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Shannon Bird
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Candidate, Colorado State Senate District 25

Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Predecessor: Faith Winter

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

Next election

June 30, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Colorado, Boulder

Graduate

University of Colorado, Denver

Law

University of Denver

Contact

Shannon Bird (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 29. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Bird (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 8th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 30, 2026.[source]

Bird is also running for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 25. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 30, 2026.[source]

Biography

Shannon Bird earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.S. in finance and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a J.D. from the University of Denver. Bird's career experience includes working as an attorney and Westminster City Council from 2015 to 2018. She served as the board chair of the Five Star Education Foundation, on the Adams 12 Five Star School District Strong Schools Strong Communities Advisory Committee, and as the vice chair of the Adams County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Bird was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bird was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Bird 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

2026

See also: Colorado's 8th Congressional District 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 U.S. House Colorado District 8

Incumbent Gabe Evans is running in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 8 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
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Gabe Evans (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8

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See also: Colorado State Senate 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 State Senate District 25

Shannon Bird, Thomas Klenow, and William Lindstedt are running in the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 25 on June 30, 2026.


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2024

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Shannon Bird defeated Evan Hunt in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird (D)
 
60.8
 
30,163
Evan Hunt (R)
 
39.2
 
19,409

Total votes: 49,572
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird
 
100.0
 
8,527

Total votes: 8,527
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29

Evan Hunt advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Evan Hunt
 
100.0
 
4,413

Total votes: 4,413
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Shannon Bird defeated Vanessa DeMott in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird (D) Candidate Connection
 
60.9
 
24,632
Vanessa DeMott (R)
 
39.1
 
15,796

Total votes: 40,428
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
8,991

Total votes: 8,991
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29

Vanessa DeMott advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Vanessa DeMott
 
100.0
 
6,888

Total votes: 6,888
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2020

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Shannon Bird defeated Roger Lehman in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird (D)
 
62.4
 
27,019
Roger Lehman (R)
 
37.6
 
16,248

Total votes: 43,267
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird
 
100.0
 
12,011

Total votes: 12,011
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Roger Lehman advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Roger Lehman
 
100.0
 
5,260

Total votes: 5,260
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2018

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Shannon Bird defeated Bruce Baker and Ken Biles in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird (D)
 
59.3
 
20,272
Bruce Baker (R)
 
37.0
 
12,645
Image of Ken Biles
Ken Biles (L)
 
3.7
 
1,251

Total votes: 34,168
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird
 
100.0
 
8,042

Total votes: 8,042
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35

Bruce Baker advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bruce Baker
 
100.0
 
4,585

Total votes: 4,585
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

Candidate Connection

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Shannon Bird is the Colorado State House Representative running for re-election in the new House District 29 serving Westminster communities in both Adams and Jefferson Counties. Shannon grew up in Nevada and came to Colorado to study economics at CU Boulder. After graduation, Shannon attended CU Denver obtaining a masters degree in Finance and an MBA, and then law school at Denver University. Shannon has a strong professional background in finance having practiced corporate, commercial and public finance law. She served on the Westminster City Council for three years and has become known at the state capitol for her work on supporting small businesses, affordable housing, public safety, retirement and pension programs (PERA), and K-12 education.

In the 2022 Colorado State Legislature, Representative Bird sponsored bills on issues ranging from the theft of catalytic converters and saving for retirement, to housing tax credits and decreasing fees for small business owners. The focus of Representative Bird’s legislation this past session included work on public safety, education and Colorado’s economy and jobs.

Representative Bird currently serves as the Chair of the House Finance Committee, serves on the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee, the Tax Policy Oversight Interim Committee, the Pension Review Commission and Pension Review Subcommittee.
  • Rep. Shannon Bird has worked hard to cut government red tape, create jobs and help grow a thriving business economy here in Colorado. That’s why Shannon created the Small Business Recovery Loan Program and the Innovative Industries Workforce Development Grant to help Colorado businesses and removed red tape from credentialing programs so people can get out into the workforce faster.
  • Rep. Shannon Bird has a common-sense record on public safety; supporting strict police accountability, requiring safe gun storage, school safety regulations, and making sure law enforcement has the resources and support necessary to do their jobs.
  • Rep. Shannon Bird knows that everything starts in the classroom and believes that every child deserves access to a high quality public education. This includes access to pre-k and investment in both college prep as well as education in the trades. Her legislative work has boosted mental health services for students and new investments in teacher supports.
Public education is a policy area that I am personally passionate about. My service to the community began when I volunteered in my children's kindergarten classrooms. I grew my service to become the citizen chair for a school district bond campaign. With a group of dedicated volunteers and friends, we later co-founded the Adams 12 Community Action Network (CAN). Recently in the legislature I passed a law to prevent local taxation of school construction materials, which will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars on school construction and maintenance. I also passed a law to require a first ever audit of all of the standardized tests that the state requires K-12 students to take - to determine whether the tests are actually helping kids and making public education better.
I have been a strong supporter of public education and was awarded the Colorado Association of School Boards Legislative Excellence Award, the Colorado Association of School Executives CASEY Award and have twice been given the Public Education Champion Award by the Colorado Education Association.

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2020

Shannon Bird did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Shannon Bird campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Colorado District 8Candidacy Declared primary$446,559 $73,377
2024* Colorado House of Representatives District 29Won general$159,245 $129,202
2022Colorado House of Representatives District 29Won general$239,988 $261,544
2020Colorado House of Representatives District 35Won general$107,822 N/A**
2018Colorado House of Representatives District 35Won general$110,561 N/A**
Grand total$1,064,176 $464,123
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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2023


2022


2021


2020


2019




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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Lindsey Daugherty (D)
Colorado House of Representatives District 29
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Faith Winter (D)
Colorado House of Representatives District 35
2019-2023
Succeeded by
Lorena Garcia (D)
Preceded by
Faith Winter (D)
Colorado House of Representatives District 35
2019-2023
Succeeded by
Adrienne Benavidez (D)


Senators
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
Jeff Hurd (R)
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
Democratic Party (6)
Republican Party (4)



Current members of the Colorado State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:James Coleman
Majority Leader:Robert Rodriguez
Minority Leader:Cleave Simpson
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
Matt Ball (D)
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Democratic Party (23)
Republican Party (12)



Current members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Julie McCluskie
Majority Leader:Monica Duran
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
Vacant
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
Dan Woog (R)
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
Ty Winter (R)
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
Vacant
District 65
Democratic Party (43)
Republican Party (20)
Vacancies (2)