Janet Buckner
{{short description|American politician in Colorado}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Janet Buckner
|image = Rep. Janet Buckner.jpg
|state_senate = Colorado
|district = 29th
|term_start = January 9, 2023
|term_end = January 9, 2025
|predecessor = Redistricted
|successor = Iman Jodeh
|state_senate1 = Colorado
|district1 = 28th
|term_start1 = January 13, 2021
|term_end1 = January 9, 2023
|predecessor1 = Nancy Todd
|successor1 = Redistricted
|office2 = Speaker pro tempore of the Colorado House of Representatives
|term_start2 = January 4, 2019
|term_end2 = January 13, 2021
|predecessor2 = Jessie Danielson
|successor2 = Adrienne Benavidez
|state_house3 = Colorado
|district3 = 40th
|term_start3 = July 15, 2015
|term_end3 = January 13, 2021
|predecessor3 = John Buckner
|successor3 = Naquetta Ricks
|birth_date =
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|spouse = John Buckner
|education = Ball State University (BA)
}}
Janet Buckner is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Colorado Senate representing District 29, which includes a part of Aurora in Arapahoe County.{{cite web |url=https://redistricting.colorado.gov/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdDBEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--95e1ed7654f12aba77f50dcc8583be036d55d95d/2021_Senate_District_29.pdf |title=Colorado Senate District 29 (2021) |author=Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission |date=March 18, 2022 |website= |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=January 10, 2023 |quote=}} During the 2020 reapportionment process, Buckner's residence moved from senate district 28 to senate district 29. Earlier, she represented District 28 from January 2021 to January 2023. Before her state senate tenure, she was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 40, which covered a portion of Arapahoe County, from July 15, 2015, to January 13, 2021.
Career
Buckner was appointed to her house seat in 2015 to replace her husband John Buckner after his death in office; she kept the seat in the 2016 elections. She was a professional speech and language therapist until her retirement in 2007.{{cite news|title=Democratic committee selects Janet Buckner for HD 40 seat|url=http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/democratic-committee-selects-janet-buckner-hd-40-seat/|access-date=July 9, 2017|work=Aurora Sentinel|date=June 26, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Bartels|first1=Lynn|title=Janet Buckner runs for House seat: "This is what John would want"|url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2015/06/18/janet-buckner-house-john-buckner-aurora/121252/|access-date=July 9, 2017|work=Denver Post|date=June 18, 2015}}
In the state house, Buckner served as the vice chair of the House Education Committee and also served on the House Health, Insurance, & Environment Committee.{{cite web|title=Representative Janet P. Buckner|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/janet-p-buckner|publisher=Colorado General Assembly|access-date=July 9, 2017}}
After her appointment to her House seat in 2015, Buckner was elected to keep her seat in 2016, winning with 57.69% of the vote against Republican opponent Todd Brophy.{{cite web|title=Janet Buckner|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Janet_Buckner|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=July 9, 2017}} During the 2018-2020 session, Buckner served as the Speaker pro Tempore of the House of Representatives {{Cite web|title=Janet P. Buckner {{!}} Colorado General Assembly|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/janet-p-buckner|access-date=2020-09-08|website=leg.colorado.gov}}
On November 21, 2024, less than three weeks after being re-elected, Buckner announced that she would resign from the state senate on January 9, 2025, one day after she is sworn in for the 2025 session.{{cite news |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Colorado State Sen. Janet Buckner to resign |url=https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/21/colorado-state-senator-janet-buckner-to-resign/ |url-status=live |work=CPR News |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121183836/https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/21/colorado-state-senator-janet-buckner-to-resign/ |archive-date=November 21, 2024 |access-date=November 21, 2024}} On January 6, 2025, a vacancy committee selected State Representative Iman Jodeh to succeed Buckner beginning January 9, 2025.{{cite news |last=Goodland |first=Marianna |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Arapahoe County Democrats choose Rep Iman Jodeh to replace District 29 Sen. Janet Buckner |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/democratic-vacancy-committee-chose-rep-jodeh/article_2a560136-cc94-11ef-aba3-87d3b65d3b7b.html |url-status=live |work=Colorado Politics |access-date=January 9, 2025}}
References
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External links
- [http://janetbuckner.com/ Official campaign website]
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{{s-bef|before=Jessie Danielson}}
{{s-ttl|title=Speaker pro tempore of the Colorado House of Representatives|years=2019–2021}}
{{s-aft|after=Adrienne Benavidez}}
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Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly
Category:21st-century African-American women politicians
Category:21st-century African-American politicians
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Category:African-American state legislators in Colorado
Category:Ball State University alumni
Category:Democratic Party Colorado state senators
Category:Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Aurora, Colorado
Category:Spouses of Colorado politicians
Category:Women state legislators in Colorado
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