In 2018, Salazar ran for Colorado Attorney General, but lost the primary to eventual victor Phil Weiser by a margin of less than one percent of the vote.
During his time in the legislature, Salazar’s pushed to end the practice of high schools using mascots offensive to Native Americans.
"[8] During his tenure, Salazar supported freedom of information legislation that caps charges for filing Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests to four times the state's minimum wage.
[9] Salazar was noted for being among a small number of lawmakers in Colorado who supported Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign in the 2016 Democratic primary.
The newly created district includes Thornton and Federal Heights and parts of unincorporated Adams County to the northeast of these two municipalities.