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Mike Coffman
Image of Mike Coffman
Mayor of Aurora
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

5

Predecessor
Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 49
Colorado House of Representatives District 40
Colorado State Senate District 27
Colorado Treasurer
U.S. House Colorado District 6
Successor: Jason Crow
Predecessor: Tom Tancredo

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000/year

Net worth

(2012) $324,003

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

University of Colorado, 1979

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1972 - 1974

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Years of service

2005 - 2006

Personal
Religion
Christian: Methodist
Contact

Official website

Official Facebook

Mike Coffman is the Mayor of Aurora in Colorado. He assumed office on December 2, 2019. His current term ends in 2027.

Coffman ran for re-election for Mayor of Aurora in Colorado. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Coffman is a former Republican representative from Colorado's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Coffman was defeated in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Coffman began his political career in the Colorado House of Representatives, where he served from 1989 to 1994. He went on to serve in the Colorado State Senate from 1994 to 1998. Following his service in the state legislature, Coffman became Colorado Treasurer in 1997. He remained in that position for 10 years, until he was elected Colorado Secretary of State in 2006. Coffman then served one term as Secretary of State.


Biography

Mike Coffman enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1972. He left active duty in 1974, joining the U.S. Army Reserve. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Colorado in 1979.[1]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Coffman's academic, professional, and political career:[2]

Elections

2023

See also: Mayoral election in Aurora, Colorado (2023)

General election

General election for Mayor of Aurora

Incumbent Mike Coffman defeated Juan Marcano and Jeffrey Sanford in the general election for Mayor of Aurora on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Coffman
Mike Coffman (Nonpartisan)
 
52.6
 
41,867
Image of Juan Marcano
Juan Marcano (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
40.6
 
32,323
Image of Jeffrey Sanford
Jeffrey Sanford (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
6.8
 
5,454

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

Total votes: 79,644
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Endorsements

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2019

See also: Mayoral election in Aurora, Colorado (2019)

General election

General election for Mayor of Aurora

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Aurora on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Coffman
Mike Coffman (Nonpartisan)
 
35.8
 
26,690
Image of Omar Montgomery
Omar Montgomery (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
35.5
 
26,476
Image of Ryan Frazier
Ryan Frazier (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
16.2
 
12,063
Image of Marsha Berzins
Marsha Berzins (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
10.7
 
8,015
Image of Renie Peterson
Renie Peterson (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
1.8
 
1,369
Image of Tiffany Grays
Tiffany Grays (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
0

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

Total votes: 74,613
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2018

See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Democratic primary)
See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 6

Jason Crow defeated incumbent Mike Coffman, Kat Martin, and Dan Chapin in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jason Crow
Jason Crow (D)
 
54.1
 
187,639
Image of Mike Coffman
Mike Coffman (R)
 
42.9
 
148,685
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Kat Martin (L)
 
1.7
 
5,886
Image of Dan Chapin
Dan Chapin (Unaffiliated)
 
1.3
 
4,607
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
5

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

Total votes: 346,822
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6

Jason Crow defeated Levi Tillemann in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jason Crow
Jason Crow
 
65.9
 
49,851
Image of Levi Tillemann
Levi Tillemann
 
34.1
 
25,757

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

Total votes: 75,608
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6

Incumbent Mike Coffman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Coffman
Mike Coffman
 
100.0
 
56,703

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

Total votes: 56,703
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Colorado's 6th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Mike Coffman (R) won re-election to his fifth term in 2016. He defeated former State Senate Minority Leader Morgan Carroll (D), Norm Olsen (L), and Robert Lee Worthey (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced an opponent in the primary on June 28, 2016.[3][4][5][6]

U.S. House, Colorado District 6 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Coffman Incumbent 50.9% 191,626
     Democratic Morgan Carroll 42.6% 160,372
     Libertarian Norm Olsen 5% 18,778
     Green Robert Lee Worthey 1.5% 5,641
Total Votes 376,417
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2014

See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014
U.S. House, Colorado District 6 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Coffman Incumbent 51.9% 143,467
     Democratic Andrew Romanoff 43% 118,847
     Libertarian Norm Olsen 3.1% 8,623
     Green Gary Swing 2% 5,503
Total Votes 276,440
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2012

See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
U.S. House, Colorado District 6 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Joe Miklosi 45.8% 156,930
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Coffman Incumbent 47.8% 163,922
     Libertarian Patrick Provost 2.5% 8,597
     Independent Kathy Polhemus 3.9% 13,442
Total Votes 342,891
Source: Colorado Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Full history


Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Mike Coffman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Mike Coffman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Campaign website

Coffman's campaign website stated the following:

National Security

The United States must have the best trained, best led, and best equipped military in the world. Weakness invites aggression. While our defense priorities must be fully funded, wasteful spending in the defense budget must be cut by reducing the bloated Pentagon bureaucracy, acquisition reform, and getting our allies to shoulder their share of the burden.

Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is mired in a culture of bureaucratic incompetence and corruption where no one responsible for wrongdoing is ever held accountable. The VA has failed to meet our nation’s obligations to the men and women, who have served our nation in uniform, and who have made tremendous sacrifices in defense of our freedom. VA whistleblowers must be protected and veterans who live 40 miles outside of a VA facility, or can’t get an appointment within 30 days, must be allowed to go a private health care provider, reimbursed by the VA.

Health Care Reform

Health care cost have not gone down under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, as promised. The consumer protections under the ACA, such as allowing dependents to stay on a parent’s policy until age 26, and prohibiting discrimination based on gender or pre-existing conditions should remain. Beyond that, states should be given discretion, within broad parameters, to devise their own solutions to bring down cost and to broaden access. For example, instead of requiring everyone to have the exact same coverage, allow states to maintain a “high risk” pool for those with pre-existing conditions that all the insured pay into. Other reforms such as making individual insurance premiums tax deductible and bringing down the high cost of the defensive practice of medicine through medical malpractice reform.

Saving Social Security

We can start with reforming the Social Security Disability program that is being abused due to poorly written laws, unscrupulous lawyers, and too many abled-bodied workers seeking an early retirement. The solvency problem of the Social Security Disability program is bleeding into the Social Security program for seniors who have earned their benefits from a lifetime of hard work. Congress must reform the disability program and restore the payroll taxes that it took from the Social Security Supplemental program for seniors to prop up the disability program.

Saving Medicare

Medical cost for seniors, under Medicare, can be dramatically reduced, stabilizing the long term health of the program, without cutting benefits by reforming the delivery system and focusing on research on innovations such as treatments using adult stem cells that ultimately could lead to procedures and treatments that are less invasive, less costly, and with better outcomes.

Small Business

Small business is the engine that drives economic development but they are being strangled by regulatory red tape and high taxes preventing them from expanding and creating more jobs. We need to cut taxes to help small business start-ups and reduce the regulatory burdens that are hurting our small businesses.

Education

I have supported temporary measures to help those with student debt. However, the focus and incentives also need to be on promoting skills-based education with an emphasis on the shorter certificate and vocational training programs that train for jobs that pay a living wage and provide a path into the middle class. An elitist bias against the trades is putting far too many young people on a path to poverty because they are graduating from four-year colleges & universities with non-technical degrees. As a result, their job prospects are little better than if they had never gone to college. The only difference is that they now are burdened with debt.

Balanced Budget Amendment

The greatest threat to the long-term stability of the United States is our rising and unsustainable national debt. A constitutional amendment, to strip the power away from the Congress to continually spend money that our country does not have, must be passed by Congress and referred to the states for ratification.

Welfare Reform

No doubt, it is the proper role of government to help those who cannot help themselves but, unfortunately, government often crosses the line to help those who can help themselves but have forgotten how. For individuals, this means that all able-bodied individuals should be required to participate in work, training or education, in exchange for receiving any form of public assistance. For corporations, corporate welfare programs are costly to taxpayers, hurt the competitiveness of American businesses, and ultimately, raise prices to consumers. Tax cuts and regulatory relief should always treat all businesses equally and not written to the exclusive benefit of a specific corporation or industry.

Environment

The United States should do everything that it reasonably can to protect the environment and to reduce our carbon footprint. We have made tremendous progress, and through innovation, will continue to do so. However, we need to put more pressure, through negotiating trade agreements, on our trading partners to do more so that the burden does not continue to fall disproportionately on the American worker.

Immigration

I would support a legal status but not a special path to citizenship for the adults who knowingly violated our immigration laws and have not violated any criminal laws. I have been and will continue to be an outspoken proponent for reform. I have routinely and publicly stood up to my own my party to call for reform. Immigration reform is about securing our borders, growing our economy and keeping families together.

I introduced the Military Enlistment Opportunity Act (H.R. 3698) in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill, if enacted, will permit DREAMers to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. Those who choose to do so would earn citizenship through their military service.

DREAMers are individuals who already have conditional immigration status and who consider this country their home. The bill extends to DREAMers the same life experiences that were afforded to me, my late father, and countless others – the opportunity to serve with other Americans from every corner of our nation as one team toward a common goal: our nation’s security.

Earlier this year, I also co-sponsored the Recognizing American Children Act which if enacted, will provide legal status and a path to Lawful Permanent Resident status for those currently eligible under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program is for individuals who were brought here as children, grew up here, went to school here, and don’t know of any other country as home. If they can demonstrate their commitment to keeping a job or getting an education, or they enlist in the military, they can become Lawful Permanent Residents and from there they can apply for citizenship.[9]

Campaign advertisements

The following is an example of an ad from Crow's 2018 election campaign.

"Stand Up" released October 4, 2018

2016

The following issues were listed on Coffman's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • National Security: The United States must have the best trained, best led, and best equipped military in the world. Weakness invites aggression. While our defense priorities must be fully funded, wasteful spending in the defense budget must be cut by reducing the bloated Pentagon bureaucracy, acquisition reform, and getting our allies to shoulder their share of the burden.
  • Veterans: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is mired in a culture of bureaucratic incompetence and corruption where no one responsible for wrongdoing is ever held accountable. The VA has failed to meet our nation’s obligations to the men and women, who have served our nation in uniform, and who have made tremendous sacrifices in defense of our freedom. VA whistleblowers must be protected and veterans who live 40 miles outside of a VA facility, or can’t get an appointment within 30 days, must be allowed to go a private health care provider, reimbursed by the VA.
  • Health Care Reform: Health care cost have not gone down under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, as promised. The consumer protections under the ACA, such as allowing dependents to stay on a parent’s policy until age 26, and prohibiting discrimination based on gender or pre-existing conditions should remain. Beyond that, states should be given discretion, within broad parameters, to devise their own solutions to bring down cost and to broaden access.
  • Saving Social Security: We can start with reforming the Social Security Disability program that is being abused due to poorly written laws, unscrupulous lawyers, and too many abled-bodied workers seeking an early retirement. The solvency problem of the Social Security Disability program is bleeding into the Social Security program for seniors who have earned their benefits from a lifetime of hard work. Congress must reform the disability program and restore the payroll taxes that it took from the Social Security Supplemental program for seniors to prop up the disability program.
  • Saving Medicare: Medical cost for seniors, under Medicare, can be dramatically reduced, stabilizing the long term health of the program, without cutting benefits by reforming the delivery system and focusing on research on innovations such as treatments using adult stem cells that ultimately could lead to procedures and treatments that are less invasive, less costly, and with better outcomes.[10]
 ”
—Mike Coffman's campaign website

2014

Coffman's campaign website listed the following issues:[11]

“
  • Jobs and the Economy: "The government cannot grow the economy by itself, but it can empower small businesses, entrepreneurs and the overall private sector to grow our economy. We can do that by reducing the tax and regulatory burden government places on businesses."
  • Spending and Debt: "I believe that our national debt is the greatest threat to our national security and we must reform Washington’s broken spending policies. I have taken on big spenders in both parties, including being a rare Republican willing to look at cutting defense spending. I believe that we can reduce the bureaucracy at the Pentagon, and through other targeted cuts of defense spending we can reduce this nation’s debt without risking national security."
  • Healthcare: "Obamacare has been a disaster for this country. It has been a disaster for middle class families. Premiums are rising for middle class families, deductibles are skyrocketing and families are losing access to their long time doctors. Despite promises by the President and Democrats that people could keep their doctors and health insurance if they liked them, the opposite has proved true. Nearly 350,000 Coloradans have received health insurance cancellation notices."
  • Immigration: "We must fix our broken immigration system. I believe comprehensive immigration reform must be done in a step-by-step process and adhere to three principles: it must secure our borders, grow our economy and keep families together."[10]
 ”
—Mike Coffman's campaign website, http://coffmanforcongress.com/issues/

2012

Coffman's campaign website listed the following issues:[12]

  • Jobs and the Economy
Excerpt: "The last four years have taught us what Coloradoans have known for a long time—more taxes, more government spending, and more regulations do not create jobs. It’s time we move away from these failed economic policies, and instead, move forward on a responsible course to give American businesses the certainty they need to create jobs and help get our economy back on track."
  • Federal Debt and Spending
Excerpt: "The greatest threat to our national security is our growing debt brought about by decades of out-of-control spending by both parties in Washington, D.C. Congress needs to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution and refer it to the states for ratification in order to strip the power away from Washington, D.C. politicians to continually spend money that we don’t have."
  • Reforming Congress
Excerpt: "The culture of Washington D.C. must change and to that Congress must repeal the system of automatic pay raises, abolish Congressional pensions, and pass a constitutional amendment, to be referred to the states, for mandatory term limits for every Member of Congress."
  • Healthcare
Excerpt: "Health insurance is far too expensive but mandated health insurance is not the answer."
  • National Security
Excerpt: "A key responsibility of the federal government is to defend our nation. Keeping the peace by maintaining a strong military is essential to deterring those who would wish to attack the United States. While funding for our military is always essential, we must work harder to cut wasteful defense spending."

Campaign finance summary

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Mike Coffman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018U.S. House Colorado District 6Lost general$3,807,320 $3,823,933
2016U.S. House, Colorado District 6Won $3,504,213 N/A**
2014U.S. House (Colorado, District 6)Won $4,723,052 N/A**
2012U.S. House Colorado District 6Won $3,441,282 N/A**
2010U.S. House Colorado District 6Won $904,466 N/A**
2008U.S. House Colorado District 6Won $1,467,713 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Presidential preference

See also: Republicans and their declared positions on Donald Trump

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Coffman endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[13]

See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio

Coffman declined to endorse or vote for Donald Trump, explaining that Trump needed to earn his support. On May 6, 2016, Coffman said, "Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have tapped into a legitimate anger about the failures of Washington but instead of running a campaign built on a positive vision for overcoming these failures, Donald Trump has conducted a polarizing and divisive campaign. Hillary Clinton is a non-starter and lacks the integrity to lead this nation but Trump has a long way to go to earn the support of many - me included."[14]

On October 7, 2016, after The Washington Post released a 2005 video of Trump making comments about women that the Post described as "extremely lewd," Coffman called on Donald Trump to withdraw as the 2016 Republican nominee for president. Coffman said, "For the good of the country, and to give the Republicans a chance of defeating Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump should step aside. His defeat at this point seems almost certain. And four years of Hillary Clinton is not what is best for this country. Mr. Trump should put the country first and do the right thing."[15][16]

See also: Republican reactions to 2005 Trump tape


2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Mike Coffman (Colorado) endorsed Rick Perry in the 2012 presidential election.[17]

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on October 25, 2020

See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

On October 25, 2020, Coffman announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.[18]

Events and activity following the death of George Floyd

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

Coffman was mayor of Aurora during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Aurora, Colorado, were held on Sunday, May 31, 2020.[19] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.

Personal Gain Index

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See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Coffman's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $203,007 and $445,000. That averages to $324,003, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2012 of $7,614,097.96. Coffman ranked as the 311th most wealthy representative in 2012.[26] Between 2007 and 2012, Coffman's calculated net worth[27] decreased by an average of 3 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[28]

Mike Coffman Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2007$386,536
2012$324,003
Growth from 2007 to 2012:−16%
Average annual growth:−3%[29]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[30]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Coffman received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Retired industry.

From 2001-2014, 28.83 percent of Coffman's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[31]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Mike Coffman (Colorado) Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $9,356,237
Total Spent $6,981,772
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Retired$843,301
Leadership PACs$583,580
Oil & Gas$488,775
Real Estate$483,578
Lawyers/Law Firms$298,354
% total in top industry9.01%
% total in top two industries15.25%
% total in top five industries28.83%

Personal

Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Coffman's wife, Cynthia Coffman, ran for attorney general of Colorado on the Republican ticket in 2014.

Congressional tenure

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Coffman was a far-right Republican as of July 2014. This was the same rating Coffman received in June 2013.[32]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[33]

Coffman most often voted with:

Coffman least often voted with:


Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Mike Coffman missed 52 of 4,970 roll call votes from January 2009 to September 2015. This amounted to 1 percent, which was lower than the median of 2.2 percent among representatives as of September 2015.[34]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Coffman paid his congressional staff a total of $967,311 in 2011. He ranked 22nd on the list of the highest paid Republican representative staff salaries and ranked 226th overall of the lowest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Colorado ranked 14th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[35]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress.

2013

Coffman ranked 188th in the conservative rankings in 2013.[36]

2012

Coffman ranked 82nd in the conservative rankings in 2012.[37]

2011

Coffman ranked 53rd in the conservative rankings in 2011.[38]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Coffman voted with the Republican Party 93.5 percent of the time, which ranked 146th among the 234 House Republican members as of July 2014.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

2013

Coffman voted with the Republican Party 98.2 percent of the time, which ranked 40th among the 233 House Republican members as of June 2013.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Coffman was assigned to the following committees:[39]

2015-2016

Coffman served on the following committees:[40]

2013-2014

Coffman served on the following committees:[41]

2011-2012
  • Armed Services Committee
    • Subcommittee on Military Personnel
    • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
    • Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
  • Natural Resources Committee
    • Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
    • Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
  • Small Business Committee
    • Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
    • Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
    • Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, Chair

Key votes

See also: Key votes

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Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Issues

Policy positions

Veterans

On March 14, 2014, Coffman introduced the Gulf War Health Research Reform Act of 2014, a bill that would have altered the relationship between the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses (RAC) and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by making the RAC an independent organization within the VA, required that a majority of the RAC's members be appointed by Congress instead of the VA, and stated that the RAC could release its reports without needing prior approval from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.[149][150] The RAC is responsible for investigating Gulf War syndrome, a chronic multisymptom disorder affecting returning military veterans and civilian workers of the Gulf War.[151] The bill passed in the House but did not make it out of committee in the Senate.[152]

Redistricting

Under the state congressional map approved in 2011, Coffman's 6th District became much more competitive. Under the old map the district had a Republican edge, while the current map is nearly even in Republican and Democratic voter registration numbers.[153]

According to the Washington Post, redistricting transformed the 6th District from a safe seat into a swing district. While the 6th formerly went safely for Coffman, the redrawn district was a battleground for Republicans and Democrats fighting for control of the House.[154]

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    1. ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Mike Coffman (R)," accessed August 3, 2014
    2. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Michael Coffman," accessed November 1, 2011
    3. ↑ Aurora Sentinel, "State Sen. Morgan Carroll makes official her battle against Mike Coffman for Aurora’s congressional seat," July 7, 2015
    4. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed May 2, 2016
    5. ↑ Politico, "Colorado House Primaries Results," June 28, 2016
    6. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed September 5, 2016
    7. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
    8. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
    9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named issues
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    11. ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 12, 2014
    12. ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 10, 2012
    13. ↑ The Denver Post, "Marco Rubio picks up Mike Coffman’s endorsement," December 18, 2015
    14. ↑ TheDenverChannel.com, "Endorsements are lukewarm for Donald Trump here in Colorado," accessed May 10, 2016
    15. ↑ CBS Denver, "Coffman: ‘Trump Should Step Aside,’" October 7, 2016
    16. ↑ The Washington Post, "Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005," October 8, 2016
    17. ↑ The Hill, "2012 GOP Lawmaker Endorsements for President," accessed November 22, 2011
    18. ↑ Denver Post, "Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman contracts coronavirus as cases rise in Adams County," Oct. 25, 2020
    19. ↑ Colorado Sun, "Day and night: Organizers of Denver protests say mayhem after dark is muddying their message," June 2, 2020
    20. ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
    21. ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
    22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
    23. ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
    24. ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
    25. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named chi1
    26. ↑ OpenSecrets, "Mike Coffman (R-Colo), 2012," accessed February 18, 2014
    27. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
    28. ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
    29. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
    30. ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
    31. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Rep. Mike Coffman," accessed September 22, 2014
    32. ↑ GovTrack, "Mike Coffman," accessed July 21, 2014
    33. ↑ OpenCongress, "Mike Coffman," archived February 25, 2016
    34. ↑ GovTrack, "Mike Coffman," accessed September 23, 2015
    35. ↑ LegiStorm, "Mike Coffman," accessed August 21, 2012
    36. ↑ National Journal, "2013 Congressional Vote Ratings," accessed July 18, 2014
    37. ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 21, 2013
    38. ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
    39. ↑ U.S. House Clerk, "Official Alphabetical List of the House of Representatives of the United States One Hundred Fifteenth Congress," accessed February 2, 2017
    40. ↑ U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, "Committee Information," accessed February 18, 2015
    41. ↑ CQ.com, "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress," accessed March 3, 2013
    42. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed December 13, 2018
    43. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 284," June 21, 2018
    44. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 282," June 21, 2018
    45. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed March 12, 2019
    46. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 549," October 3, 2017
    47. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 344," June 29, 2017
    48. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 342," June 29, 2017
    49. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 256," May 4, 2017
    50. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 405," September 26, 2018
    51. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 399," September 13, 2018
    52. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 313," June 28, 2018
    53. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 257," June 8, 2018
    54. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 216," May 22, 2018
    55. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 127," March 22, 2018
    56. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 69," February 9, 2018
    57. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 60," February 6, 2018
    58. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 44," January 22, 2018
    59. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 33," January 18, 2018
    60. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 708," December 21, 2017
    61. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 692," December 19, 2017
    62. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 670," December 7, 2017
    63. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 637," November 16, 2017
    64. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 589," October 26, 2017
    65. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 557," October 5, 2017
    66. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 528," September 14, 2017
    67. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 480," September 8, 2017
    68. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 441," September 6, 2017
    69. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 299," June 8, 2017
    70. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 249," May 3, 2017
    71. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 230," May 24, 2018
    72. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 49," January 30, 2018
    73. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 631," November 14, 2017
    74. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 435," July 27, 2017
    75. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 413," July 25, 2017
    76. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 437," July 28, 2017
    77. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 407," July 24, 2017
    78. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 378," July 14, 2017
    79. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 136," March 8, 2017
    80. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 113th Congress," accessed April 29, 2015
    81. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 114th Congress," accessed January 5, 2017
    82. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress," April 13, 2015
    83. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 361," June 12, 2015
    84. ↑ Roll Call, "Deadline for TAA Do-Over Vote Extended to July 30 (Updated)," June 15, 2015
    85. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 362," June 12, 2015
    86. ↑ Roll Call, "Deadline for TAA Do-Over Vote Extended to July 30 (Updated)," June 15, 2015
    87. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 374," June 18, 2015
    88. ↑ Politico, "Trade turnaround: House backs new power for Obama," June 18, 2015
    89. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 388," June 24, 2015
    90. ↑ The Hill, "Obama signs trade bills," June 29, 2015
    91. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 239," accessed May 27, 2015
    92. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R. 1735," accessed May 27, 2015
    93. ↑ The Hill, "Redone defense policy bill sails through House," accessed November 12, 2015
    94. ↑ Congress.gov, "S. 1356," accessed November 12, 2015
    95. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 618," accessed November 12, 2015
    96. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1356)," accessed November 12, 2015
    97. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Con.Res.11," accessed May 5, 2015
    98. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 183," accessed May 5, 2015
    99. ↑ The Hill, "Republicans pass a budget, flexing power of majority," accessed May 5, 2015
    100. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015," accessed November 1, 2015
    101. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 579," accessed November 1, 2015
    102. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314)," accessed November 1, 2015
    103. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1191 - Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015," accessed May 16, 2015
    104. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 226," accessed May 16, 2015
    105. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 3461," accessed September 11, 2015
    106. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 493," accessed September 11, 2015
    107. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 3460," accessed September 10, 2015
    108. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 494," accessed September 11, 2015
    109. ↑ Congress.gov, "H Res 411," accessed September 10, 2015
    110. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 492," accessed September 10, 2015
    111. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 597," accessed November 2, 2015
    112. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 576," accessed November 2, 2015
    113. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2048," accessed May 26, 2015
    114. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 224," accessed May 26, 2015
    115. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 36 - the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," accessed May 16, 2015
    116. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "HR 36," accessed May 16, 2015
    117. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 1731," accessed November 2, 2015
    118. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 173," accessed November 2, 2015
    119. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act," accessed November 1, 2015
    120. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 170," accessed November 1, 2015
    121. ↑ Congress.gov, "HR 4038 - the American SAFE Act of 2015," accessed November 20, 2015
    122. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 643," accessed November 20, 2015
    123. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013
    124. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
    125. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1960 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    126. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 2217 - DHS Appropriations Act of 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    127. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 624 - CISPA (2013) - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    128. ↑ Clerk of U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 31: H.R. 2642," accessed February 12, 2014
    129. ↑ Politico, "House clears farm bill," accessed February 12, 2014
    130. ↑ 130.0 130.1 New York Times, "Senate passes long-stalled Farm Bill, With clear winners and losers," accessed February 12, 2014
    131. ↑ 131.0 131.1 CNN.com, "House passes compromise $1.1 trillion budget for 2014," accessed January 20, 2014
    132. ↑ 132.0 132.1 132.2 U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 21," accessed January 20, 2014
    133. ↑ Roll Call, "House Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014
    134. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
    135. ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
    136. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
    137. ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
    138. ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
    139. ↑ Politico, "Hill pols plan to donate, halt salary," accessed October 1, 2013
    140. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    141. ↑ The Library of Congress, "H.AMDT.136," accessed September 16, 2013
    142. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "H Amdt 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    143. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "H Amdt 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    144. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
    145. ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
    146. ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
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    153. ↑ Denver Post, "Dems' victory in redistricting battle means more competitive congressional races in Colorado," December 6, 2011
    154. ↑ Washington Post blog, "The 10 House districts that might surprise you," May 11, 2012

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