Tina Peters
Tina Peters (Republican Party) ran for election for Colorado Secretary of State. She lost in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.
Peters served as Mesa County Clerk from 2019 to 2023.
Biography
Peters received a bachelor's degree in holistic nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health. Peters' professional experience included working as a flight attendant, nutritionist, and independent marketing contractor. As of 2022, Peters managed personnel and accounts for Tom Peters Construction.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Colorado Secretary of State election, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the general election for Colorado Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jena Griswold (D) | 55.1 | 1,369,040 |
 | Pam Anderson (R) | 42.1 | 1,045,482 | |
 | Bennett Rutledge (L)  | 1.5 | 36,485 | |
| Amanda Campbell (American Constitution Party) | 0.7 | 17,602 | ||
 | Gary Swing (Unity Party) | 0.5 | 11,458 | |
 | Jan Kok (Approval Voting Party) | 0.2 | 4,591 | |
| Total votes: 2,484,658 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Orrok (Approval Voting Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State
Incumbent Jena Griswold advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jena Griswold | 100.0 | 510,462 |
| Total votes: 510,462 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State
Pam Anderson defeated Tina Peters and Mike O'Donnell in the Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pam Anderson | 43.1 | 268,638 |
 | Tina Peters | 28.9 | 180,059 | |
 | Mike O'Donnell | 28.1 | 175,158 | |
| Total votes: 623,855 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Winney (R)
Approval Voting Party convention
Approval Voting Party convention for Colorado Secretary of State
Jeff Orrok advanced from the Approval Voting Party convention for Colorado Secretary of State on March 26, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Orrok (Approval Voting Party) | |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tina Peters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
Indictment relating to election tampering investigation
On August 12, 2024, a jury found Peters guilty of three counts of attempting to influence a public official, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, official misconduct, violation of duty, and failure to comply with the requirements of the Secretary of State.[2] She was sentenced to serve nine years in prison.[3]
On March 8, 2022, a grand jury in Mesa County indicted Peters on 10 felony and misdemeanor charges, including criminal impersonation, official misconduct, and violation of duty, as part of an investigation into an election tampering investigation.[4] Peters pleaded not guilty to all charges on Sept. 7, 2022.[5]
In August 2021, digital images and passwords associated with the Mesa County's election equipment were shared online in an unauthorized data breach.[4] An investigation determined the breach came from Peters, the Mesa County Clerk, and her deputy clerk, Belinda Knisley, who, according to the indictment, "devised and executed a deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment, and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people."[4] As part of these efforts, Peters and Knisley used the name and identity of Gerald Wood without his knowledge or permission.[4]
Read the full indictment here.
As a result of the investigation, Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) asked a judge to prohibit Peters from overseeing Mesa County's 2021 municipal elections, which was approved.[6] In January 2022, Griswold also requested that a judge prohibit Peters from overseeing the county's 2022 elections, which Mesa County District Court Judge Valerie Robison approved on May 10, 2022.[7]
In a statement released on March 12, 2022, Peters, who announced her candidacy for Colorado Secretary of State the previous month, said, "I am innocent and a jury of my Mesa County peers will agree I was protecting them," adding:
| “ |
The voters of Colorado need to know that I stand here continuing to serve Mesa County and I will continue on with my principled campaign to remove Democrat Jena Griswold from the secretary of state’s office. Colorado deserves better. It’s unacceptable for Democrats in power and republicans who are willing to do their political bidding, to mock, threaten and indict clerks and staffers for doing their sworn duty to call out suspicious elections tampering.[8] |
” |
| —Tina Peters | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Tina Peters," accessed June 6, 2022
- ↑ Colorado Sun, "Tina Peters found guilty in plot to breach Colorado’s election system to prove voter fraud," accessed August 14, 2024
- ↑ Denver Post, "Former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Washington Post, "Read the indictment of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters," March 8, 2022
- ↑ Colorado Public Radio, "Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters pleads not guilty in election security breach case," Sept. 7, 2022
- ↑ The Colorado Sun, "Colorado secretary of state will not allow Mesa County’s clerk to oversee upcoming election," Aug. 16, 2021
- ↑ The Colorado Sun, "Judge bars Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from overseeing 2022 elections," May 10, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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