Posted May 21, 2026

 

Starting this week, U.S. Senate candidate Julie Gonzales is hitting the road for a six-week tour across Colorado. At every stop, Julie will be sitting down with real Coloradans. A National Park Service employee fired by Elon Musk. A rancher watching costs climb because of climate change, Trump’s tariffs, and the Iran war. A ski worker who can’t afford housing. The tour will span the Front Range suburbs, Eastern Plains, agricultural communities, mountain towns, Tribal lands, and rural corners of the state.

“This isn’t a campaign tour where I show up, say a few words, and leave. I’m going to sit across from real Coloradans because they deserve a Senator who will show up and listen, not just to donors but to working people,” said Julie Gonzales. “It’s about time. Colorado has been waiting for a Senator who will actually fight for them.”

Why This Matters

 

Colorado’s Democratic primary is usually an insider’s game, endorsements, established donor networks, decades of establishment relationships. Gonzales is running a different kind of campaign. No corporate PAC money, no establishment playbook. Just a six-week drive to every corner of Colorado to talk to the people John Hickenlooper can’t be bothered to meet.

 

I’m going to sit across from real Coloradans because they deserve a Senator who will show up and listen, not just to donors, but to working people.”
Julie Gonzales, U.S. Senate candidate

 

The tour will also trace the state’s deep labor history. From Ludlow, where in 1914, Colorado miners went on strike to demand an eight-hour workday after John D. Rockefeller said no. To Telluride, where a century later, ski patrollers went on strike after the resort issued its “last, best, and final” offer and refused to come back to the table. They walked out on December 27. They held the line for twelve days and won.

 

100 years apart. The same fight. Billionaires deciding workers don’t deserve a seat at the table and workers proving them wrong. Gonzales has spent 20 years fighting corporations gouging renters. Insurance companies denying care. Wealthy insiders writing the rules in back rooms. It is about time Colorado had a Senator in Congress willing to do the same.

 

Key Stops / Additional stops to be announced here

 

• Aurora: Speak with immigration advocates at GEO Group detention facility.
• Greeley: Meet with UFCW workers coming off JBS strike.
• Gardner and Walsenburg: Meeting with residents to discuss challenges of Colorado’s rural economy.
• San Luis Valley: Meeting with ranches dealing with the consequences of climate change.
• Telluride: Meet with ski patrol workers who recently unionized.
• Black Canyon National Park: Meet with federal worker fired by DOGE.
• Durango: Meet with former USAID workers, Tribal elders from the Ute Mountain Tribe and Southern Ute Tribe, and community members impacted by ICE.
• Boulder: Meeting with local climate and housing activists.
• Denver: Meow Wolf concert. Local business visits. Red Rocks with event staff. Lucha Libre rally.

 

Regional Dates

 

Four Corners: May 18-22

Salida, Durango, Cortez, Mancos, Pagosa Springs, Alamosa, Walsenberg, Gardner, Pueblo, Colorado Springs

 

Front Range: May 23-31

Evergreen, Boulder, Aurora, Fort Collins, Greeley

 

Central Mountain: June 1-3

Estes Park, Granby, Kremmling, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Basalt

 

Front Range: June 4-8

Denver, Manitou Springs

 

Western Slope: June 13-16

Avon, Grand Junction, Telluride, Montrose, Gunnison, Park County

 

Front Range: June 17-20

Denver

 

Southern Colorado: June 21-23

 

Buena Vista, Salida, Cañon City, Pueblo, Rocky Ford, Trinidad, Ludlow, Colorado Springs

 

Senadora Julie Gonzales is a progressive Democrat representing north, west, and downtown Denver in the Colorado Senate. First elected in 2018, Julie brought that organizing spirit into the Capitol and turned it into results. Julie serves as Chair of the Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair of Local Government & Housing, and sat on Appropriations, Finance, Legal Services, and Legislative Council. Senadora Gonzales also co-chairs the Colorado Democratic Latino Caucus. Julie lives in affordable housing in Denver’s Jefferson Park neighborhood with her husband, Ben, and their beloved shih tzus, Panda and Beans.

 

For more information on Julie’s tour and campaign visit julieforcolorado.com.