Lori Saine | |
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Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 63rd district | |
In office January 9, 2013 –January 13, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jon Becker |
Succeeded by | Dan Woog |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Indiana University,Bloomington (BA) |
Website | Official website |
Lori A. Saine is an American politician serving as a member of the Weld County Board of Commissioners. [1] Previously,she served as a Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the 63rd district from January 9,2013 to January 13,2021. Saine was a candidate for Colorado's 8th congressional district,but lost the Republican primary,coming in third place. [2] [3]
Saine earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology,business,and biology from Indiana University Bloomington. [4]
Prior to entering politics,Saine worked as a regional sales director. She was also a member of the Dacono City Council. [5] She was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in November 2012 and assumed office in January 2013. During her final term in the House,Saine served as a vice chair of the Legislative Audit Committee. [6]
When Republican Representative Jon Becker left the Legislature and left the District 63 seat open,Saine won the June 26,2012,Republican primary with 3,444 votes (93%) against a write-in candidate, [7] and won the November 6,2012 General election with 21,162 votes (56%) against Democratic nominee Tim Erickson [8] who had run for a House seat in 2004.
In December 2017,Saine was arrested at Denver International Airport for carrying a loaded handgun through security. Saine said she did not know that her gun was in her purse when she went to the airport. No charges were pressed. [9] [10]
In January 2019,Saine was criticized by Democrat Leslie Herod for inaccurately equating the lynchings of African-Americans with that of whites during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. [11]
In December 2020,in her role as chair of the Legislative Audit Committee,she held a hearing to examine allegations of fraud and irregularities during Colorado's 2020 elections amid Donald Trump's false claims of fraud in the presidential election. [12] [13] The hearing ultimately found no evidence of electoral irregularities or fraud. [13]
In 2020,Saine was term-limited as a state representative. In the 2020 general election,she was elected to the Weld County Board of County Commissioners. [14]
In November 2021,Saine announced her candidacy for Colorado's 8th congressional district in the 2022 elections. [2] She lost to Barbara Kirkmeyer in the Republican primary. [15]
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