Federal

Office	Age	State Residence	District Residence	US Citizen	Length of Term	Number of Terms
President	35 [1]		n/a	Natural born [1]	4 years [2]	2 terms [3]
US Representative	25	Yes	No	7 years [4]	2 years	no limit [5]
US Senator	30	Yes	n/a	9 years [6]	6 years	no limit [5]

 

State

Office	Age	State Residence	District Residence	US Citizen	Length of Term	Number of Terms
Attorney General  [9]	25 [7]	2 years [7]	n/a	Yes [7]	4 years [8]	2 terms
CU Regent	18	Yes	12 months	Yes	6 years	2 terms
District Attorney  [10]	18	Yes	n/a	Yes	4 years	varies
Governor	30 [7]	2 years [7]	n/a	Yes [7]	4 years [8]	2 terms
Lt. Governor	30 [7]	2 years [7]	n/a	Yes [7]	4 years [8]	2 terms
RTD Board of Directors	18	Yes	12 months	Yes	4 years	2 terms
Secretary of State	25 [7]	2 years [7]	n/a	Yes [7]	4 years [8]	2 terms
State Board of Education	18	Yes	12 months	Yes	6 years	2 terms
State Representative	25	1 year	12 months	Yes	2 years	4 terms
State Senator	25	1 year	12 months	Yes	4 years	2 terms
State Treasurer	25 [7]	2 years [7]	n/a	Yes [7]	4 years [8]	2 terms

 

County & Municipal

Contact your county clerk or municipal office for candidate qualifications.

 

 

[1]  Article II, Section 1(5), U.S. Constitution
[2]  Article II, Section 1(1), U.S. Constitution
[3]  Amendment XXII, Section 1, U.S. Constitution
[4]  Article I, Section 2, U.S. Constitution
[5]  Candidates may voluntarily limit service to 3 terms (Article VIII, Section 12a, Colorado Constitution)
[6]  Article I, Section 3, U.S. Constitution
[7]  Article IV, Section 4, Colorado Constitution
[8]  Article IV, Section 1, Colorado Constitution
[9]  Must be a licensed attorney of the supreme court of the state in good standing.
[10]  Must have been licensed to practice law in this state for the last 5 years.