Colorado Politics reports that Michael Allen, the Republican district attorney for Colorado’s 4th Judicial District, says he is running for Colorado attorney general because the state’s justice system has been weakened by recent legislation and rising crime is driving up the cost of living. Allen, a Navy veteran and longtime prosecutor, argues Colorado needs an attorney general focused on public safety instead of “political lawsuits,” and he is tying crime directly to higher insurance rates, retail prices, and business costs.
This is the opening shot in the 2026 attorney general fight, and I fully support Michael Allen in his election to become Colorado’s next Attorney General. Not because politics needs another glossy brochure with a flag pin and a font consultant. Because Allen is saying out loud what regular Coloradans already know in their bones: crime is not free, disorder is not free, and a justice system neutered by the Capitol’s therapy-circle caucus sends the bill to families, cops, prosecutors, small businesses, and neighborhoods.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Allen says Colorado’s justice system has been weakened by recent legislation and that rising crime is making life more expensive. That is the useful frame. Crime is not just a headline. It is a cost-of-living issue with broken glass, higher premiums, retail theft lockdowns, and exhausted police officers attached.
- Colorado Politics notes Allen has more than 20 years of prosecutorial experience and currently serves as district attorney for El Paso and Teller counties. In a race for attorney general, “I have actually prosecuted criminals” should not sound like a radical counterculture movement, but here we are.
- Allen says the AG’s office should get back to basics, reducing crime to reduce costs. Somewhere in Denver, a policy consultant just dropped a $14 latte and whispered, “But what about our restorative justice ecosystem?”
- His stated priorities include aggressively prosecuting fentanyl trafficking, cartels, and organized crime; reversing legislation he says weakened accountability for repeat and violent offenders; strengthening consumer protection; and reducing costs by reducing crime. That is not complicated. It is what normal people thought the justice system was supposed to do before the activists found the copier.
- Colorado Politics says Allen has endorsements from the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, Colorado Springs Police Protective Association, former Gov. Bill Owens, former Attorney General John Suthers, and U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans and Jeff Crank. The man is clearly not running as the preferred candidate of the “please stop doing crimes, if it’s not too much trouble” wing of Colorado politics.
My Bottom Line
Colorado’s ruling class spent years treating criminals like misunderstood houseplants and taxpayers like an unlimited ATM. Now regular people are paying for it.
They are paying through higher insurance. Higher rent. Higher grocery prices. Higher security costs. Store closures. Police overtime. Court backlogs. Busted car windows. Locked-up merchandise. Neighborhoods where people quietly lower their expectations because nobody in power seems to give a damn unless the offender has a nonprofit advocate and a grant application attached.
That is why Allen’s argument matters. He is not just saying “crime bad,” which even most Capitol Democrats will admit if you phrase it gently and offer snacks. He is saying crime has a price tag, and the political class has been hiding that price tag under a pile of slogans about reform, equity, root causes, and compassion.
Here is the scam: weaken accountability, call it justice reform, watch the guardrails collapse, then scold citizens for wanting consequences. That is not compassion. That is arrogance with a committee hearing.
The question in this race is not whether Michael Allen is some marble-statue hero. The question is how badly Colorado’s justice system had to be weakened before basic law and order started sounding like a rebellion.
I’m for Michael Allen because Colorado needs an attorney general who understands that public safety is not a side issue. It is the foundation. Without it, affordability is a joke, neighborhoods fray, businesses leave, families pay more, and the law-abiding get told to be patient while the experts run another experiment on their lives.
Consequences are not cruelty. They are civilization. Colorado needs an attorney general who remembers that before the next wave of policy geniuses tries to rename the wreckage one more time.
Source: Colorado Politics
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