Jessie Danielson

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Jessie Danielson
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Candidate, Colorado Secretary of State

Colorado State Senate District 22
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 24
Successor: Monica Duran

Colorado State Senate District 20
Successor: Lisa Cutter
Predecessor: Cheri Jahn

Compensation

Base salary

43,977/year for legislators whose terms began in 2023. $41,449/year for legislators whose terms began in 2021.

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $45/day. For legislators living more than 50 miles from the capitol: $237/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

June 30, 2026

Contact

Jessie Danielson (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 22. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Danielson (Democratic Party) is running for election for Colorado Secretary of State. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 30, 2026.[source]

Danielson also ran for re-election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 22. She will not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 30, 2026.


Biography

Jessie Danielson lives in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.[1] Danielson's career experience includes working as the Colorado state director for America Votes.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Danielson was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Danielson was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Danielson was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Colorado committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources
Appropriations
Public Health Care and Human Services, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Danielson served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

Secretary of State

See also: Colorado Secretary of State election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 30, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for Colorado Secretary of State

Melissa Richards is running in the general election for Colorado Secretary of State on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Melissa Richards (Unaffiliated)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State

Jessie Danielson and Amanda Gonzalez are running in the Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 30, 2026.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State

Cory Parella and Ross Taraborelli are running in the Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 30, 2026.


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State Senate

See also: Colorado State Senate 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 State Senate District 22

Monica Duran is running in the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 22 on June 30, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Monica Duran
Monica Duran

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Endorsements


Secretary of State

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State Senate

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2022

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Colorado State Senate District 22

Incumbent Jessie Danielson defeated Colby Drechsel in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 22 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessie Danielson
Jessie Danielson (D)
 
67.3
 
46,508
Colby Drechsel (R)
 
32.7
 
22,609

Total votes: 69,117
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 22

Incumbent Jessie Danielson advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 22 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessie Danielson
Jessie Danielson
 
100.0
 
16,502

Total votes: 16,502
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 22

Colby Drechsel advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 22 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Colby Drechsel
 
100.0
 
10,272

Total votes: 10,272
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2018

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Colorado State Senate District 20

Jessie Danielson defeated Christine Jensen and Charles Messick in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessie Danielson
Jessie Danielson (D)
 
54.1
 
49,974
Image of Christine Jensen
Christine Jensen (R)
 
42.4
 
39,102
Image of Charles Messick
Charles Messick (L)
 
3.5
 
3,239

Total votes: 92,315
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 20

Jessie Danielson advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 20 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessie Danielson
Jessie Danielson
 
100.0
 
19,778

Total votes: 19,778
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 20

Christine Jensen advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 20 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christine Jensen
Christine Jensen
 
100.0
 
13,821

Total votes: 13,821
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2016

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Colorado House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 4, 2016.

Incumbent Jessie Danielson defeated Joseph DeMott in the Colorado House of Representatives District 24 general election.[3][4]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jessie Danielson Incumbent 56.99% 24,103
     Republican Joseph DeMott 43.01% 18,191
Total Votes 42,294
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


Incumbent Jessie Danielson ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 24 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jessie Danielson Incumbent (unopposed)


Joy Bowman ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 24 Republican primary.[5][6]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Joy Bowman  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Colorado House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 31, 2014. Jessie Danielson defeated Kristian Teegardin in the Democratic primary, while Joseph DeMott was unopposed in the Republican primary. Danielson defeated Demott in the general election.[7][8][9][10]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 24, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJessie Danielson 53.4% 17,501
     Republican Joseph DeMott 46.6% 15,286
Total Votes 32,787
Colorado House of Representatives District 24 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJessie Danielson 56.3% 2,797
Kristian Teegardin 43.7% 2,175
Total Votes 4,972

Campaign themes

2026

Secretary of State

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Email

State Senate

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2022

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Campaign finance summary


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Jessie Danielson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Colorado State Senate District 22Won general$95,188 $73,420
2018Colorado State Senate District 20Won general$446,959 N/A**
2016Colorado House of Representatives, District 24Won $73,717 N/A**
2014Colorado State House, District 24Won $107,942 N/A**
Grand total$723,806 $73,420
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Endorsements

In 2014, Danielson's endorsements included the following:[11]

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Brittany Pettersen (D)
Colorado State Senate District 22
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Cheri Jahn
Colorado State Senate District 20
2019-2023
Succeeded by
Lisa Cutter (D)
Preceded by
-
Colorado House of Representatives District 24
2015-2019
Succeeded by
Monica Duran (D)