Who is running for Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder in 2026?

Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder

Joan Lopez has been Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder since her election in November 2018 and has worked in the office since 2001, according to the county's biography². She was re-elected in November 2022 with 61.2 percent over Caroline Cornell³. She faces Republican Annette Budd in November¹.

• Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder since her election in November 2018; has worked in the office since 2001²
• Elected in November 2018² and re-elected in November 2022 with 61.2 percent (152,761 votes to Caroline Cornell's 96,682)³.

Family small-business owner (campaign website)

Annette Budd is the Republican nominee for Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder¹. Her campaign website says she has lived in Arapahoe County since the early 1990s, raised six children in Centennial, and that her family's small business has operated for almost thirty years². Her stated aims are to restore trust in elections and to improve service, including a hybrid appointment and walk-in system and an easier-to-navigate website².

• Family-owned and operated small business with her husband, for almost thirty years (campaign website)²
• Arapahoe County resident since the early 1990s; raised six children in Centennial²
• Has not held the office; the Republican nominee on the November 2026 ballot¹.