Brian DelGrosso

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Brian DelGrosso
Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office
January 7, 2013 January 11, 2017

2012 legislative session

2012 election

In the 2012 General Election, Representative DelGrosso faced Democratic challenger Mark R. Shaffer. Delgrosso was reelected by a margin of 55% to 41% with the remainder of the vote going to third-party candidates. [24] [25]

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