1-minute voter guide: University of Colorado regents at-large election

State of play: Four people are vying for the at-large position.

Meet the candidates:

Democrat Elliott Hood is an education attorney and CU Boulder alum who secured the Democratic nomination in the statewide primary earlier this year, defeating Charles "CJ" Johnson.

• Hood, a former 5th-grade teacher who lives in Boulder, aims to make CU more affordable and accessible if elected as regent.
• According to his campaign site, his priorities include expanding financial aid, stabilizing in-state tuition costs, and helping students graduate debt-free.
• Colorado's top Democrats — including Gov. Jared Polis and U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper — have endorsed Hood's campaign.

Republican Eric Rinard, also a CU Boulder alum, is an engineer who lives in Weld County.

• If elected, Rinard's focus would include promoting free speech and restoring balance and diversity of opinion on CU campuses, per his campaign page.

• Like Hood, he also advocates for making education more accessible and reducing students' associated costs.
• Rinard has been endorsed by former U.S. Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the Colorado Young Republicans, Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams and former CU regent at-large Heidi Ganahl.

Zoom out: Other competitors running against the two main party candidates are T.J. Cole with the Unity Party and Thomas Reasoner with the Approval Voting Party.