Jeff Hurd

Jeff Hurd's first job was bagging groceries at City Market in Grand Junction, followed by other jobs stocking shelves, serving food and waiting tables.¹ He and his wife, Barbora, returned to western Colorado to raise five children after a period living and working elsewhere.²

Hurd graduated from Notre Dame and earned law degrees at the University of Denver and Columbia.² He clerked for federal appeals Judge Timothy Tymkovich and worked at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York before building a western Colorado practice representing rural electric cooperatives and other community service providers.¹

His local work has included chairing the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and serving on legal aid and judicial selection bodies.¹ Barbora also studied law and grew up in communist Czechoslovakia, an experience his campaign discusses as part of the family's perspective on democracy and public service.¹

Hurd emphasizes rural employment, housing, affordable energy, reliable internet and protecting Colorado's water, while advocating limited government, free markets and individual rights.¹ He faces Democrat Dwayne Romero, a Western Slope business owner and Army veteran, in a race drawing on both candidates' local professional and public service backgrounds.³