Philip Covarrubias | |
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Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 56th district | |
In office January 11, 2017 –January 4, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Kevin Priola |
Succeeded by | Rod Bockenfeld |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Tonya [1] |
Children | Nicholas Erik |
Residence | Seabrook,Texas |
Profession | Lead Foreman/Project Manager [2] |
Website | www |
Philip Covarrubias is a Colorado politician and a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 56th District,which encompasses portions of Arapahoe and Adams counties,including the communities of Aurora,Bennett,Brick Center,Brighton,Byers,Comanche Creek,Commerce City,Deer Trail,Lochbuie,Peoria,Strasburg,Thornton,Todd Creek,and Watkins. [3] He served on the Finance and Health,Insurance,&Environment committees. [4]
Covarrubias,a Republican,formerly lived in Brighton. He currently lives in Seabrook,Texas. He co-founded an excavation and construction company that worked on the FasTracks project connecting downtown Denver to Denver International Airport, [5] and currently works as a foreman for Xcel Energy. [6] He is Mexican-American and a co-founder of Hispanic Contractors of Colorado; [7] having experienced racial discrimination while growing up,he is part of the Sociedad Protección Mutua De Trabajadores Unidos. [8] [9]
Covarrubias was first elected to office in 2016. In the Republican primary that year,he faced no opposition. In the general election,he won the race,winning 58.60% of the vote against one Democratic and one Libertarian candidate. [10]
In 2018,he ran for re-election but lost to Rod Bockenfeld in the Republican primary.
In 2020,he ran for the Adams County Board of Commissioners,but was defeated by former Brighton City Councilwoman Lynn Baca. [11]
In 2022,he ran for the new Texas's 38th congressional district,having moved to Seabrook,Texas in 2021.
Covarrubias supported Colorado HB17-1242,putting a measure on Colorado's November 2017 ballot asking voters to approve a sales tax increase to improve transportation infrastructure. [12]
As an opponent of HB17-1372,a bill to mandate that oil and gas companies provide the public with maps of flowlines,Covarrubias filibustered and helped defeat the bill. [13] [14]
In March 2017,commenting on the Japanese-American internment,Covarrubias said that in the "heat of combat","there's no time to ask questions and find out who's a citizen and who's not." [15] In a later interview Covarrubias said he was "sorry that [the internment] was a part of our history" and that "under no circumstances,regardless of who they are,should people be treated in the way that people were being treated during the World War II period". [16]
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