Dwayne Romero

Dwayne Romero began folding laundry at his family's apartment complex at 12, helping a single mother make ends meet.¹ Baseball later brought him to West Point, and he and his wife, Margaret, a longtime kindergarten teacher, raised three daughters in Colorado.¹

Romero served seven years as an Army engineer officer, graduated from Ranger School and served in the Persian Gulf War before returning to civilian life in Colorado.¹ His military assignments included Fort Carson, and his subsequent community work included nine years coaching a local high school baseball team.¹

He built a property management business on the Western Slope and has served on the Aspen City Council, local school board and Colorado Economic Development Commission.² His broader public service also includes local fire, transit and water boards and work as economic development director in Governor John Hickenlooper's administration.¹

Romero is challenging Republican incumbent Jeff Hurd in the Third District, with rural health care and affordability at the center of his campaign.³² He wants to reverse Medicaid reductions in the 2025 tax and spending law, preserve health care funding and change immigration enforcement while investing in asylum processing, courts and broader immigration legislation.²