Andy Kerr
Democratic · CO · Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2
Andy Kerr is a Jefferson County commissioner, a former state senator and state representative, and a former Jeffco Public Schools teacher. His priorities are making sure families and small businesses pay only their fair share of property taxes and holding tax cheats accountable.
Where Andy Kerr stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (3 records), Government Efficiency (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 3 support
Carried Senate bills in 2017 and 2018 requiring presidential candidates to file five years of tax returns to appear on Colorado's ballot (HB17-1328, HB18-1318); a Senate committee killed both.
May 3, 2018Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a bill to limit public officials from hiring their relatives (SB17-150); a Senate committee killed it on February 15, 2017.
February 15, 2017Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a bill to create a school board ethics commission (SB16-101); a Senate committee killed it 3-2 on February 22, 2016.
February 22, 2016Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Carried in the Senate a law, signed April 4, 2017, that modernized the state's purchasing rules, the Procurement Code (HB17-1051).
April 4, 2017Supports Government Efficiency
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Track record — General
General · 24 records
As board chair, announced the commissioners' appointment of Laura E. Aldrete as Jefferson County manager and praised her record.
August 11, 2026
Source: jeffco.us
Published a county column supporting Pride Month and the county's official Pride flag, and urging use of people's correct pronouns.
May 18, 2026
Source: jeffco.us
Seconded and voted for a county resolution asking voters to let Jefferson County keep revenue above its TABOR cap for roads, infrastructure and public safety; it passed 3-0.
July 9, 2024
Source: jeffco.us
Served as chair of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners and hosted the January 2023 swearing-in of county officials.
January 10, 2023
Source: jeffco.us
Sponsored a law, signed June 5, 2018, that funded affordability for in-state students at public research universities (SB18-206).
June 5, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Voted against the PERA public pension overhaul (SB18-200) on its final Senate passage; it passed 24-11 and became law.
May 9, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a law, signed May 3, 2018, setting rules for bicycles approaching intersections (SB18-144), after a 2017 version died in committee.
May 3, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Carried in the Senate a bill to prevent sexual misconduct on college campuses (HB18-1391); the Senate Appropriations Committee killed it on May 1, 2018.
May 1, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Co-sponsored a bill to create a new formula for distributing state school funding (HB18-1232); a House committee killed it on April 25, 2018.
April 25, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a law, signed April 12, 2018, on how schools treat students whose parents excuse them from state tests (SB18-011).
April 12, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Carried in the Senate a bill requiring an 80% cut in statewide greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2050 (HB18-1274); a Senate committee killed it on April 11, 2018.
April 11, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Voted against the state budget bill (the Long Bill) on final Senate passage in 2016, 2017 and 2018; it passed 26-8 in 2018 (HB18-1322).
April 5, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored bills in 2016, 2017 and 2018 to fund full-day kindergarten; the 2018 version (SB18-004) also sought a statewide vote to keep and spend extra revenue on schools. A Senate committee killed each one.
February 5, 2018
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Endorsed U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter for re-election in Colorado's 7th Congressional District.
August 22, 2017
Source: coloradopolitics.com
Voted for the Sustainability of Rural Colorado bill (SB17-267), which moved the hospital provider fee into a new enterprise outside the state revenue cap; it passed the Senate 25-10.
May 8, 2017
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Carried in the Senate a law, signed April 18, 2017, speeding local permits for small cell wireless equipment and extending telecom access to public rights-of-way (HB17-1193).
April 18, 2017
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Carried in the Senate a law, signed March 30, 2017, changing tuition aid rules for students in career and technical certificate programs (HB17-1180).
March 30, 2017
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Carried bills in 2016 and 2017 letting workers at larger employers take up to 18 hours of leave for their children's school activities (HB17-1001); a Senate committee killed both.
March 15, 2017
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a bill to join the national popular vote compact for electing the president (SB17-099); a Senate committee killed it on February 15, 2017.
February 15, 2017
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sent a letter signed by more than 400 state lawmakers to U.S. Senate education committee leaders opposing Betsy DeVos's nomination as education secretary.
February 1, 2017
Source: coloradopolitics.com
Carried in the Senate a law, signed June 10, 2016, giving private-sector workers the right to inspect their personnel files (HB16-1432).
June 10, 2016
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Carried in the Senate a law, signed May 20, 2016, that extended the state's transitional jobs program and funded it (HB16-1290).
May 20, 2016
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a law, signed May 19, 2016, raising the yearly cap on lease payments for the state's school construction program, Building Excellent Schools Today (SB16-072).
May 19, 2016
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Sponsored a law, signed May 19, 2016, that ended mandatory prison sentences for certain crimes (SB16-102).
May 19, 2016
Source: leg.colorado.gov
Past race Andy Kerr ran in:
- County Assessor · November 3, 2026 · Jefferson County, Colorado