Celeste Landry

Celeste Landry is the Colorado Forward Party's nominee for Secretary of State. A math graduate and longtime teacher and volunteer election-policy advocate, she says she has lobbied at the state Capitol and at Secretary of State rulemaking hearings. Her key messages are the right to vote, better representation including proportional ranked voting, and election integrity.[1][2]

Landry earned a bachelor's degree in math from Stanford University and a master's degree in operations research from George Washington University.[2] She has worked as a manufacturing production scheduler and as a teacher in Boston, China, outside New York City, Bahrain and Boulder.[2] She says she has lived in Colorado and voted in every election since 1994.[1]

Landry has served as a volunteer lobbyist and has been affiliated with the League of Women Voters, including Boulder County's Voting Methods Team and Colorado's Alternative Voting Methods Task Force.[2] She says she has advocated at the state Capitol, the Title Board and Secretary of State rulemaking hearings, and that she lobbied to limit electronic ballot return to people with a print disability under Senate Bill 21-188.[1] She says she introduced Rep. Joe Neguse to the Fair Representation Act, which he has co-sponsored each session, and testified against the vacancy election provisions of House Bills 25-1315 and 25-1319.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.