Katie Wallace elected as new D17 senatorBoulder County Democrat Katie Wallace, a former federal policy advisor for Congressman Joe Neguse, was selected to fill the vacant Senate District 17 seat Tuesday, March 18. The SD17 vacancy committee, consisting of 114 D17 Democrats, elected Wallace from a field of nine candidates during the virtual vacancy meeting. Wallace will fill the seat vacated by Sen. Sonya Jaquez-Lewis, who resigned amid an ongoing ethics probe to take a job for a women and LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit earlier this year. The 2025 legislative session is scheduled to conclude May 7, but Wallace will serve in the seat until at least the 2026 election. Editor's note: this story has been updated to include additional clarification on the allocation of funds and the petition organizers.