13 Facts About Jon Caldara

Jon Caldara is an American libertarian activist who serves as the president of the Independence Institute.

Jon Caldara is a radio host and hosts a current events show, Devil's Advocate with Jon Caldara, that airs on KBDI-TV PBS 12 in Denver, Colorado.

Jon Caldara's family moved to Colorado when he was six years old.

Jon Caldara graduated from Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado, and then the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder.

Jon Caldara was elected to the board of directors for the Regional Transportation District, and eventually became its chairman.

Jon Caldara then tested the law by declaring his intent to move to Colorado Springs, in order to vote in a recall election there.

In September 2013, Jon Caldara cast a blank ballot, but never moved to Colorado Springs, although he sublet a room there for a brief time.

Suthers called the incident "suspicious," and said that it was questionable that Jon Caldara ever intended to become an El Paso County resident.

From 2016 through 2020, Jon Caldara wrote a weekly column for The Denver Post.

In January 2020, Jon Caldara was dismissed by the Denver Post, for what he felt were his politically incorrect statements on transgender rights, which had been reflected repeatedly in the media, and his voicing his concerns the ensuring of inclusivity comes at the price of sacrificing the right to free speech.

On February 1,2020, it became public that Jon Caldara had been employed as a columnist by The Gazette.

In March 2020, Jon Caldara called on Colorado Governor Jared Polis for the suspension or reversal of the ban on single-use plastic or paper bags, as these, compared to reusable, and more emissions-intensive, bags produced in China, would lower the public health risk possibly without any adverse environmental effect.

Jon Caldara is the father of three children, one of whom died of cancer when she was one year old.