Critter Milton

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Critter Milton

Unity Party

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Critter Milton (Unity Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Critter Milton attended the University of Denver for undergraduate study and earned a degree in 2006. He attended the College for Financial Planning for graduate study. Milton has been affiliated with Multiple Summits for Multiple Sclerosis as a member of the organizing committee.

Elections

2024

See also: Colorado's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

Colorado's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

Colorado's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 1

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana DeGette (D)	76.5	264,606
		Valdamar Archuleta (R)	21.6	74,598
		Critter Milton (Unity Party)	1.2	4,084
		Daniel Lutz (Approval Voting Party)	0.7	2,351
		Charles Norris (D) (Write-in)	0.0	88
	Submit photo	John R. Johnson (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 345,735
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Morton Brooks (Approval Voting Party)
• Dom Waters (Unity Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 1

Incumbent Diana DeGette defeated John Wren in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 1 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diana DeGette	99.8	78,548
	Submit photo	John Wren (Write-in)	0.2	130

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 78,678
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 1

Valdamar Archuleta advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 1 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Valdamar Archuleta	100.0	11,421

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,421
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lawrence Davis (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Milton in this election.

2022

See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Brittany Pettersen defeated Erik Aadland, Ross Klopf, Critter Milton, and JP Lujan in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittany Pettersen (D)	56.4	204,984
		Erik Aadland (R)	41.4	150,510
		Ross Klopf (L)	1.7	6,187
		Critter Milton (Unity Party)	0.5	1,828
		JP Lujan (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	92

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363,601
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Brittany Pettersen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittany Pettersen	100.0	71,497

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,497
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kyle Faust (D)
• Julius Mopper (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7

Erik Aadland defeated Tim Reichert and Laurel Imer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erik Aadland	47.9	43,469
	Submit photo	Tim Reichert	35.9	32,583
		Laurel Imer	16.2	14,665

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,717
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brad Dempsey (R)
• Carl Andersen (R)

2020

U.S. House election

See also: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)

Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Lauren Boebert defeated Diane Mitsch Bush, John Keil, and Critter Milton in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lauren Boebert (R)	51.4	220,634
		Diane Mitsch Bush (D)	45.2	194,122
	Submit photo	John Keil (L)	2.4	10,298
		Critter Milton (Unity Party)	1.0	4,265

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 429,319
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Moser (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Diane Mitsch Bush defeated James Iacino in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Diane Mitsch Bush	61.3	65,377
		James Iacino	38.7	41,200

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 106,577
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Root Routledge (D)
• Donald Valdez (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Lauren Boebert defeated incumbent Scott Tipton in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lauren Boebert	54.6	58,678
		Scott Tipton	45.4	48,805

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 107,483
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 3

John Keil advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on April 13, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	John Keil (L)

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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Critter Milton advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on April 4, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Critter Milton (Unity Party)

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U.S. Senate election

See also: United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020

United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Colorado

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hickenlooper (D)	53.5	1,731,114
		Cory Gardner (R)	44.2	1,429,492
		Raymon Doane (L)	1.7	56,262
	Submit photo	Daniel Doyle (Approval Voting Party)	0.3	9,820
		Stephan Evans (Unity Party)	0.3	8,971
	Submit photo	Bruce Lohmiller (G) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Danny Skelly (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Michael Sanchez (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,235,659
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Swing (Other)
• Joseph Camp (Independent)
• Veronique Bellamy (Socialist Party)
• Martha Wolf (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

John Hickenlooper defeated Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hickenlooper	58.7	585,826
		Andrew Romanoff	41.3	412,955

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 998,781
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Danielle Kombo (D)
• Erik Underwood (D)
• Denise Burgess (D)
• David Goldfischer (D)
• Lorena Garcia (D)
• Trish Zornio (D)
• Michael Johnston (D)
• Diana Bray (D)
• Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)
• Michelle Ferrigno Warren (D)
• Critter Milton (D)
• Keith Pottratz (D)
• John Walsh (D)
• Dan Baer (D)
• Ellen Burnes (D)
• Alice Madden (D)
• Angela Williams (D)
• Derrick Blanton (D)
• Dustin John Leitzel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Incumbent Cory Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Gardner	100.0	554,806

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 554,806
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Margot Dupre (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Raymon Doane defeated Gaylon Kent in the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raymon Doane	62.8	4,365
		Gaylon Kent	37.2	2,583

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,948
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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado

Stephan Evans defeated Joshua Rodriguez in the Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on April 4, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Stephan Evans (Unity Party)
		Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party)

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Critter Milton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Critter Milton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Milton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an avid learner with a broad skill set and knowledge base.

My history includes extensive backcountry exploration in both summer and winter, over a decade as a financial advisor and volunteer work with a variety of organizations. I am an avid sports fan and a puppy parent to two adopted Lab-mix shelter dogs.

I currently live over 10,000 feet in Alma, CO and work in multiple paid and unpaid positions.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Unity
• Unity
• Unity

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

All, I am able to digest and discuss any topic.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Unity

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I am in favor of term limits because this would encourage career progression for all politicians including members of Congress and past presidents.

Many argue that this would cause first term learning curve, but I believe that ongoing transition of power at all levels of government would be healthy for our system.

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2020

Critter Milton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Milton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I spent over a decade as a financial advisor, but my advice was only available to the wealthy. I now strive to share that same broad perspective with all people regardless of asset or any other discriminating classification. There is too much division in our society, we must focus on similarities rather than differences. Our country was founded so that we can hold different beliefs while still working together for the common good.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Education NOW! Free education for all, using technology.
• Climate NOW! Climate issues are critical to the survival of our species.
• Legalize NOW! Prohibition has failed, we must implement alternatives.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Education permeates every other issue. Technology allows us to provide free education for all by redefining our system. We all carry devices that contain significant information, we must teach people how to learn rather than what to learn. Quality of source and access to universal information is more important than topic of interest.

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Critter Milton campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Colorado District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Colorado District 3	Lost general	$12,013	$12,013
2020	U.S. Senate Colorado	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$12,013	$12,013
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Michael Bennet (D)

John Hickenlooper (D)

Representatives

District 1

Diana DeGette (D)

District 2

Joe Neguse (D)

District 3

Jeff Hurd (R)

District 4

Lauren Boebert (R)

District 5

Jeff Crank (R)

District 6

Jason Crow (D)

District 7

Brittany Pettersen (D)

District 8

Gabe Evans (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)