EndorsedIn office
Tom Sullivan
Running for State Senate 27, District 27, in Colorado
About Tom Sullivan
Tom Sullivan is the Colorado State Senator for District 27 and is running for re-election in November 2026. In 2018 he became the first Democrat elected to Colorado House District 37, where he served two terms and helped pass the state's Extreme Risk Protection Order law, and he was elected to the State Senate in 2022. An Air Force veteran who served as a KC-135 crew chief, he worked nearly 30 years for the U.S. Postal Service, where he was active in the American Postal Workers Union, and earned his degree from Metropolitan State College of Denver. He became an advocate for crime victims and gun violence prevention after his son Alex was killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting.
Offices held2
- 2023–now
- Colorado State Senator, District 27In office
- 2019–2023
- Colorado State Representative, District 37
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