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Jeffrey Patty
Jeffrey Patty (Republican Party) ran for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 38. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Patty completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jeffrey Patty earned a bachelor's degree from Abilene Christian University in 2002 and a law degree from the Regent University School of Law in 2006. His career experience includes working as an attorney and small business owner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 38
Gretchen Rydin defeated Jeffrey Patty in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 38 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gretchen Rydin (D)  | 54.6 | 29,577 |
 | Jeffrey Patty (R) | 45.4 | 24,623 | |
| Total votes: 54,200 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brandon McDowell (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 38
Gretchen Rydin advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 38 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gretchen Rydin | 100.0 | 8,051 |
| Total votes: 8,051 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 38
Jeffrey Patty advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 38 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Patty | 100.0 | 5,576 |
| Total votes: 5,576 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Patty in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeffrey Patty completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Patty's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have been fortunate enough to lead teams with employees based all over the world. I have worked successfully for a government office, for a small business, and for an S&P 500 company. I have navigated through difficult negotiations, reviewed complex legal documents, and led cross-functional, international teams through complicated multi-million dollar projects. I have presented before executives, judges, and U.S. regulators.
Over the last two years, I have been an aide at the state capitol while the general assembly was in session, learning how to get things done there. I supported several state representatives, leading a small, dedicated aide staff of seasoned professionals. That time allowed me to see firsthand what was happening, beyond just what we hear in the news. What I saw was troubling to say the least. It is why I am running for office.
For a little background, I graduated summa cum laude from both college and law school. My wife, Lindsey, and I met in undergrad. High school friends connected us, and we’ve been married now for over 20 amazing years. We have three kids with our oldest being 14 and our twins now 11. We also have a dog, a gecko, two fish, and a few chickens. It’s a full house.- Right Size Government – President Reagan famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’” Our leaders have lost that perspective. I plan to "right size" government by refocusing it on its intended role: freeing all Coloradans to do what they do best. Life is complicated enough without depending on government to dictate every aspect of it, and government is a poor substitute for the family, for faith organizations, and for charities. It is a poor substitute for business, and it is terrible at micromanaging the economy. It was never intended to replace them. It was intended to protect them by protecting liberty and justice.
- Establish Liberty & Justice for All – Our legislature passed over 500 bills in four months just in 2024, which created thousands of pages of new requirements for all of us. Many of those bills require thousands of more pages of rules on top of that. Government is not the answer to all of our problems. It can’t be. It can provide good answers to some of them, but it is inflexible by nature. If we focus government on liberty and justice for all -- instead of picking favorites through regulations, grants, and tax breaks -- then we can actually do things like lowering our violent crime rate, energizing our economy, and freeing each of us to effectively care for those hurting in our society.
- Focus on Your Freedom – Did you know that you can’t buy a new house now without being told what kind of light bulbs you can put in it? Seriously. That’s not freedom. That’s control. It may not seem like not much, but every one of those requirements adds up. We all know that a majority of legislators have mandated by law that you can’t be trusted with grocery bags. That’s not freedom. That’s control. In a free country you should be trusted, as an adult, with far more important things than grocery bags and light bulbs. I want government to get out of your way again and to provide more freedom for everyone in Colorado equally. Then, we will have the space and means as a society and community to flourish, finally stopping Colorado’s decline.
That's obviously an abbreviated list. Still, here are some areas of focus:
- reduce taxes and fees to best support families, neighbors, and small businesses
- stop trying to regulate everything
- protect fundamental rights, including the right to life, liberty, and property, the right to defend them, and parents' rights to direct the education and upbringing of their children
- promote energy diversity both for cost savings and security
- stop encouraging homelessness
- stop crime by brining to justice those that commit it
On a political level, I look up to President Ronald Reagan. He was also a man of integrity and common sense convictions. He understood what the role of government was in a free society, and most importantly, he was able to communicate that vision clearly to help protect it for all of us.
While the list of important traits is long, it goes without saying that character is at the top. Elected officials should be honest, humble, and hard working. They should know how to build relationships, especially in a contentious environment. They should be patient and able to listen, not just to what’s being said, but to what is really being communicated. They must have competence and conviction, and they must never think of themselves as wiser than the citizenry that put them there. Otherwise, even with the best of intentions, they can hurt the very people they were sent to serve.
For housing, in the near-term, we will continue to see a shortage, but there’s an equal concern long-term that we could see a crash. This is part of the problem of government trying to replace the market even when trying to help. Government is inflexible. Instead, we need to encourage a fair and transparent marketplace, realizing price is information, and we need to cut unnecessary costs by reducing unnecessary regulations. If not, we could easily find ourselves with laws on the books attempting to encourage housing growth while macro-economic trends lead us more towards a Detroit style housing surplus. The outcome could be disastrous.
We need to be serious about the state of the world in which we live. While it’s generally the federal government’s job to contend with national security, we can’t bury our heads at the state level. We will also face continued social clashes as our melting pot of a society becomes less homogeneous in shared beliefs, making it all the more important that we protect the search for truth even over the risk of offense.
As Robert Kennedy Jr. has talked about at length, the response to COVID was concerning to say the least, especially the loss of freedom. What has been done cannot now be undone, but it has created a deep and lasting mistrust that we will have to work hard to restore. We must do better.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 22, 2024
