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Ballot facts
- Name as listed
- Erik Underwood
- Office
- Governor of Colorado
- Party
- Approval Voting (as listed by the state)
- Running mate
- Frank Atwood (Lieutenant Governor)
- Seat
- Open seat (incumbent term-limited) · current governor: Jared Polis
- Election
- November 3, 2026 general
- Website
- Website: erikunderwood.com
- Candidate list
- Colorado Secretary of State — 2026 General Election candidate list
Stated positions
Paraphrased neutrally from the candidate’s own published materials. Each statement is attributed (“says…”) and cited. We do not evaluate the feasibility or accuracy of promises. Every candidate in this race is summarized the same way. How we compile these.
| Topic | Summary of stated position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | Proposes affordable home loans with a maximum down payment of $2,500. | Campaign website — erikunderwood.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Child care | Proposes funding child care with a 25-cent charge per purchase. | Campaign website — erikunderwood.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Higher education | Proposes free college and trade school in Colorado. | Campaign website — erikunderwood.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Water | Says they will fight for Colorado’s Colorado River water as the 2007 Interim Guidelines expire. | Campaign website — erikunderwood.com/services/water-policy Accessed October 23, 2026 |
Attributed to the candidate; not verified or evaluated by SaveYourState. Candidates can request a correction by pointing to their own published materials.
Campaign finance
Not yet compiled. Candidates for governor report to Colorado’s state campaign-finance office, not the FEC. Their reports are public on the official Colorado campaign-finance search.
Record in office
No legislative record is linked to this candidate. Records are linked only through official identifiers (Bioguide ID) or a hand-checked state officeholder record, to avoid misattribution.
Sources
- Candidate list: Colorado Secretary of State — 2026 General Election candidate list — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Campaign website — erikunderwood.com/issues — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Campaign website — erikunderwood.com/services/water-policy — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Website: Campaign link on the 2026 election article (English Wikipedia), confirmed on the site
- Colorado campaign-finance search (official)