Dalton Valette is an internationally published writer and historian. He serves as the Treasurer for the Boulder County Democratic Party, the Co-Chair of his hometown Historical Commission, and served as the Chair of the Home Rule Commission for Superior, Colorado.

In 2024, Dalton launched the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship at his alma mater, Drew University, to support students participating in the university’s Semester at the United Nations. Two years later with the Sundance Institute, Dalton began providing stipends to artists with disabilities to improve their access to the Sundance Film Festival.

He publishes daily on his presidential history Instagram, The President Guy, and writes longer form essays on Medium along with having his work published in Out Magazine, Salon, The Daily Camera, and the Colorado Sun along with other publications.

Dalton is represented for his fiction and non-fiction writing by Paula Munier at Talcott Notch Literary Services. He is also a nature photographer, woodworker, and is in pre-production on his debut short film as an actor, producer, and screenwriter.

People celebrate as Phil Weiser, takes the stage after the Colorado Governor’s race was called in his favor during a watch party at the Mission Ballroom for the Democratic Party on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Dalton Valette of Superior, one of 400,000-plus Coloradans who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, says “I’m confident that we will be able to get through this,” referring to concerns he and his peers have about the current political and legal climate. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

“Beauty will save the world.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky