Scott Bottoms
Colorado State Representative, District 15 since 2022.
- In office
- 3 yrs
- Since 2022
- Bills became law
- 1
- 17 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 11.6%
- Chamber median 2.0%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +16.0
- Won 2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Appropriations
- State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Elections & Redistricting · Failed in the House Mar 2026
State Government · Failed in committee May 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Bottoms sits in the Colorado House of Representatives
Bottoms is closer to the center than 4% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Stephanie Luck, Ken DeGraaf, Ron Weinberg
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:47 PM ET
With Bottoms’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills92%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Colorado House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Bottoms’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Bottoms | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | HB 1289: Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures | Not voting | No | Yes | Passed 36–26 |
| May 13, 2026 | HB 1236: Arbitration Reform | No | No | Yes | Passed 33–32 |
| May 13, 2026 | HB 1223: Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures | No | No | Yes | Passed 36–29 |
| May 13, 2026 | HB 1255: Social Media Duty to Report & Search Warrants | No | No | Yes | Passed 35–30 |
| May 12, 2026 | SB 35: Increase of Traffic Violation Penalties | No | No | Yes | Passed 35–30 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Bottoms was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado House of Representatives, District 15 | Won | R+16.0 |
| 2022 | Colorado House of Representatives, District 15 | Won | R+17.7 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Bottoms has held
- Colorado House of Representatives, District 15 · since 2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Bottoms has run against
- Jeff K. Livingston (D) · 2024 general, won
- Alvin Sexton (D) · 2022 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Bottoms
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/66254480-6178-4312-8a18-268ec84153cc
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET