On Saturday, March 7, both the Grand County GOP and Grand County Democrats will be hosting their caucuses for the upcoming midterm elections. Grand County GOP’s caucus will be held at Middle Park High School.

It begins at 8:30am for check-in and credentialing, with a start time of 9 a.m.

Grand County Democrats’ caucus will be hosted at East Grand Middle School. It opens for mingling and socializing at 9 a.m. before the official start time of 10 a.m.

GOP caucus

Following the 9 a.m. start time, sugared up with treats from Denver-located American Donuts, a chair and co-chair will be elected to serve on the County Central Committee for Grand County’s GOP representation. For each of the 12 county precincts, a number of delegates — totaling to 100 delegates and 100 alternate delegates — will be selected from each precinct to form a County Assembly. The number of delegates from each county precinct depends on the proportion of votes for Donald Trump during the 2024 general election.

Following the caucus, there will be a lunch period prior to a reconvening of the 100 chosen delegates for the County Assembly. This is when these persons will ratify the election of the chair and co-chair chosen during the caucus. The assembly will also fill 11 delegate and alternate delegate positions to the Colorado State Republican Assembly as well as Grand County’s respective State House and Senate, Judicial and US House districts.

This Assembly meeting will then be topped by designating Republican candidates for the positions of county assessor, clerk/recorder, commissioner for district 3, Coroner, Sheriff, Surveyor, and Treasurer.

Dan Osborne, communications director for Grand County’s GOP presence, applauds his team, highlighting that it takes “an enormous amount of work to get this together and we have our entire leadership team involved in making this happen and facilitating the different events.”

To participate in voting, you must to be a registered Republican. However, anyone can attend.

Democratic Caucus

Hosted at East Grand Middle School, Grand County Democratic caucus is open to all persons, but participants will be limited to those who were registered Democrats as of Feb. 13, 2026. After enjoying social hour and provided pastries, attendees can choose to volunteer to be a new precinct organizer or serve as election judges.

Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District’s Representative for the U.S. House of Representatives, Joe Neguse, and Colorado State Senator, Dylan Roberts, will also visit and give short speeches. Other state-level candidates will also have pre-recorded speeches that will be shown. Lunch will be provided for those who decide to participate in the County Assembly which will convene following the designated lunch period.

During the County Assembly, delegates will be chosen to represent Grand County at higher level Assemblies: State, House District 13, Senate District 8, and Congressional District Assembly. Preference polls will also be held to understand candidate favorability going into the Democratic Primary on June 30.

Four delegates will be chosen to be sent to the State Assembly in support of candidates for U.S. Senate as well as Colorado Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer. Four more delegates will be chosen to represent Grand County in both the Colorado State Senate and House District Assemblies.

While Grand County does not have any Democratic candidates on the ballot for county-level positions this year, Grand County Democrats’ Chair, Liz Newsom, urges all interested persons to attend or participate as “these meetings have a real impact.” It also offers “new and young voters a chance to see how party decisions are made before Election Day,” Newsom said.