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Kwon Atlas
Kwon Atlas (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 8. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Atlas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kwon Atlas was born in Denver, Colorado. He earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University in 2016 and a graduate degree from the University of San Francisco in 2022. His career experience includes working as a nonprofit executive director.[1]
Atlas has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- 5280 trail
- Five Points Committee
- Newman Center for the Performing Arts
- Urban League Young Professionals of Metropolitan Denver
- Downtown Denver Partnership
- The Underdog Family
- State Central Committee Member of the Colorado Democratic Party
- United Men of Color
- Denver African-American Philanthropists
- Metropolitan Diversity & Economic Equity Partners
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 8
Lindsay Gilchrist defeated Philip Borrelli, Jesse Parris, and Sharron Pettiford in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lindsay Gilchrist (D)  | 85.2 | 39,914 |
| Philip Borrelli (R) | 12.7 | 5,932 | ||
 | Jesse Parris (Unity Party) | 2.1 | 992 | |
 | Sharron Pettiford (D) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 33 | |
| Total votes: 46,871 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 8
Lindsay Gilchrist advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 8 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lindsay Gilchrist | 100.0 | 12,244 |
| Total votes: 12,244 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Auon'tai Anderson (D)
- Victor Bencomo (D)
- Sharron Pettiford (D)
- Kwon Atlas (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 8
Philip Borrelli advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 8 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Philip Borrelli | 100.0 | 742 | |
| Total votes: 742 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Atlas's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Atlas in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in Denver, Colorado (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Denver City Council District 9
Darrell Watson defeated incumbent Candi CdeBaca in the general runoff election for Denver City Council District 9 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Darrell Watson (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 10,061 | |
 | Candi CdeBaca (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 6,521 | |
| Total votes: 16,582 | |||
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General election
General election for Denver City Council District 9
Incumbent Candi CdeBaca and Darrell Watson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kwon Atlas in the general election for Denver City Council District 9 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Candi CdeBaca (Nonpartisan) | 44.2 | 7,398 |
| ✔ | Darrell Watson (Nonpartisan) | 42.9 | 7,180 | |
 | Kwon Atlas (Nonpartisan) | 12.8 | 2,146 | |
| Total votes: 16,724 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kwon Atlas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Atlas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am Denver-Native who has served his community at all 3 levels of government because I believe in the importance of community representation.
- I'm an expert in economic development and passionate about helping everyone achieve their dreams.
- Having formerly served in the Capitol, Kwon Atlas can start on day 1 working on meaningful legislation.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2023
Kwon Atlas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
