State Representative Kyle Brown Announces Re-election Bid
Brown’s focus will remain on climate action, affordable housing, Marshall fire recovery, and health care
LOUISVILLE, CO – Kyle Brown recently announced his re-election campaign for the state House of Representatives. Brown represents District 12 which includes Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Gunbarrel, Niwot, and areas surrounding Longmont and Boulder.
“I am honored to represent the community that I grew up in,” said Brown. “As state representative, I will continue to prioritize taking climate action, making housing and health care more affordable, and helping our community recover from the Marshal fire.”
Despite joining the legislature a quarter of the way through the session, Brown wrote and sponsored 11 bills in the 2023 regular session, all of which passed the legislature and were signed by the Governor. This was followed by passing 23 bills during the 2024 regular session. This legislation included bills on Marshall fire recovery, affordable health care, taking climate action and protecting our environment, among others. See more about these bills in Results Matter.
Climate Action
“The Marshall fire showed that our community is not safe from the devastating effects of climate change,” said Brown. “I will continue to make climate action an urgent and top priority.”
Brown is working to make sure the state is leading efforts to address our climate crisis. Brown has sponsored legislation to make it easier and cheaper to put solar panels on your home, improve the electrical grid, and improve siting of commercial solar. He has strongly supported legislation which strengthened our greenhouse gas reduction goals and gave the state government the authority to achieve these goals. Furthermore, clean air, water, and soil are essential for health and the well-being of our communities.
While on City Council, Brown supported making Louisville’s energy 100% renewable. He voted to add electric vehicle charging stations to new development, and worked to eliminate the use of toxic chemicals in parks and open spaces. He has voted to protect land as open space and has supported building codes that increase energy efficiency while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
He will continue to bring forward these values in climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience into the future by bringing forward further legislation and supporting those of his colleagues.
Marshall Fire Recovery
Brown was on the ground the day after the Marshall Fire to help his community recover. First while as a Louisville city councilmember, Brown helped obtain thousands of gallons of bottled water from local partners until potable drinking water was restored. He worked with city and county staff to ensure that debris was cleared as quickly as possible. Working with his colleagues on council, he successfully provided millions of dollars in tax relief for families who are underinsured and rebuilding.
Since coming into the legislature, he has continued to fight to help every family rebuild and recover from the Marshall fire by removing barriers on the state level. He secured $14 million in state relief for those rebuilding from the Marshall fire, leading efforts to exempt Marshall fire rebuilds from state sales tax. He passed legislation to make sure that renters whose homes suffered damage in the fire had healthy and safe homes to return to. He also led efforts to fight underinsurance and hold insurance companies, mortgage servicers, and HOAs accountable to their role in wildfire mitigation and response.
Brown knows that a changing climate is only increasing Colorado’s risk of wildfire, among other risks like extreme heat, drought, and changes in rate and type of precipitation. He will continue to work in these areas to ensure our livelihoods, particularly our homes, are protected.
Affordable Housing
“The lack of affordable housing in Colorado is at crisis levels in our community,” said Brown. “And yet housing is a human right. We must ensure that every family in Boulder county and across Colorado has an affordable place to live.”
As state representative, Brown has been a key advocate for his community in conversations about land use and how we bring about more affordable housing. He supported $28 million in additional rental assistance during the 2023 special session to ensure that relief was brought to everyone, not just those who own property. He fought for inclusionary zoning and for the passage of affordability requirements on rental homes. He will continue to support and advance efforts to address the housing crisis in Boulder County and across the state.
Affordable, Universal Health Care
“No one should go bankrupt because they need to go to the doctor,” said Brown. “Health care is a human right and I will continue to work to bring lower cost, truly universal health care to Colorado.” As a legislator with a deep background in health care policy, Brown has become a respected voice in the Capitol for public health and insurance issues.
In 2023, Brown passed legislation to cap the interest rates on medical debt and help prevent medical debt from going to collections. He led efforts to strengthen Colorado’s public option program and ensure that everyone has the right to know where they can receive basic reproductive health services. He supported efforts to create a “Medicare for all” style system in Colorado. He followed this up in 2024 with several pieces of healthcare legislation.
Brown has fought against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act which would have stripped health care from tens of millions of working Americans. He brought together 10 governors from across the country, Democrats and Republicans, to push back against repeal until the bill was killed.
Brown designed and implemented Colorado’s Public Option program, which has enrolled 35,000 people. This program is providing 10,000 hardworking low income people without documentation with health care for free.
Fighting for Equity
Brown knows that no matter who you are or who you love, you are welcome in Colorado. In the legislature, Brown has sponsored efforts to expand access to gender affirming care and reproductive health care services, including requiring insurance coverage for abortion care. He fought against failed policies that have led to the disproportionate incarceration of people of color.
Brown designed and implemented the nation’s first health insurance plan created to address racial equity. Brown helped spearhead the creation of Louisville’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion task force, and has supported implementing their recommendations. He also wrote Louisville’s first ever proclamation celebrating June as LGBTQ pride month.
Gun Violence Prevention
“No Coloradan should live in fear of gun violence,” Brown said. “Weapons of war have no place in our community.” He continues to stand in support of measures brought forward to address the gun violence epidemic. Brown has voted in support of every gun violence prevention bill brought before him. We must do more.
In 2023, Brown strongly supported the gun violence legislation package, including requiring waiting periods for gun purchases, raising the age to purchase a firearm and strengthening our red flag law. In 2024, he sponsored a bill to ensure key community locations are firearm-free, including polling places, preschools, college campuses, and government buildings. On city council, Brown worked with neighboring cities and his city council colleagues to pass prohibitions on assault weapons and open carry.
He strongly believes that there is a right place for firearm ownership, but that it ought to have constraints to promote safety.
Ending TABOR
Brown will fight to end TABOR, through the courts and at the ballot box. Brown has worked in state government since the passage of TABOR and have seen its terrible effects on our ability to provide the services Coloradans need to thrive. Brown know that Colorado’s roads, schools, housing, and health care all suffer because of this terrible part of our constitution.
He will work to restore faith in government so that Coloradans know that their tax dollars are well spent.
Quality Education and Higher Teacher Salaries
“Every kid in our community and across Colorado deserves a high quality education.” said Brown. “I will work to end the chronic underfunding of schools and teacher salaries.”
In too many places in Colorado, schools struggle for funding and teachers are not paid a living wage. As Brown works to end TABOR, he will work to ensure that future TABOR refunds are directed toward education.
Background
Brown was sworn into the legislature on February 1, 2023 after receiving more than 80 percent of the vote during a vacancy committee. Prior to joining the legislature, Brown served on Louisville City Council. Brown has devoted his career to public service and served in senior roles in the administrations of two Colorado governors and as an advisor to two U.S. senators, fighting for affordable quality health care for all Coloradans.
A native Coloradan, Brown moved to House District 12 when he was one year old. He has now lived here for over 25 years. Brown attended elementary and middle school in Louisville and high school in Boulder. He received his doctorate in genetics from Harvard University and his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. Learn more about his story.
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