James KelloggJames Kellogg

Background and experience. James Kellogg is a Gypsum resident and engineering consultant running to represent Colorado House District 26, which covers Eagle, Routt, Moffat, and Rio Blanco counties. He has lived in Eagle County since 2019 after two decades in Garfield County, and has worked across western Colorado for nearly 30 years specializing in geotechnical, geologic, and water resources engineering. He holds a bachelor's in biology and a master's in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. He and his wife have a blended family of nine children, all local high school graduates, and he attends Vail Church in Avon. He previously served on the Silt Board of Trustees and wrote the "Right Angles" column for the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.

Why he's running. Kellogg is focused on lowering the cost of living, maintaining reliable energy, and protecting West Slope water rights. He supports cutting red tape, reforming zoning and permitting, and protecting TABOR over government mandates and subsidies. On energy, he backs an all-of-the-above strategy that preserves oil, gas, and coal jobs and opposes mandates like the Clean Heat Plan. He has pledged to defend senior water rights against Front Range diversions and to support law enforcement amid the fentanyl crisis, all under a theme of restoring responsible leadership to House District 26.