Who is Tina Peters, the Colorado clerk whose sentence for election crimes was commuted?

The state’s governor commuted Peters’ sentence after a White House pressure campaign against Colorado Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk, had her prison sentence commuted on Friday by Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, after months of pressure from Donald Trump and other conservatives. The move drew immediate rebuke from Colorado Democrats, including the US senator and former governor John Hickenlooper. Continue reading...

Robert Mackey · Fri, May 15, 2026, 3:40 PM
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Who is Tina Peters, the Colorado clerk whose sentence for election crimes was commuted?

The state’s governor commuted Peters’ sentence after a White House pressure campaign against Colorado

Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk, had her prison sentence commuted on Friday by Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, after months of pressure from Donald Trump and other conservatives.

The move drew immediate rebuke from Colorado Democrats, including the US senator and former governor John Hickenlooper.

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