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Republican Party of Colorado

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Republican Party of Colorado
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Basic facts
Location:Greenwood Village, Colo.
Type:Political party
Affiliation:Republican
Top official:
Website:Official website

The Republican Party of Colorado is the Colorado political party affiliate of the national Republican Party. The group is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Party chair

The chair of the Republican Party of Colorado is Brita Horn.[1]

Party leadership

The website for the Colorado Republican Party listed the following individuals as the party's state leadership as of August 2025:[2]

  • Brita Horn, Chair
  • Richard Holtorf, Vice chair
  • Christy Fidura, National committeewoman
  • Randy Corporan, National committeeman
  • Russ Andrews, State party secretary
  • Russ Andrews, State party treasurer

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

Platform

The state party follows the platform of the Republican National Committee. Click here to view the full platform.

Rules and bylaws

For complete information on the party's bylaws, please click here.

Background

Colorado has a Democratic state government trifecta. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers. As of March 12, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.

In the 2020 election, Republicans had a net gain of two trifectas and two states under divided government became trifectas. Prior to that election, Colorado had a Democratic trifecta. There were 21 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 14 divided governments.


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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2025


Noteworthy events

Colorado Republican Party chair conflict

On August 24, 2024, members of the Republican Party of Colorado voted to remove Dave Williams as state party chairman. The vote occurred after Williams sent an email using derogatory language to describe members of the LGBTQ+ community. According to CBS News, he also called for the burning of pride flags on social media.[3] The party's central committee voted to replace Williams with Eli Bremer.[4][5]

Williams refused to recognize the results of the vote.[6] In a text message to The Denver Post, Williams refuted the claim that he was no longer party chairman, saying the roughly 166 votes cast in favor of his removal (12 cast against his removal) could not decide for the 400 plus total members of the party's central committee.[7]

Bremer filed a lawsuit to remove Williams from office, while Williams' supporters filed a counter lawsuit to have Bremer removed.[4]

On September 26, 2024, El Paso County District Judge Eric Bentley wrote in an order that actions to remove Williams as chair and install Bremer were not valid.[8]


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