DENVER — State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer is expected to announce Tuesday she’s running for Colorado’s gubernatorial seat in 2026, according to a media advisory and state campaign filings made public Monday.

Earlier in the day, Kirkmeyer’s campaign issued a media advisory to news organizations, including Denver7, in which her campaign announced she was to “make a special announcement” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Fort Lupton.

By Monday afternoon, state campaign filing records showed Kirkmeyer had filed for candidacy to “raise and support funds … to become the governor of Colorado.”

As discovered by our partners at The Denver Post , source code of her password-protected campaign website, kirkmeyerforcolorado.com , also revealed an image that reads “Kirkmeyer for Governor” with the same design

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