A striking hostility toward the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights emerged among Democrats in statehouse races who answered the questionnaire. Many Democrats, who control large majorities in both the state House and Senate, have long expressed frustration with TABOR, a conservative constitutional amendment passed in 1992 that caps how much revenue the state can collect and spend. But several years of severe budget shortfalls and service cuts appear to have pushed their patience beyond the breaking point.
“In my view, all roads lead back to TABOR,” said Rep. Sean Camacho, the incumbent running for reelection in District 6 in Denver. “If we don’t finally rid Colorado of TABOR, we will continue to have to cut crucial services that my constituents rely on, especially in health care.”
His Democratic primary opponent, Iris Halpern, also supports repealing TABOR, and many other Democrats indicated they’d back at least reforms to the tax measure.
Republican statehouse candidates consistently take a different view, which Matt Alexander, who’s running to represent Cañon City-centered House District 60, summarized when he said, “We do not have a lack of tax revenue; we have a spending problem. We must learn how to say no to bad spending.”
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What we learned from our questionnaire for Colorado primary candidates