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JoAnn Windholz

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JoAnn Windholz
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Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 30

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JoAnn Windholz is a former Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 30 from 2015 to 2017.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

Campaign themes

2014

Windholz's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Job Creation and Economic Growth

  • Excerpt: "Focus on economic growth and creating jobs to raise the standard of living for Colorado families."

Education

  • Excerpt: "Education standards are the responsibility of local districts and states, not the federal government. JoAnn supports high education standards without federal interference."

Healthcare

  • Excerpt: "Individuals have the right to choose the benefits they believe are right for their families and to direct their healthcare dollars as they choose to get the best value for their hard earned dollars."

​Energy

  • Excerpt: "A common sense, all of the above energy policy to produce affordable energy. JoAnn has signed the pledge to support a common sense energy program."

Protect Rights

  • Excerpt: "Gun rights. JoAnn will protect your 2nd Amendment rights and will oppose legislation that limits those rights while keeping communities and our schools safe."

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

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.

Dafna Michaelson Jenet defeated incumbent JoAnn Windholz in the Colorado House of Representatives District 30 general election.[2][3]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dafna Michaelson Jenet 54.19% 15,844
     Republican JoAnn Windholz Incumbent 45.81% 13,395
Total Votes 29,239
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


Dafna Michaelson Jenet ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 30 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dafna Michaelson Jenet  (unopposed)


Incumbent JoAnn Windholz ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 30 Republican primary.[4][5]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png JoAnn Windholz Incumbent (unopposed)

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

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. Incumbent Jenise May was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while JoAnn Windholz was unopposed in the Republican primary. Windholz defeated May in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoAnn Windholz 50.3% 9,482
     Democratic Jenise May Incumbent 49.7% 9,376
Total Votes 18,858

Campaign finance summary


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JoAnn Windholz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Colorado State House, District 30Won $15,569 N/A**
Grand total$15,569 N/A**
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.

Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.

Legislators are usually scored on their votes on bills that the organizations supports or opposes. However, in 2020 the organization released this more detailed overview of the legislative session.
Legislation is scored on its "reduction of taxes, regulation, and spending accountability."
Legislators are scored on their stances on animal issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to public health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to mental health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their stances on women's issues.


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Noteworthy events

Planned Parenthood comments

See also: JoAnn Windholz recall, Colorado House of Representatives (2016)

Windholz is being targeted for recall following her comments about the Colorado Springs shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic on November 27, 2015. First posted on her Facebook page and then in The Colorado Independent, Windholz said about the shooting that, "Violence is never the answer, but we must start pointing out who is the real culprit. The true instigator of this violence and all violence at any Planned Parenthood facility is Planned Parenthood themselves."[10] The community newspaper in Windholz's district, The Aurora Sentinel, published an editorial on December 2 calling for her resignation or her censure by party officials.[11] After meeting in the comments section of The Colorado Independent's article on Windholz's statement, Steven Cohn and Naomi Hatfield Bigwood have organized a recall against the representative.[12] For the recall to reach the ballot, supporters must submit 4,714 valid signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State.[13]

Recent news

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jenise May (D)
Colorado House of Representatives District 30
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)


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