Restore the Balance – Delta County (RTB Delta County) is a branch of a 501(C)(4) nonprofit organization centered in Grand Junction, Colorado. We are Democrats, Republicans, and Independents working together for the purpose of building an alternative to political violence and extremism. RTB members have endorsed seven fundamental principles of political action and discourse, and RTB’s main activity is the evaluation of candidates for public office.

 
RTB Delta County sent questionnaires to 34 municipal candidates running in the six municipal elections running concurrently in April. The questionnaire consisted of nine questions and addressed three primary categories: the  candidates’ qualifications for office, their grasp of important issues, and their ability to abstain from partisan politics and ideology.  Of the 34 candidates, 19 responded. 

 

With the completed questionnaires, RTB-Delta County Election Task Force members reviewed and evaluated the candidates’ essay-style responses based on RTB’s guiding principles, which promote nonpartisan, good-faith, civil discourse and reject political violence and extremism.  The task force members independently scored the candidates’ responses to each question, with 7 being the highest score. Candidates who didn’t respond to the survey did not receive a score.