Coloradans deserve a Secretary of State we can trust to protect our elections. Amanda Gonzalez, Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, is an attorney, former small business CEO, and elections expert dedicated to ensuring every eligible Colorado voter has the freedom and confidence to cast their ballot. Amanda brings decades of experience, a lifelong commitment to public service, and has worked tirelessly to ensure elections are secure, accessible, and transparent for every Coloradan.
Amanda’s first memory of civic engagement was going lawn chair to lawn chair at the local park when she was in elementary school. As parents watched their children hone their soccer and t-ball skills, she asked them to vote yes on a school bond measure that would have funded permanent classroom buildings at her school.
Since those early days in the park, her passion for civic engagement has only grown as she’s become one of the country’s leading experts on voting, redistricting, and oversees one of Colorado’s largest county’s elections. She’s been sought out by the Washington Post, Denver Post, 9News, and The Colorado Sun for her expertise. Amanda has spent her career creating policies that encourage public participation in our government. She fundamentally believes that our government is better when we all participate. And at every stage of her career – as a County Clerk, policy analyst and staff attorney, professor, nonprofit executive director, or small business CEO – she’s worked to create systems that work for everyone. That’s why she’s been recognized by the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association as an outstanding young attorney, the Colorado LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce as a 40 Under 40 honoree, and the Denver Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 honoree.
All Coloradans deserve elections and government that they can trust. That’s why Amanda has spent years training volunteer attorneys in Colorado election law so that they could protect the vote throughout Colorado. She headed up the state’s largest nonpartisan election protection effort in 2018 and 2020 – engaging thousands of Coloradans to protect everyone’s right to vote. She also worked with volunteers, county clerks, the Secretary of State’s office, and bipartisan teams of legislators to pass laws that ensured ballot access for all eligible voters.
Amanda’s father was a small business owner and she spent several years running a small business here in Colorado. Her time as the CEO taught her that we all deserve inclusive and efficient systems. In that role she doubled profits while increasing staff diversity and creating the first philanthropic program in her industry. She’ll use that business know-how to ensure that the Secretary of State’s business and licensing systems run professionally and efficiently.
Amanda has called Jefferson County home since 2012. In her free time, she can be found scouring the front range with her partner Rob for Colorado’s best wine, tacos, donuts, or dumplings, cuddling with their senior rescue dog Charlie, in Arvada, CO.
