Candidate · November 3, 2026
Clifton Brown
On the ballot for U.S. House · Colorado's 3rd District
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Colorado's 3rd District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Unaffiliated1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Clifton Brown was born in Salt Lake City in 1958, grew up partly in Southern California and moved with his family to Denver in 1971.2,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he decided to run after masked men began seizing immigrants and citizens, and that his campaign is about introducing a new party, the Human and Environmental Rights Organization (HEROs), and a new way of thinking.3,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteruhero.com3,
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§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website calls for ending stock trading, book deals and all outside work by federal judges and elected officials.3,
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
His campaign website calls for a national ID system, with only citizens holding that ID allowed to vote or donate to campaigns.3,
His campaign website calls for ending mail-in voting and making Election Day a paid national holiday.3,
- Mail a ballot to every registered voter
- Let any voter request a mail ballot without giving a reason
- Allow mail ballots only for voters with a reason, such as illness, disability or travel
- End most mail voting, keeping it for military and overseas voters
His campaign website calls for a constitutional amendment to get money out of politics, no contributions from corporations, foreigners or super PACs, and limited donations from individual citizens.5
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website calls for cutting military spending, ending all foreign wars and closing all foreign military bases.3,
- Increase military spending
- Hold it near current levels, adjusted for inflation
- Cut military spending
His campaign website says he would stop U.S. funding for Israel's government and end U.S. arms sales worldwide.5
- Increase military aid to Israel
- Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
- Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
- Reduce or end military aid to Israel
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website calls for ending deficit spending by passing a balanced budget amendment.3,
- Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
- No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
- No constitutional requirement or new spending limits
Health Care
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website calls for ending the drug war and legalizing recreational drugs, sold at government-run pharmacies with the revenue going to drug rehabilitation.5
- Keep recreational use against the law
- Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
- Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
- Make it legal for adults to buy and use
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he would not interfere with a woman's right to decide about abortion, and that his approach is to help parents with the difficulties and high cost of raising children.5
Tribal Nations, Territories and DC
His campaign website says he would make Puerto Rico a state.5
- Make Puerto Rico a state
- Keep it a US territory
- Make it an independent country with close ties to the US set by treaty (free association)
- Make it a fully independent country
Agriculture and Rural Life
His campaign website says land ownership should be limited to U.S. citizens, with no ownership by corporations, land trusts or foreigners.5
- Ban farmland purchases by all foreign buyers
- Ban purchases by buyers tied to China, Russia, Iran or North Korea
- Require more reporting and national security reviews of purchases, but no outright bans
- Keep current reporting rules, with no new limits on foreign buyers
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says he would expand paid vacation and maternity leave.5
Immigration
His campaign website says illegal immigration can be stopped without walls or prisons, by holding employers who hire people here illegally to real consequences.5