Messenger: Jared Polis

Candidate: Jared Polis

Contest: Governor

Affiliation: D

Date delivered: June 4, 2018

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Message type: mailer

Message tone: positive

About the message: Congressman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis uses a baseball-card theme to outline his policies: "Striking out Donald Trump" and "Going to bat for Medicaid for all," among others. (As for his weight: "Working on it." Aren't we all?)

About the messenger:

Jared Polis is a Democrat who has served as the 2nd Congressional District representative in the U.S. House since 2008. He also won a term on the Colorado Board of Education in 2000.

Polis is an entrepreneur who made millions selling online businesses in the late 1990s.

The messenger's money:

Polis is largely self-funding his campaign, rejecting donations from political action committees. He's only taking donations of $100 and less from individuals. Through July 27, he spent nearly $12.30 million on his campaign.