November 17, 2025
Boulder County Newsletter from desk of BCR Chairman, Peg Cage
PREPARATION FOR CAUCUSES ON MARCH 3, 2026, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
A four-month series to prepare us for self-governance through the caucus and assembly process.
Week 2, Delegate Selection at Caucus
Dan O'Brien's Summary:
• Caucus participation and delegate selection: Almost every Registered Republican in Boulder County can attend their precinct caucus on Tuesday, March 3rd, to elect delegates and alternates for the county assembly, which influences candidate nominations for county offices
• Assembly roles and candidate nominations: Delegates at the county assembly nominate candidates for county offices, with those receiving over 30% of votes placed on the primary ballot. Note the Boulder County Assembly is scheduled for Saturday, March 21st. Delegates may also participate in district assemblies for nominating candidates in state and congressional districts
• Impact on higher-level elections and platforms: County assembly delegates may become state assembly delegates, influencing nominations for statewide offices and contributing to Republican platform resolutions, highlighting the strategic importance of caucus attendance
• Potential changes to election processes: Changes may come from Colorado GOP's decision on primary elections and a pending executive order to reform election methods by eliminating mail ballots and machines, aiming for stricter voting protocols
Peg's longer version:
MARCH 3, 2026, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
That’s when the 2026 Republican Caucuses take place in Boulder County. Colorado is one of the few states which has retained this foundation of self-governance. The process has been under attack from the opposition party and even from within the GOP, but for now it is still the way we organize the major parties and delegate our candidates. If we don’t use it, we’ll lose it. So, let’s learn how to use it! There are many articles about it at https://mycoloradogop.org/246-project-2022-republican-caucus.
With only a few length-of-residency and registration requirements, almost every registered Republican in Boulder County is eligible to attend and participate in their precinct caucus on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. For each precinct caucus, a specific number of people will be allotted to serve as delegates and alternates for the Boulder County Assembly, scheduled for Saturday, March 21st, 2026. Delegates who are elected at caucus will be voting members of the assembly; absent delegates are replaced by their alternates.
At the county assembly, the delegates will nominate candidates from the floor for each of the open positions for county elected offices, such as the Sheriff and Assessor. Each candidate with over 30% of the delegate’s votes will be placed on the primary election ballot.
Delegates will also break into meetings for their house, senate, and congressional districts. Judicial District 20 and the house and senate districts wholly within Boulder County will conduct their assemblies to designate candidates. Districts that include more than one county will elect an allotted number of delegates proportional to Boulder County’s part of the district. Those multi-county district meetings will be held at a later date.
Delegates to the county assembly will be eligible to run as delegates or alternates to the state assembly, where they will delegate the state primary election candidates such as senator, treasurer, and governor.
The people elected as delegates at your precinct caucus will directly decide or indirectly influence, by electing the delegates for higher assemblies, who will be on your primary election ballot, and which resolutions will influence the state and national Republican Platforms. That makes attending your precinct caucus very important! Smart candidates for office will work to fill each precinct with delegates who will help get them onto the primary election ballot. This can be very effective if the caucuses have low turnouts. However, the smart candidates might not be the BEST candidates, so it’s important to research the people who are running for office and put yourself or trusted neighbor into a delegate position.
A big twist for 2026 is the still-unresolved issue of whether the Colorado Republican Party voted to opt-out of the state-run semi-open primary elections. If the pending lawsuit favors the votes of the 2024 State Assembly Delegates and the 2025 State Central Committee Members, then the party may be conducting assemblies for the purpose of nominating candidates directly to the general election ballot.
Some people complain that Republicans must participate in the primary elections, or “millions of people would be disenfranchised.” How can it even be a “Republican” election, when Republican electors are outnumbered by people who refuse to affiliate with the party? Only the people who choose not to affiliate with the party and participate in the caucus and assembly process will, of their own volition, miss out on the delegating or nominating process, and they will be able to vote in the general election. Also consider that because “election” is defined as “voting to choose individuals to hold public office,” and since a primary election does not offer such a conclusion, maybe we shouldn’t even have “primary elections.”
Another major change is supposedly pending – because of the massive amounts of fraud being found in the current election system, President Trump may be signing an executive order to declare a national emergency that would outlaw mail ballots and election machines and reduce elections to a single day and demand they are conducted in precincts with photo identification and proof of citizenship on paper ballots that are hand counted where they were cast.
Stay tuned, 2026 is going to be an exciting time for Republicans!
Next week: Precinct Committee Persons Selection at Caucus.