Gov. Jared Polis explained his outreach with his go-to refrain that isn’t often heard in today’s hyperpolarized politics: “We can get good ideas from the left and the right.”

Gov. Jared Polis sprinkles stories of Coloradans into every State of the State address, inviting them to the chamber so people can put a face to the name. But this year, he told the story of a Coloradan who remained nameless and faceless.