Dan Woog | |
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![]() Woog in 2025 | |
Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 19th district | |
Assumed office January 8, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Jennifer Parenti |
Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 63rd district | |
In office January 13,2021 –January 9,2023 | |
Preceded by | Lori Saine |
Succeeded by | Jennifer Parenti |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Frederick,Colorado |
Occupation | Politician &Small Business Owner |
Website | Campaign website |
Dan Woog is an American politician from Frederick,Colorado. A Republican,Woog represents Colorado House of Representatives District 19,which includes parts of Weld and Boulder counties in northcentral Colorado,including the municipalities of Erie,Frederick,Firestone,Dacono and a small part of Longmont. [1] From 2021 to 2023,Woog represented House District 63,which included a large part of Weld County in northcentral Colorado. [2]
Woog works as a real estate broker and lives in Frederick,Colorado. Previously,he served on the Erie Economic Development Council and the Erie Planning and Zoning Commission,and he was elected and re-elected to the Erie Board of Trustees. [3] He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Erie in 2018. [4] After districts were redrawn in 2022,he ran unsuccessfully for Colorado House District 19. Woog earned a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University. [5]
Woog was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in the 2020 general election. In the June 2020 Republican house district 63 primary,he defeated challenger Patricia E. Miller,winning 62.39% of the vote. [6] In the 2020 general election,Woog defeated his Democratic Party and Libertarian Party opponents,winning 59.75% of the total votes cast. [7]
In the 2022 general election,after redistricting,Woog ran in the 19th district but lost to Democrat Jennifer Parenti. [8]
In September 2023,Woog announced his candidacy to once again represent his district in the Colorado House of Representatives in the 2024 elections. [9] In the Republican primary election held June 25,2024,he ran unopposed. [10] In the general election held November 5,2024,Woog defeated Democratic candidate Jillaire McMillan by a narrow margin. [11] [12] Given the narrow margin between the two candidates' vote totals,a statutory automatic recount was triggered. The recount confirmed his victory in the race. [13]