State Senator - District No. 3
State Senate District 3; Colorado
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 169,356 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,862,189 ÷ 169,356) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.38, measured against a statewide vote in CO (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Aaron Gutierrez is the Democratic 2026 general-election nominee for Colorado State Senate District 3. His biography identifies him as a Pueblo attorney and policy professional with prior White House legislative-affairs experience.
Republican · declared
Dana Charles is the Republican 2026 general-election nominee for Colorado State Senate District 3. Her biography describes more than two decades of healthcare leadership, including practice-management and budget experience in Pueblo.
Sources: county.pueblo.org · sos.state.co.us · coloradosos.gov