Lori Saine | |
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Member of the
Colorado House of Representatives 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]