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.
The computing and internet revolutions continue to transform every aspect of our lives. Unfortunately access to and the benefits from these innovations are not available to everyone equally. I believe that our ability to access information is a right, and I will fight to enact state-level net neutrality to preserve the right of people to access information freely. I will also fight to ensure that internet access become accessible to everyone in our community.