Colorado Center Party

The Colorado Center Party is a minor third party in the United States state of Colorado, primarily centered around its second congressional district, promoting a centrist political program. The party achieved minor party status in September 2023.

History
The party was founded by Steve Yurash, a Never Trump Republican, who left the Republican party in 2019 and spent two years working on forming his own political party. Yurash stated that "The Center Party is more left-leaning on the social issues and more right-leaning on the fiscal issues and crime," with the party being launched in January 2022 and stated that they aim to "bring civility back to politics" and "protect us from the far left and the far right," backing positions the party views as bipartisan and "common sense" with the party aiming to attract the 47% of Colorado's electorate that are registered political independents. The party officially got over 1,000 signatures in a ballot access petition and received minor party status in Colorado on September 7, 2023. As such, the party no longer needs to gather signatures to stand their candidates, removing one of the largest barriers to their participation in elections.

Election results
Yurash stood for Colorado's 2nd congressional district during the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, centering his campaign around that "[The party is] firmly firmly anti-crime and support our police to handle crime with civilian oversight, and we support more gun control." Yurash got 2,876 votes, or 0.8% of the electorate earning a distant third place, but performing better than the American Constitution Party and the Unity Party of America.

Positions

 * Reducing illegal immigration by securing the Mexico–United States border.
 * Eliminating cash bail and other prison reform.
 * Supporting abortion and women's access to abortion clinics.
 * Punishing polluters who willingly contribute to global warming.