Biography
Rob Woodward is the Republican candidate for Colorado State Senate District 15 in the November 3, 2026 general election, against incumbent Democrat Janice Marchman.[1][3] He previously represented District 15 in the Colorado State Senate from January 2019 to January 2023.[1]
Rob Woodward graduated from Colorado State University in 1990, then moved to Chicago to work in corporate finance while earning an M.B.A.[1] He later moved to New York to help launch an investment banking company and returned to Colorado in 1995.[1]
Woodward was elected to the Colorado State Senate in 2018, succeeding Kevin Lundberg, and took office on January 4, 2019.[1][2] In 2019 and 2020 he served on the Senate Finance Committee, the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee and the Statutory Revision Committee, of which he was vice chair.[1] In 2021 and 2022 he was assigned to the Legislative Audit Committee, the Statutory Revision Committee and the Business, Labor, and Technology Committee.[1] He left office on January 9, 2023, and Janice Marchman succeeded him.[1]
In a 2022 Ballotpedia survey, Woodward described his background as being in small business and entrepreneurship and said he and his wife, Paula, have three children.[2] He listed affordability, an all-of-the-above approach to energy that includes oil and gas as well as wind, solar and geothermal, and public safety as campaign priorities.[2]
- 1.Rob Woodward - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Rob Woodward - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2022) · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
- 3.Colorado State Senate elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Colorado Senate District 15
Rob Woodward is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Colorado Senate District 15 as R. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
