platform

The Colorado Forward Party follows the platform of the national Forward Party, which lists nine values as its platform focus. Each of the nine values is split into one of three sections: principles, positioning, and initiatives.

Principles Moderation Collaboration Accountability

Positioning Better future Forgotten majority Diverse local platform

Initiatives Ranked-choice voting Nonpartisan primaries Independent redistricting commissions

Party rules and bylaws

The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating the party's candidates for office. The following is a summary of the Colorado Forward Party's rules. This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:

• The Colorado Forward Party Executive Committee is the central governing body of the state party. It may call state conventions, set procedures for representation and create subcommittees for specific projects and appoint supporters/members to them
• The committee must file bylaw amendments with the Colorado Secretary of State within 15 days of adoption
• Nominating conventions are held every two years in the even numbered years

Current elected officials

Note: The following table lists the current U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the top state executive positions held by officeholders affiliated with this party. This table may not populate if no officeholders have been elected with this affiliated party. To report an error, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Office	State	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends

Party candidates

Note: The following table lists candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. This may also include candidates who filed to run with more than one political party. The list may not be comprehensive if the state's official filing deadline has not passed. This list may not populate if no candidates have filed to run with this political party. The table lists non-presidential candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. For more information on presidential candidates and elections, please click here.

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See also

• List of political parties in the United States
• Political parties in Colorado
• Colorado

External links

• Colorado Forward Party
• Colorado Forward Party on Facebook
• Forward Party