Annette Budd
Annette Budd (Republican Party) is running for election for Arapahoe County Clerk in Colorado. Budd is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. Budd advanced from the Republican primary on June 30, 2026.
Budd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Municipal elections in Arapahoe County, Colorado (2026)
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Arapahoe County Clerk
Incumbent Joan Lopez (D) and Annette Budd (R) are running in the general election for Arapahoe County Clerk on November 3, 2026.
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 | Joan Lopez (D) | |
 | Annette Budd  (R) | |
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Arapahoe County Clerk
Incumbent Joan Lopez (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Arapahoe County Clerk on June 30, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joan Lopez | 100.0 | 51,919 |
| Total votes: 51,919 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Arapahoe County Clerk
Annette Budd (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Arapahoe County Clerk on June 30, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Annette Budd | 100.0 | 24,235 |
| Total votes: 24,235 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Annette Budd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Budd's responses.
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Campaign website
Budd's campaign website stated the following:
Improve Service
Government should work for the people — not the other way around. Anyone who owns a car or a home, drives, gets married, travels internationally, and/or registers to vote is required to do business with the Clerk's Office. Everyone in Arapahoe County is affected by how efficiently, responsively and respectfully the office runs.
The residents of Arapahoe County deserve a much higher level of service than they are currently receiving.
Walk-in appointments
Walk-in appointments need to be available for those who cannot navigate online systems or cannot wait long periods of time for an appointment.
Phone calls answered
Friendly and helpful staff need to promptly answer phone calls for those who do not use the internet.
Online appointments
Those who prefer an online appointment system need to receive that service through a user-friendly website.
Life is busy and often complicated enough; interacting with government should not be frustrating.
Getting a marriage license in Arapahoe County can be an especially frustrating situation. The following screenshot from the Clerk's website shows no available appointments. A call confirmed that this wasn't some online glitch. The appointment system only allows appointments to be scheduled for two weeks in the future. If a person wants to set an appointment, they must be one of the first people to hop online at the beginning of the next business day and hope someone else did not take one of the limited spots before they can make their own appointment.
Arapahoe County Clerk's website: no marriage license appointments available (screenshot taken 26FEB2026).
While it is true that Colorado counties do not issue driver's licenses (as that is a function of the state), many counties in our state have opted to serve their citizens by placing limited-service driver's license offices inside existing county DMV offices. Neighboring Douglas County has done this. Take note of the following two screenshots which were taken at the same time on February 26th. Residents of Centennial or Aurora have to use the Colorado State website to make an appointment to renew a license. The screenshots show the user would have had to wait a month for an appointment. Many people have complained that they had to wait six weeks. If a citizen of Douglas County set that same appointment through the Douglas County system, the wait was only three days.
As Arapahoe County Clerk, Annette Budd will make business with her office as simple, efficient, and stress-free as possible.
Restore Trust
As Americans, our right to vote is a sacred trust, the high cost of which was paid for by the great sacrifice of our founding fathers and by the brave men and women who followed in their footsteps as they struggled to preserve the blessings of liberty. How valuable is this right? Every vote is power placed in the hands of the American people. When this is undermined, that power is stripped from the people.
We see corruption being unearthed everywhere. Oftentimes, politics is viewed more as a team sport than something which can have an impact upon every part of the daily lives of those who live under it. There is a tendency to pretend our side is good and the other side is bad. Sadly, Arapahoe County is no exception to this, as evidenced in the This must stop! tab of this website. In the last decade, both Democrats and Republicans have abused this trust. Increasingly, eyes are being opened on all sides of the political spectrum, and it is becoming widely recognized that corruption is system wide.
The vast majority of people agree that we need transparent elections; security we can see for ourselves.
Here is a list of items that would accomplish this goal:
- Only eligible voters can register
- Voter rolls that are accurate and kept up to date
- Voter Identification presented before ballots are cast
- One day, in-person voting (mail-in exceptions made for military, sickness & travel)
- Transparent voting system that is fully auditable with no connection to a computer or the internet
The right to choose our own leaders is too important to be entrusted to systems that allow opportunities for fraud and abuse. We must defend this right with the same determination as those who won it for us.
— Annette Budd's campaign website (July 3, 2026)
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
