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CO-01 Democratic nominee?
$614.7K
JUL 1, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCannabis entrepreneur
PartyDemocratic
GenderFemale
LocationColorado
BackgroundCannabis entrepreneur
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EducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder (graduated 1986)
Notable personal detailsWanda L. James is a Colorado cannabis entrepreneur, Navy veteran, and elected University of Colorado regent. She is the founder and CEO of Simply Pure Dispensary in Denver and, with her husband Scott Durrah, helped launch one of the first Black-owned, legally licensed cannabis businesses in the U.S. She graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and completed the university’s ROTC program before serving as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. In September 2025, she filed to run for the U.S. House as a Democrat in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports federal legalization of cannabis and directing marijuana tax revenue toward community reinvestment (affordable housing, mental-health services, childcare assistance, public-school improvements, and neighborhood economic development). Has advocated for tax and regulatory reforms to address burdens on cannabis businesses (e.g., federal tax treatment/280E) and for using cannabis tax revenue for social programs rather than cutting such funding.
Healthcare
Supports moving toward Medicare for All or universal healthcare and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; emphasizes expanding community health centers, mobile clinics, and guaranteed language access. Commits to fully funding and modernizing VA health care and expanding mental health and suicide prevention services for veterans.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a path to citizenship for Dreamers, farmworkers, and long-term essential workers and favors humane, modern immigration reform. Advocates for smart, technology-driven border security aimed at stopping drugs and trafficking without tearing families apart.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting contraception; expresses commitment to protecting reproductive freedom and voting to codify abortion rights into federal law.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports Second Amendment rights and promotes firearms training and concealed-carry access while engaging in debates over campus carry policy; has co-founded a gun-range/armory aimed at empowering people of color to exercise gun rights. No clear evidence of support for major new gun restrictions or for progressive gun-control package was found in the reviewed sources.
Polls
CO-01 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$300.0K
$225.0K
$150.0K
$75.0K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$300.0K
$33.9K
$266.0K
$14.8K
Source: FEC
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