Making life better

Barbara McLachlan is our Colorado State House Representative, now running for her fourth and final term. Looking at election results for recent decades, you’ll notice a couple things: it’s been a long time since District 59 elected anyone for more than one term; and McLachlan’s electoral victory margin has steadily increased with each election. Why is she so popular?

A lot of reasons support McLachlan’s return to the State House. For starters, her personal characteristics: she is warm and open, ready to talk with anyone about the issues that affect them, and she does so with a respectful curiosity and careful listening. This explains how she has been able to reach across the aisle so successfully, originating and supporting bipartisan legislation that helps Colorado families, workers, ranchers and businesses. She brings no ideological agenda to her job but one: to make life better for every Coloradan by truly representing the diverse community in town and countryside.

Her intelligence comes through at once with her thorough grasp of the information that leads to good legislation. Her legislative record is stunning on multiple issues affecting Colorado residents. In 2022 alone, bills she sponsored that were signed into law covered: education (she chairs the House Education Committee, with 15 bills signed into law); health care (3); business and finance (3); tribal legislation (4); transportation (3); and agriculture (2 bills plus 2 amendments).

“To know Barbara is to vote for her” – she is uniquely qualified to represent our beautiful rural Four Corners area. Visit https://barbaramclachlan.com/

– Cyndi Ortman, Durango