Alex Valdez represents Colorado’s House District 5, which encompasses the urban core of Denver. He was elected in 2018 to succeed former House Speaker Crisanta Duran. Alex Valdez was born and raised in the Denver Metro area. After the recession hit, he founded a solar business with a grassroots campaign out of a co-working space in the River North Art District (RiNo). Today, his dedication and hard work have helped that company flourish into one of Colorado’s largest solar companies.
Alex has been an environmentalist his entire life, channeling his passion for the environment into action in both his career and his work in the Colorado Legislature. Alex has seen firsthand that facilitating renewable energy development creates job opportunities and fights climate change. Alex knows that the environment is a bi-partisan issue, and through addressing climate change and building a new energy economy, Alex helps Colorado lead in driving real change for all Coloradans. Throughout his time in the State House, Alex has passed a multitude of environmental bills focused on reducing air pollution, creating an electric vehicle ready future, and facilitating clean energy adoption.