Colorado State Senate District 24 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Colorado State Senate District 24 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Colorado State Senate District 24
Kyle Mullica defeated Courtney Potter and Donald Osborn in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 24 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kyle Mullica (D) | 53.8 | 30,008 |
 | Courtney Potter (R)  | 43.4 | 24,184 | |
 | Donald Osborn (L) | 2.8 | 1,569 | |
| Total votes: 55,761 | |||
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Courtney Potter (R)
Providing mental health support. Unfortunately, suicide is the leading cause of death for our children ages 10 – 24. Colorado’s Children Hospital declared a state of emergency because of the lack of resources to support children’s mental health. This is unacceptable and is one of the top priorities I will address.
Reducing crime and keeping our neighborhoods safe. I will also work to make our neighborhoods safer, supporting stronger penalties for repeat offenders.
Courtney Potter (R)
experienced significant increases in crime, cost of living, mental health issues and a decrease in trust that we can make decisions for ourselves. Parents no longer feel heard or respected by our public education system; business owners no longer trust they will be able to keep their business open, and seniors are feeling the impact of higher costs. All of us have suffered from the effects of fires and constrained water sources. Four years of single party rule has left many feeling like their voices aren’t heard.
I know the best results for our community come when all voices are at the table and there is respect for the multiple solutions that will make our neighborhoods safe and affordable. I have learned first-hand working with my peers on the Adams 12 school board, that while we don’t always agree on how to get results, we all want our education
system to work for students, families, staff, and the community. I know we can work together to implement solutions that make our neighborhoods safer. Over the last four years, our legislators have reduced penalties for criminals so that often an offender is back on the street within hours of being arrested, committing the next crime. We have experienced deaths due to the decriminalization of fentanyl. Life doesn’t have to be this hard, together we can make it better.
Courtney Potter (R)
children, two boys and a girl and are both married to great men. She is very active in charities that support young children and support good mental health. She is athletic and involved in coaching activities. She supports the military personnel and works to ensure their families have the supports they need.
Her charitable activities include supporting Action for Children which supports children in low-income families. Working with policy making organization they provide support for families trying to make sure families can stay together. They also run education facilities for severely disabled children. Around improving mental health, she has run campaigns encouraging people to be open about their mental health issues. She also encourages investments in facilities and programs to ensure people get the supports they need.
In addition to her coaching Kate helped set up Coach Core, an organization that provides apprenticeships for those wishing to pursue a coaching career. She has also been active in supporting military families and those who are serving their country. She is someone I look up to because she works for good in her community. She collaborates to find solutions to challenges and works hard to implement solutions. She is passionate about ensuring families have the supports they need and works with
policy makers to ensure policies also support families.
Courtney Potter (R)
summer. This was the prefect first job as I learned the importance of taking great care of customers; watching out for the bottom line and working together with team mates to create a great experience for customers. The ice cream parlor was also a candy shop and during the summer we often were very busy. I learned how to greet customers and make them feel part of the family. We learned how to great experiences for everyone who walked in the door.
Additionally, we worked hard as a team. We learned to support one another and do whatever job needed to be completed to ensure we had a clean, welcoming facility. Sometimes I had to work late to complete tasks that others didn’t have time to complete. It was truly a team effort.
We also learned to watch the bottom line as this was a small family-owned ice cream shop and we were rewarded with bonuses as part of the profit sharing. In an ice cream shop staffed with young adults it could be a place where people were given lots of free “tastes”, but we learned that the profits helped not only the owner succeed, but also enable him to help the community.
I also learned the importance of giving back. The owner was a huge supporter of our community. He sponsored local children’s sports teams and encouraged us to be engaged as well. We had the opportunity to volunteer at some of the community events. I also remember a child coming in dressed in dirty clothes with a few coins in her hand. She asked for an ice cream cone, and it cost a little more than the coins in her hand. The owner was at the cash register and rang her up for the exact amount she had in her hand. I still remember the smile on her face as she walked out of the store with her ice
cream cone.
Courtney Potter (R)
collaborative relationship. All legislation that passes through the house and senate must be signed by the Governor to become law. And for the Governor to advance his/her agenda so it becomes law, he/she must work to ensure his/her ideas pass the house and senate. So, the best relationship would be collaborative.
Finding where the Governor and the majority of State Legislators have common ground is the key to ensure that legislation passed in the house and senate will be signed by the Governor.
Of course, there will be areas where not everyone agrees on the best path forward. It is key to assume good intentions to all parties. Being willing to talk to one another and discuss the pros and cons each person sees, often results in the collaboration needed
to ensure Colorado citizens are best served.
Courtney Potter (R)
the tide of increasing crime in our neighborhoods, so they are once again safe places to raise families. We must use our resources wisely, so they support our population growth, finding sustainable cost-effective sources of energy and use our oil and gas resources to become energy independent again. We must ensure an adequate supply of life sustaining water to support our farmers, ranchers, and neighborhoods. We must ensure parents are respected voices and in charge of the education of their children and we must ensure our healthcare system is affordable and robust enough across the
State to meet the needs of our residents.
Courtney Potter (R)
Courtney Potter (R)
It is also critical to have good relationships so that the learning curve for understanding the processes in the legislature goes quickly. Building relationships with Legislators also helps you build other relationships in the community. Every legislator built a coalition of support to get elected. They have subject matter experts and community members who can help craft and amend legislation. These are folks you can rely on when crafting and understanding legislation.
Building relationships with other legislators also helps you understand perspectives from other parts of the State. Governance is definitely a team activity and knowing your teammates is crucial to doing good work for the community.
Courtney Potter (R)
Courtney Potter (R)
Courtney Potter (R)
Courtney Potter (R)
Courtney Potter (R)
We certainly learned over the last couple of years that emergency powers vested in one person can lead to decisions that aren’t supported by a large percent of the population.
Courtney Potter (R)
work for all. That generally involves compromise. It has been said that the best policy is created when not everyone is one hundred percent happy nor one hundred percent disappointed.
Over the last couple of years in Colorado we have seen policy made without much community engagement. Even when parents, community members and subject matter experts have opposed policies, because one party has been in control they have pushed policies without any compromise.
We simply need to ask ourselves if life has gotten better over the last couple of years. Most people are telling me life is harder. From worrying about whether their car will be stolen, to inflation which is among the highest in the country, people are telling me it’s harder to make ends meet. I know that is true for my family.
We see homeless folks on our streets, drug paraphernalia in our parks and somewhat empty shelves in grocery stores. We know fentanyl has been decriminalized, penalties for crimes have been reduced and the cost of living has soared.
We also know our children have suffered. Closed schools, remote learning and being apart from family and friends has caused a mental health crisis unlike any we have seen. Additionally, most of our children have lost years of learning and aren’t catching up quickly.
Our businesses are suffering. About forty percent of small businesses have closed over the last three years and each day bring an announcement that another business is closing. These are not just doors shut on a business, they are often the lost of a lifetime of savings, the loss of livelihood for the owners and employees, and the loss of a community anchor.
Now more than ever it is important that we come together, put all the voices at the table, listening carefully especially to those with whom we don’t always agree, and build
solutions that work.
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