Candidate · November 3, 2026

Jessica Killin

On the ballot for U.S. House · Colorado's 5th District

Democratic PartyChallenger
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$5.6M
cash on hand
$508K
issues with public statements
19
outside spending for or against
$4.0M

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Colorado's 5th District1
Party on the ballotDemocratic Party1
StatusChallenger
Also on the ballot

§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.

Jessica Killin was born in La Jara, Colorado, was raised in Colorado Springs by two public school educators, and graduated from Falcon High School.2,3 She attended college on an ROTC scholarship and served eight years in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of captain, as a paratrooper and military police officer stationed overseas, including on peacekeeping missions in the Balkans.2,3 After the Army she earned a law degree from Georgetown and spent more than a decade at USAA working on policies for military families and veterans, including VA home loans and payday lending.2,3 She later held staff leadership roles on Capitol Hill and at the White House, and this is her first run for elected office.2,3

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is running to bring competence, courage and character back to Washington and to advocate for Colorado families, and that her time in Washington showed her that both parties need to change.2,3

Websites and accounts

§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.

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Her campaign website says she would end tariffs that it says are raising prices on everyday goods.2,6

  1. Lower or remove most tariffs
  2. Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
  3. Broad tariffs on most imports
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she supports clear rules for emerging digital assets that give the industry long-term certainty while protecting consumers.6

Housing

Her campaign website says she would increase the affordable housing supply in the Pikes Peak region and limit corporate landlords and hedge funds buying up homes and raising rents.2,6

Energy and Climate

Her campaign website says data centers should pay their fair share for the energy they use, that the community should have the final say on where they are built, and that she supports a moratorium on data centers to address concerns about utility costs and water use.2

  1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
  2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
  3. Pause or limit new data centers
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Taxes and Budget

Her campaign website says the very wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes and that taxes should be cut for the middle class.2,6

Her campaign website says large corporations should pay their fair share of taxes.2,6

Her campaign website says she would work to balance the budget and pay down the national debt, and to measure every government program for results and eliminate those that do not work.2,6

Her campaign website says members of Congress should not be paid during a government shutdown.2,6

Elections and Government Reform

Her campaign website says she would ban members of Congress, herself included, from trading public stocks while in office.2,6

  1. Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
  2. Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
  3. No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she supports term limits for members of Congress.2

Her campaign website says she supports overturning Citizens United and banning dark money to reduce the influence of corporations in politics.2,6

  1. Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
  2. Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
  3. Keep current rules
  4. Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Veterans

Her campaign website says she would increase staffing at VA clinics and restore funding to reduce wait times.2,6

  1. Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
  2. Keep staffing near current levels
  3. Cut VA staff further, especially in administrative jobs
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Her campaign website says she would repeal recent Medicaid cuts, which it says will cost hundreds of thousands of Coloradans their coverage.2,6

  1. Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
  2. Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
  3. Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Social Security and Medicare

Her campaign website says she would let Medicare negotiate lower prices for more prescription drugs.2,6

  1. Repeal or scale back negotiation
  2. Keep the program as it is
  3. Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Technology, Privacy and AI

Her campaign website says she supports clear guidelines, standards and rules for artificial intelligence that let the industry grow while providing oversight and protections for consumers and workers.6

Environment and Public Lands

Her campaign website says she would oppose efforts to sell off federal public lands and make sure the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management have the resources to protect open spaces.2,6

  1. Transfer large areas of federal land to the states
  2. Sell limited amounts of federal land, such as near towns for housing
  3. Keep federal lands in federal ownership
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she would boost resources for wildland firefighters and modernize the response to wildfires.2,6

Immigration

Her campaign website says she supports a secure border and that ICE should focus on deporting dangerous criminals rather than separating hardworking families who contribute to their communities.2

Her campaign website says ICE should follow the same rules as other police forces, including requiring warrants and using body cameras.2

§4Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.7

Raised$5,593,463
Spent$5,085,735
Cash on hand$507,728

Where the money came from

Individual donors$4.0M · 72%
PACs and other political committees$438K · 8%
Political party committees$7,439 · 0%
The candidate's own money (gifts and loans)$1.0M · 18%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$114K · 2%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$12K · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $126,413 supporting and $3,911,174 opposing Jessica Killin this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 24, 2026.8

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.—$2,337,994
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.—$1,024,801
Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (AFP Action) DBA CVA Action and DBA LIBRE Action—$373,430
AB PAC$110,598—
CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC.—$75,237
MAGA INC.—$63,212
BUILDING AMERICAN GREATNESS PAC—$36,500
Working America$10,500—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§5Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.