Clarice Navarro

{{short description|American politician}}

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|name = Clarice Navarro

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|state_house = Colorado

|district = 47th{{cite web |url= http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou47.htm |title= Clarice Navarro |publisher= Colorado General Assembly |location= Denver, Colorado |access-date= January 7, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130130053710/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou47.htm |archive-date= January 30, 2013 }}

|term_start = January 9, 2013

|term_end = November 12, 2017

|predecessor = Keith Swerdfeger

|successor = Judy Reyher

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|nationality = American

|party = Republican

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|residence = Pueblo, Colorado

|alma_mater = Otero Junior College

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|website = {{URL|clarice47.com}}

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Clarice Navarro is a politician and former state representative from Pueblo, Colorado. First elected in November 2012, Navarro served in the state house from January 2013 until she resigned in November 2017 to take a job in the Trump administration.{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=2017-11-07 |title=Colorado state lawmaker leaving her post to join Trump administration |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/07/clarice-navarro-leaving-colorado-legislature/ |work=The Denver Post|access-date=2017-11-13}} She currently works in the office of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.{{cite news|date=2021-07-09|title=Morning Digest: Progressives gained unprecedented clout in New Mexico legislature via key 2020 wins|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/9/2038954/-Morning-Digest-Progressives-gained-unprecedented-clout-in-New-Mexico-legislature-via-key-2020-wins|work=The Daily Kos|access-date=2021-07-09}}

Education

Navarro attended Otero Junior College. Navarro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management from National American University.

Career

Navarro was an educator at Colorado Department of Corrections and Las Animas High School. In 2003, Navarro was a business teacher until 2007.{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138776/clarice-navarro |title=Clarice Navarro's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=December 9, 2019}}

Elections

  • 2012 When Republican Representative Keith Swerdfeger left the Legislature and left the District 47 seat open, Navarro was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,067 votes,{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |title= 2012 Republican Party state representatives primary results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |access-date= January 7, 2014}} and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 18,215 votes (51.7%) against Democratic nominee Netto Rodosevich.{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |title= 2012 General election state representatives results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |access-date= January 7, 2014}}
  • In 2014, Representative Navarro won the general election with 18,358 votes (64.6%).
  • In 2016, Representative Navarro won the general election with 21,714 votes (57.7%).

Personal life

Navarro is married and she has two children. Navarro and her family are from Las Animas, Colorado.

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