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Danielle Varda
2021 - Present
2025
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Danielle Varda is a member of the Jeffco Board of Education in Colorado, representing District 1. She assumed office on November 29, 2021. Her current term ends in 2025.
Varda (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 27. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 30, 2026.[source]
Biography
Varda's professional experience includes founding Visible Network Labs, a health technology startup, and working as an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver's School of Public Affairs.[1]
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. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 27
Danielle Varda is running in the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 27 on June 30, 2026.
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2021
See also: Jeffco Public Schools, Colorado, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Jeffco Board of Education District 1
Danielle Varda defeated Jeffrey Wilhite in the general election for Jeffco Board of Education District 1 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danielle Varda (Nonpartisan) | 58.6 | 97,287 |
 | Jeffrey Wilhite (Nonpartisan) | 41.4 | 68,854 | |
| Total votes: 166,141 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
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2021
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Campaign website
Varda’s campaign website stated the following:
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My top areas of focus for our schools include:
Student mental/social emotional health is an area that needs more support and attention. As we come out of a very difficult period following a global pandemic, where many of our kids struggled with inconsistencies, challenges at home, and lack of social connectedness, it is imperative that we discuss how schools play a role in this issue. My first steps to address this would be to better understand the resources available to address this issue, and how we can develop community partnerships (with for example Jefferson Center for Mental Health) to bring more connections and support for students, staff, and teachers to our schools. This is my professional area of expertise, and I am aware of the growing public, nonprofit, and private sector support for kids’ mental health. We can potentially tap into that. Strong Neighborhood Schools. Every family in Jeffco needs to know they have the option to send their kids to a great neighborhood school. Building the infrastructure, staffing the schools, and creating a welcoming environment for families and kids is essential to building a strong school system. Closing the Achievement Gap. The data shows that we can do better as a district. Closing the achievement gap means looking closely at the factors that make learning difficult for our families across neighborhoods. We can see where the gaps are, now we need to be strategic and thoughtful about how we can put systems in place to address inequities, deficiencies, and better support families who need it most. Early Childhood Investments. The future depends on a strong start. Investments in early childhood systems means kids who are prepared to be successful throughout their lives. The systems include our schools, and the community network of resources that support families to provide early childhood experiences for families. High school graduation rates depend on early starts that are building supportive, collaborative environments for kids as a foundation of lifelong learning. Teacher staffing and retention in Jefferson county is a critical concern. As a parent, I have witnessed challenges in hiring for my girls’ classrooms, as well as the lack of available substitute teachers. Even before COVID we had a teacher shortage, and now I read almost daily about teachers choosing to take time off or leave the profession. This strain on our schools is a systemic issue, influenced by a number of issues – constrained budgets, competition for teachers in other districts, burnout and exhaustion, fear from COVID, and high teacher turnover. We need to consider how to build a teacher recruitment and retention strategy that makes us competitive with other districts. I would start by asking teachers what they need, and what will keep them in our schools. Equity remains an issue in our schools. Kids of different colors, ethnicities, sexual orientations, faiths, and class are affected by the inequities of their experiences. Research tells us that 85% of our health and well-being outcomes are determined by the zip code we are born in to. This is true for kids, and when a child is struggling with issues at home, poverty, food insecurities, or other social and economic challenges, they can hardly be successful at school. We need to consider how to address these issues of inequity form a systemic lens. I would begin to address this issue by better understanding the data related to inequities in our county, and how that is impacting education outcomes. Three things I would do to address inequities in the school system include:
Building Partnerships. There are amazing community partnerships that can be leveraged to support our kids. No one entity will solve these kinds of systemic issues alone, but we can work together to create coordinated systems of care for our kids. [2] |
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| —Danielle Varda’s campaign website (2021)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Colorado House of Representatives District 27 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Danielle Varda's 2021 campaign website, "About," accessed September 16, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Danielle Varda’s campaign website, “The Issues,” accessed September 15, 2021
