Larry Don Suckla | |
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Member-elect of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 58th district | |
Assuming office January 8, 2025 | |
Succeeding | Marc Catlin |
Board of County Commissioners of Montezuma County | |
In office January 11,2013 –January 5,2021 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Farmer Rancher |
Website | Campaign website |
Larry Don Suckla is an American politician from Montezuma County,Colorado,U.S. A Republican,Suckla is the representative-elect for Colorado House of Representatives District 58,a geographically large district which includes all or part of the western Colorado counties of Delta,Dolores,Gunnison,Hinsdale,Montezuma,Montrose,Ouray,and San Miguel. [1]
Suckla is a farmer and rancher from Cortez,in the southwestern corner of Colorado. He has also worked as a volunteer firefighter/EMT in Lewis and Arriola,Colorado and has experience in logging,construction,and landscaping. He served as a Montezuma County commissioner for eight years,from 2013–2021,and in 2017 he was named Colorado County Commissioner of the Year by his fellow commissioners across the state. [2] [3]
Suckla served two four-year terms as Montezuma County Commissioner from January 2013 to January 2021.
In 2024,he ran to represent District 58 in the 2024 Colorado House of Representatives election. In the primary election,he defeated Republican opponent J. Mark Roeber,winning 6,489 votes (50.01%) to Roeber's 6,486 (49.99%) votes. The narrow three-vote margin triggered an automatic recount of the votes,and the recount confirmed Suckla's three-vote victory. [4] [5]
In the general election,Suckla defeated Democrat Kathleen Curry,winning 54.59% of the votes. [6]
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