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Phil Weiser

Candidate for Governor of Colorado (2026)

Phil Weiser is the Attorney General of Colorado, in office since January 8, 2019, and is term-limited. He is the Democratic candidate for Governor of Colorado in 2026, having won the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary over U.S. Senator Michael Bennet.

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Running for: Candidate for Governor of Colorado (2026)
Running in: Colorado
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Current office: Attorney General of Colorado (since January 8, 2019)
Prior role: Dean, University of Colorado Law School
Clerkships: Judge David Ebel (Tenth Circuit); Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S. Supreme Court)
2026 primary: Won the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary over Michael Bennet

Background

Biography

Phil Weiser is the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors and grew up on the East Coast. After law school he clerked for Judge David Ebel of the Tenth Circuit and for Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was senior counsel in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in the Clinton administration, and in the Obama administration a Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation at the National Economic Council. At the University of Colorado he was Hatfield Professor and Dean of the Law School and founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. He was elected Attorney General of Colorado in 2018, sworn in as the state's 39th attorney general on January 8, 2019, and re-elected in 2022. He lives in Denver. In the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary for governor he defeated U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and faces Republican Victor Marx on November 3, 2026.

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Candidate · Colorado · Democrat

Phil Weiser

Candidate for Governor of Colorado (2026)

Public record

Office and sources

Running for: Candidate for Governor of Colorado (2026)
Running in: Colorado
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Current office: Attorney General of Colorado (since January 8, 2019)
Prior role: Dean, University of Colorado Law School
Clerkships: Judge David Ebel (Tenth Circuit); Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S. Supreme Court)
2026 primary: Won the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary over Michael Bennet

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for Governor of Colorado (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Published claim checks

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Biography

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Biography

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Published claim checks

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