Representative Lorena García

Lorena García is a Democrat representing House District 35 in the Colorado General Assembly, which covers portions of Adams and Jefferson counties. She has been supporting communities throughout Colorado for nearly 20 years. Her career has been dedicated to serving nonprofit organizations, where she focused on organizing around social justice issues, developing life-changing programs, and drafting people-first policies. Her work extends internationally, having supported communities in Nepal and Nicaragua to create self-sufficient, circular economies.

García describes herself as a seventh-generation Coloradan on her father's side and first-generation on her mother's side. She is the youngest of six siblings and an aunt to 16 nieces and nephews. She has been married to her wife, Jaimi, for 14 years, and they have lived in the area for 11 of those years. García identifies as a veteran organizer, social justice activist, and nonprofit leader committed to community-driven representation. Her policy priorities include early childhood education, healthcare access as a public good, economic opportunity regardless of background, and environmental protection with a just transition for oil and gas workers.

Education

García holds a Bachelor's degree in film studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University.

Political Experience

García serves as a Legislator in the Colorado General Assembly. During the 2026 Regular Session, she held committee assignments on the Finance Committee and the Judiciary Committee. She sponsored 15 House bills during this session.

Her legislative sponsorships covered a range of subjects including fiscal policy, taxes, education, health care, immigration, and civil rights. Specific bill topics included modifying tax expenditures and creating a family affordability credit, updating child care assistance programs, protecting the safety of immigrants, ensuring access to abortion medication on college campuses, and establishing accessible language requirements for statutory ballot titles. She also sponsored legislation concerning legal protections for minors, removing exceptions for minors to marry with judicial approval, decriminalizing adult commercial sexual activity, changing Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day, authorizing state agency payments to grant recipients, and setting requirements for campaign consultants.

Prior to her legislative service, García engaged in activism at the State Capitol and at the ballot box. Her advocacy work focused on family-sustaining economic policies, adequate funding for public transportation, civil rights protections, and women's reproductive independence.