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Mike Weissman
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Colorado State Senate District 28
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 36
Successor: Michael Carter

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

Contact

Mike Weissman (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 28. He assumed office on January 8, 2025. His current term ends on January 10, 2029.

Weissman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 28. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Weissman's professional experience includes advising organizations on how to utilize technology. He has been affiliated with the NAACP Aurora Branch, Colorado Black Women for Political Action, and Food Bank of the Rockies.[1]

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

Weissman was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Weissman was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Weissman was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Colorado committee assignments, 2017
Judiciary
State, Veterans and Military Affairs

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 State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Colorado State Senate District 28

Mike Weissman defeated Pedro Espinoza in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 28 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman (D)
 
63.5
 
35,064
Image of Pedro Espinoza
Pedro Espinoza (R) Candidate Connection
 
36.5
 
20,143

Total votes: 55,207
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 28

Mike Weissman defeated Idris Keith in the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 28 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman
 
53.2
 
5,839
Image of Idris Keith
Idris Keith Candidate Connection
 
46.8
 
5,135

Total votes: 10,974
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 28

Pedro Espinoza advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 28 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pedro Espinoza
Pedro Espinoza Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
3,398

Total votes: 3,398
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

2022

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Mike Weissman defeated William Walters and Andrew Gibson in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman (D) Candidate Connection
 
64.0
 
13,736
William Walters (R)
 
32.9
 
7,058
Andrew Gibson (L)
 
3.0
 
653

Total votes: 21,447
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Mike Weissman advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,620

Total votes: 4,620
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

William Walters advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
William Walters
 
100.0
 
3,001

Total votes: 3,001
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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Mike Weissman defeated Dustin Bishop in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman (D)
 
61.2
 
26,687
Image of Dustin Bishop
Dustin Bishop (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.8
 
16,935

Total votes: 43,622
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Mike Weissman advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman
 
100.0
 
11,956

Total votes: 11,956
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Dustin Bishop advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dustin Bishop
Dustin Bishop Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,148

Total votes: 5,148
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2018

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Mike Weissman defeated Richard Bowman in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman (D) Candidate Connection
 
61.0
 
18,994
Image of Richard Bowman
Richard Bowman (R)
 
39.0
 
12,140

Total votes: 31,134
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Mike Weissman advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Weissman
Mike Weissman Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
6,248

Total votes: 6,248
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Richard Bowman advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 36 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Bowman
Richard Bowman
 
100.0
 
4,104

Total votes: 4,104
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Endorsements

Weissman was endorsed by the Aurora Sentinel.[2]

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. Incumbent Su Ryden (D) did not seek re-election.

Mike Weissman defeated Richard Bowman in the Colorado House of Representatives District 36 general election.[3][4]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 36 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mike Weissman 55.29% 19,423
     Republican Richard Bowman 44.71% 15,708
Total Votes 35,131
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


Mike Weissman ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 36 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mike Weissman  (unopposed)


Richard Bowman ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 36 Republican primary.[5][6]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 36 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Richard Bowman  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

Mike Weissman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weissman'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 has helped tackle the high cost of living by passing targeted tax credits for lower and middle-income seniors; eliminating corporate tax breaks to fund affordable housing, K-12 education, and reduce taxes for working people; expanded renters' rights; stood up for consumer rights by expanding the Consumer Protection Act, passing an anti-price gouging law, improving oversight of mortgage servicers, and fighting to reform abusive forced arbitration practices; won more funding for technical education and free community college; helped win reauthorization of the Colorado Civil Rights Division; worked to address climate change and required oil and gas companies to clean up abandoned wells; increased the frequency of lobbyist reporting; and helped modernize the Colorado Open Records Act.

The grandson of a doctor, a social worker, a journalist, and a community activist, he has long believed that the purpose of public policy and law is to improve our shared condition.

As the descendent of Jewish immigrants who fled the pogroms and of Irish immigrants who survived the potato famine of the mid 1800s, he seeks to pay forward and work to keep alive the promise of opportunities that our country has long offered to those seeking a new beginning.
  • Economic Justice - most people work for a living and pay their fair share of taxes. But special interest tax breaks for big companies or very wealthy individuals mean everyone else ends up paying more and it means that our schools are underfunded, our roads are crowded, and the state struggles to deliver other services people want it to deliver. For the last several years I worked to eliminate special interest tax breaks in order to fund housing and education and help people raise their families and if re-elected I intend to keep working to do so.
  • Housing - my city, Aurora, was an affordable place to buy a home 10 years ago. But home prices have doubled or even tripled since then and wages certainly have not kept up. Prior to COVID, I passed a new law to create a $50M/year funding source for construction of new affordable housing, by closing a tax loophole in the last two years, the state has invested hundreds of millions of Covid federal relief money into affordable housing to further jumpstart construction of more homes at lower prices. But we must do more. I am particularly interested in pursuing "land trust" models to take the cost of land out of the total cost of housing and alternative construction methods like modular or panelized to lower the lower of housing.
  • Individual Rights - This year, in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs decision, Colorado passed a law to make access to abortion a "fundamental right" in state law. I strongly supported this new law to protect women's rights to autonomy free from government interference in their lives. I will continue to support laws to protect women's rights from attempted interference from laws in other, anti-abortion states. Also, we should be concerned about signals from the U.S. Supreme Court about curtailing other rights, such as marriage equality. In Colorado your basic human rights should not depend on your identity and I will support laws to protect basic rights even if the U.S. Supreme Court does not.
In addition to the above issues, which I think are both important to our state overall and to me personally, I also deeply believe we owe it to generations that will come after us to do a better job reducing climate change pollution and other environmental pollution.

I have also fought to create better remedies for survivors of sexual harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence. These are offenses that can have especially deep and long-lasting impacts on people who suffer them. In 2021 I helped pass two new laws to create better civil remedies for survivors of sex offenses, SB073 and SB088. We have more work to do to update our employment laws concerning workplace harassment however.

Finally, it's really not acceptable that in a country as affluent as ours, that kids go hungry at school. I have supported and worked on laws to increase funding for school breakfast and lunch. Colorado voters have a chance to do this this year by voting yes on Proposition FF aka "Healthy School Meals for All".

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2020

Mike Weissman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Obama endorsement
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During the 2016 election cycle Weissman was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama

Full list of Obama's 2016 endorsements

Weissman's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]

  • Jobs & Economic Growth – When every person seeking work can find a job that pays a living wage, our economy will have fully recovered.
  • Government Transparency & Accountability – All citizens – regardless of political affiliation – have the right to expect their government to operate in an open, efficient and transparent manner.
  • Government Accessibility – People should have direct and timely access to their elected officials.
  • Fiscal Responsibility – Colorado must manage its budget – our tax dollars – responsibly.
  • K-12 Education – Providing high-quality public education to all citizens regardless of what town or city you live in should be one of the basic goals of our state.[8]

Campaign finance summary


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Mike Weissman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Colorado State Senate District 28Won general$174,831 $169,689
2022Colorado House of Representatives District 36Won general$60,395 $49,817
2020Colorado House of Representatives District 36Won general$55,952 N/A**
2018Colorado House of Representatives District 36Won general$90,217 N/A**
2016Colorado House of Representatives, District 36Won $93,281 N/A**
Grand total$474,675 $219,506
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Rhonda Fields (D)
Colorado State Senate District 28
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Colorado House of Representatives District 36
2017-2025
Succeeded by
Michael Carter (D)


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