Not a single Democrat in the Colorado legislature says Jared Polis should reduce Tina Peters’ sentence
The Colorado Sun • • nation
Key Points:
- No Democrat in the Colorado legislature supports Governor Jared Polis reducing the nine-year prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, despite Polis indicating he may do so.
- Peters was convicted in 2024 of orchestrating a security breach of election systems based on 2020 election conspiracy theories and sentenced to nine years, a sentence Polis has criticized as too harsh compared to probation given to former Democratic state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis for a similar felony charge.
- Legislative Democrats strongly reject Polis' comparison between Peters and Jaquez Lewis, emphasizing the differences in their crimes and opposing any sentence reduction for Peters, with some suggesting legislative responses to demonstrate that election interference will not be tolerated.
- President Donald Trump has urged Polis to pardon Peters and threatened Colorado
