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Murl Hendrickson IV
Murl Hendrickson IV (American Constitution Party of Colorado) is running for election for Colorado Treasurer. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.
Hendrickson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Murl Hendrickson IV was born in Boulder, Colorado. Hendrickson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 2003 and graduated from CFP: College for Financial Planning in 2021. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor and in retail. He has been affiliated with the Grace Church of Arvada and Special Olympics of Colorado.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Colorado Treasurer election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 30, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for Colorado Treasurer
Murl Hendrickson IV is running in the general election for Colorado Treasurer on November 3, 2026.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado Treasurer
Jeff Bridges, Gerald Ditullio, John Mikos, and Brianna Titone are running in the Democratic primary for Colorado Treasurer on June 30, 2026.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado Treasurer
Kevin J. Grantham is running in the Republican primary for Colorado Treasurer on June 30, 2026.
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 24
Lisa Feret defeated Gwen Henderson in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 24 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Feret (D) | 56.6 | 30,249 |
| Gwen Henderson (R) | 43.4 | 23,161 | ||
| Total votes: 53,410 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 24
Lisa Feret advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 24 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Feret | 100.0 | 9,945 |
| Total votes: 9,945 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 24
Gwen Henderson advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 24 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gwen Henderson | 100.0 | 5,587 | |
| Total votes: 5,587 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hendrickson in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 10
Incumbent Edie Hooton defeated Murl Hendrickson IV in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 10 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Edie Hooton (D) | 86.8 | 36,310 |
| Murl Hendrickson IV (R) | 13.2 | 5,513 | |
| Total votes: 41,823 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 10
Incumbent Edie Hooton advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 10 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edie Hooton | 100.0 | 13,011 |
| Total votes: 13,011 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 10
Murl Hendrickson IV advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 10 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Murl Hendrickson IV | 100.0 | 1,658 |
| Total votes: 1,658 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Murl Hendrickson IV completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hendrickson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Conduct a full audit of state spending
- Expose wasteful spending found by reporting it to the media
- Eliminate as much spending as I can personally do under my authority. This will result in greater refunds to the people of Colorado under the Taxpayers Bill Of Rights (TaBOR).
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2024
Murl Hendrickson IV completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hendrickson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Religious Liberty
- Gun Rights
- Lower Taxes
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Murl Hendrickson participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on September 20, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Murl Hendrickson's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Protect the First Amendment - The far left is attempting eliminate the free speech and freedom of religion rights of the people and this is unacceptable. 2) Reduce Taxes - The people of Colorado are already overtaxed and Democrats are trying to raise taxes further. I will review the taxes and try to eliminate unnecessary ones. 3) Reduce Regulations - Colorado overregulates businesses. Thus costing our state jobs and lowering the wages of the existing jobs.[3][4] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | 1) Education - With per pupil public school spending being higher than average private school tuition in 36 states, I am bewildered as to why vouchers are not much more common. I once was a substitute teacher in a place with no vouchers or charters and the schools were awful. Parents need to be empowered to direct their children's education. 2) Spending - Unless there are serious cuts to our Federal and non-balanced budget states spending, we are headed to financial ruin. I would be a constant voice against frivolous spending.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Murl Hendrickson answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I really look up to Senator Ted Cruz. On one hand, he stands up for his principles. On the other hand, he does not insult people with whom he disagrees. I will strive to be like him, both principled and friendly.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would recommend the book ""Draining the Swamp"" by Congressman Ken Buck (CO-4). As a member of the House Freedom Caucus, he is a real conservative who is standing up to the Democrat/RINO Coalition that continues advance the progressive agenda in Washington.[4] | ” |
| “ | The most important is honesty. There are too many politicians in office today who say one thing on the campaign trail and do another when it comes time to vote on various bills. The second most important is transparency. Secret government dealings should be limited to certain national security issues.[4] | ” |
| “ | I am a very pragmatic person and should be able to evaluate whether a given bill is realistic and make the lives of people better. I also have a bachelor's degree in Economics, so I will be able to navigate taxes and spending issues to best help my constituents and state.[4] | ” |
| “ | The first is to protect the rights guaranteed to the people in our Federal and/or the Colorado Constitutions. The second is to protect the people's money by making sure that taxes, spending and regulations are not more than absolutely necessary.[4] | ” |
| “ | That I did my best to protect the rights and pocket books of my constituents.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would say Christmas because of the time I get to spend with extended family and to attend church to celebrate the birth of Christ.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would say the book of Proverbs in the Bible. It provides a lot of wisdom for it's readers and I consider wisdom to be of upmost importance.[4] | ” |
| “ | ""Thunder"" by Imagine Dragons. It has a very catchy tune.[4] | ” |
| “ | The House is controlled by Democrats and is trying to advance a very progressive agenda for Colorado. The Senate is controlled by Republicans and helps ensure that the bills that make it to the Governor's desk are more moderate in nature. This is very significant since our governor is a Liberal Democrat.[4] | ” |
| “ | I do not believe that it is necessary to have previous experience in politics to be a good state legislator. I do however believe that a legislator should be knowledgeable of core issues.[4] | ” |
| “ | Yes I do. For one thing, different people have expertise in different areas and thus collaboration will help produce the best results. I also think that you could get more of what you want done by being willing to talk to legislators on the other side of the isle, especially in states with divided partisan leadership.[4] | ” |
| “ | I think that population distribution information should be given to a group of geographers, and that's it. Drawing lines in which voter registration and/or demographic information of the people is accounted for creates way too many ""safe"" districts for one or both parties and depresses voter turnout.[4] | ” |
| “ | The number one committee I would want to be on is the Budget Committee, because of my knowledge of business and economics. The second committee I would want to be on is Education. I have extended background working for schools.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would say former State Rep Drew Clark. He stayed true to his conservative principles despite representing a purple district.[4] | ” |
| “ | Given my background, I would be interested in becoming a County Treasurer.[4] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 21, 2023
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Murl Hendrickson's responses," September 20, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
