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Mandy Lindsay
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Democratic Party

Colorado House of Representatives District 42
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

3

Predecessor

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 5, 2024

Appointed

January 10, 2022

Personal
Birthplace
Denver, Colo.
Religion
Spiritual, Not Religious
Profession
Government
Contact

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Mandy Lindsay (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 42. She assumed office on January 18, 2022. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Lindsay (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 42. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Lindsay was appointed to the state House on January 10, 2022, to replace Dominique Jackson (D).[1]

Biography

Mandy Lindsay was born in Denver, Colorado. Lindsay attended Tulane University. Her career experience includes working in government and running a small business as a professional organizer. Lindsay has been affiliated with Arapahoe County Democrats.[2]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Lindsay was assigned to 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

2024

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 42

Incumbent Mandy Lindsay won election in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 42 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mandy Lindsay
Mandy Lindsay (D)
 
100.0
 
18,097

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 18,097
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 42

Incumbent Mandy Lindsay advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 42 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mandy Lindsay
Mandy Lindsay
 
100.0
 
4,772

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,772
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lindsay in this election.

2022

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 42

Incumbent Mandy Lindsay defeated Cory Parella in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 42 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mandy Lindsay
Mandy Lindsay (D) Candidate Connection
 
72.6
 
12,441
Image of Cory Parella
Cory Parella (R) Candidate Connection
 
27.4
 
4,703

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,144
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 42

Incumbent Mandy Lindsay defeated Gail Pough in the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 42 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mandy Lindsay
Mandy Lindsay Candidate Connection
 
58.5
 
2,980
Image of Gail Pough
Gail Pough Candidate Connection
 
41.5
 
2,118

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,098
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 42

Cory Parella advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 42 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Cory Parella
Cory Parella Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,048

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,048
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Endorsements

To view Lindsay's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

Mandy Lindsay completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lindsay'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’m a mom, community organizer, small business owner, and State Representative for House District 42. I grew up in Littleton, studied political science, and started a family with my husband. We have raised four kids who are now in high school and college. Over the last twenty years, we’ve experienced living paycheck to paycheck, faced the high cost of childcare, medical coverage, and skyrocketing housing costs – plus navigated the public education system.

My lived experience through family and work have absolutely informed my political values and policy goals. I fight for working class people to have living wages, affordable housing, access to high quality medical care, and top rate education and career opportunities in every community.

I worked as (former) Rep. Jackson's legislative aide, and when she resigned, I was elected to fill her seat. I've spent the last few months drinking from a firehose during my first session, and came out of it relatively unscathed (if you don't count sleep deprivation), having joined the Latino Caucus, passed 12 bills, learning everything I could, taking advantage of every opportunity given, and looking forward to the interim to craft legislation for next session that directly impacts the people of HD42.

  • Every person deserves a safe and warm place to sleep at night.
  • Healthcare is a human right.
  • Equal access to great schools and good paying jobs is essential for communities to thrive.
Affordable housing, access to quality and affordable healthcare, and education and job opportunities for all.
My first thought is to say Oprah Winfrey. I was a latch-key kid and would come every day and watch her show. I would like to emulate her curiosity, compassion, ability to listen, and how she uses her platform for the betterment of people.
'The West Wing' or 'Parks and Rec' (I'm an optimist, ha)
Ability to seek out experts (know what you don't know), loyalty to people not profits, ability to make hard choices
Compassionate, great listener, problem solver, know that I don't know everything, great at organization (of people and spaces). Working class, lived experience.
To listen to community and represent their interests.
A legacy of kindness and compassion -- having left the world a better place than I found it.
The Challenger Explosion. I was 9-yrs-old and our whole school was devastated.
I worked at a deli/ice cream shop. Spent long hours making sundaes, sandwiches & burgers, taking down the salad bar at night, and always came home smelling like fried food. :)
This is a toughie. I love reading and have a long-standing book club. A couple of my faves:

I have re-read 'The Stand' (Stephen King) more than any other book and it is the first novel that made me SOB while reading back in the 8th grade.

"Homegoing" (Yaa Gyasi) - riveting historical fiction about the Black experience in Africa and America.

"Song of Achilles" (Madeline Miller) - one of the best and most tender love stories I've read in a long time

"The Book of Longing" (Sue Monk Kidd) - offers a different perspective on Jesus, and the concept of marriage
Any of the Twilight vampires so that I didn't have to sleep and could get way more done! Ha!
"Satellite" by Harry Styles. My daughter is a huge fan and we blasted that song on the drive to her volleyball practice yesterday.
Raising a family as the cost of housing, childcare, and healthcare continue to rise, while wages do not.
A healthy, working relationship where the two bodies communicate, operate in good faith, and hold each other accountable.
Housing affordability, climate (water and wildfire issues), and education funding -- problems which are all more difficult to solve because of TABOR.
While unicameral legislatures involve a simpler, more efficient process, they lack the additional opportunity for deliberation of legislation between two chambers.
Yes, it can be, but fresh perspectives are also just as valuable.
Of course it is. Especially when there are policy differences, those personal relationships are key to working together in good faith to find common ground and negotiate.
A non-partisan, transparent, accessible, and equitable process that accurately reflects communities.
n/a
Transportation and Local Government - my natural policy wheelhouse, what I see and experience every day

Agriculture - *not* my natural policy wheelhouse at all and I was happy to delve into issues and policy that impact predominantly rural communities that were new to me
When it comes to communications, I want to model myself after AOC! She and her team do a tremendous job of communicating with constituents, as well as people all over the country. Their use of social media to explain complicated issues and policy in an engaging way is something I absolutely want to emulate.
No
A mobile home park resident -- a woman living with a disability -- living on an annual fixed income of $23,000 and paying $1,000/month in lot rent, leaving her $916/month to live off of, while still facing the prospect of increasing lot rent. She had nowhere else to go, and faced the possibility of losing her home if lot rents continue to rise (they will).
How does the moon cut his hair?

Eclipse it.
I'm always down for more accountability but there definitely situations that require immediate and decisive action.
Compromise is a fundamental part of governing, but there are also issues where there can be no compromise.

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Campaign finance summary

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Mandy Lindsay campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Colorado House of Representatives District 42Won general$8,421 $7,997
2022Colorado House of Representatives District 42Won general$39,945 $35,983
Grand total$48,366 $43,980
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Colorado Politics, "Democrats pick Mandy Lindsay to represent House District 42," January 10, 2022
    2. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 15, 2022

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    Dominique Jackson (D)     		Colorado House of Representatives District 42
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