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Michael Barlow-Roach
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Michael Barlow-Roach (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 3. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 30, 2026.[source]
Barlow-Roach completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Colorado House of Representatives 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 House of Representatives District 3
Michael Barlow-Roach and Gena Ozols are running in the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 3 on June 30, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Barlow-Roach completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Barlow-Roach's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Mike attained a bachelor's degree in Mathematics in 2018, and a J.D. from University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2025. During his J.D. Mike specialized in criminal defense and animal rights.
Mike was refused entry to the USA, removed back to England, and had his passport blacklisted in 2011 for being in a same-sex relationship under the Defense of Marriage Act, which was overturned in 2013, one of 35,000 binational same-sex couples to undergo this process.- It's time for something new. Too long has politics not worked for the everyday person, working instead for insiders, the elite, and the well connected. I'm running as a born and raised working-class guy to represent the working-class and shrinking middle class. Affordable housing, groceries, access to healthcare and mental healthcare. Colorado is 50th in the nation for prevalence of mental illness and 46th in the nation for access, along with being 6th highest for suicide. This isn't good enough. The working and middle class are struggling on multiple issues.
- We need a permanent fix to address how we handle poverty in Colorado. I believe in Housing First to address high rates of homelessness in the state. A stable roof over somebody's head is the first step to addressing these issues. Everything else has a chance of being addressed with a bed, an address, and stability. We also need solid criminal justice reform. We severely punish crimes of poverty in Colorado, and we need to trade jail bars and court dates for assistance and social services.
- Rights are under attack by this administration. Reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights. Laws promoting racial equity and equality are being reversed. Environmental protections are being rolled back, and Colorado's land is being taken to strip for fossil fuels. I will passionately fight to defend Coloradans from this administration's destructive overreach and attack on our citizens.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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