Incumbent Mesa County Clerk Bobbie Gross is now facing a Republican challenger in the state’s June 30 primary election.
Abigail Silzell filed to run for Mesa County Clerk on April 4, 2026, according to the Secretary of State’s website.
Silzell is 30 years old and her full name is Elizabeth Abigail Silzell. The address she gave for her residence, 9734 Highway 65 in Mesa, appears to be registered to a person who is likely her mother. Abigail’s LinkedIn page says she is currently in sales and marketing for Copper Creek Builders. She started that job in May, 2025. Prior to that time, Silzell was a closing assistant for Land Title Guarantee Corporation for 2 years and 10 months — from March 2021 to December, 2023. Before that, she worked in catering sales in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas area and before that she worked as a store clerk in Ft. Worth.
She doesn’t report any experience as a county clerk, or any work in the offices of a county clerk in any capacity.
Worrisome errors indicate lack of attention to detail
What you’re seeing in the above screenshots is how Ms. Silzwell registered her candidacy with the Colorado Secretary of State.
The forms say in several places that her candidate committee’s name is “Committee to Abby Silzell,” not what we would normally expect, “Committee to Elect Abby Silzell.” Silzell submitted the information on her candidacy, which apparently contains this error, to the state on 4/4/26 and so far it has not been corrected.
Silzell’s social media posts also contain spelling and grammatical errors, albeit minor ones. Here is one from her candidate Facebook page made on April 27:
Yes, these errors are relatively small, but people have a right to expect thoroughness, correctness and an eye for detail in their county clerk. These errors, taken together and so far uncorrected, indicate Silzell may not possess these qualities.
Troubling endorsement
There are no reports so far on the Secretary of State’s TRACER website so far showing who, if anyone, has donated funds in support of Silzell’s candidacy, but one of her supporters is Tom Keenan, who endorsed her in a post on Facebook:
This is important because Keenan is a local conservative political activist who has been an election denier since 2021. He is also former candidate for Mesa County School Board who doesn’t believe students should pursue higher education and who was unable to put together a coherent sentence in a candidate questionnaire for that position in 2017. Keenan is a regular attendee at local political meetings that have featured, supported and defended former Mesa County Clerk — and now convicted felon doing 9 years in prison — Tina Peters, like meetings held by the extremist right wing group Stand for the Constitution.
This is all information to consider in evaluating Abby Silzell’s appropriateness for the office of County Clerk.