Kevin Priola
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kevin Priola
| image = Kevin Priola.JPG
| state_senate = Colorado
| district = 13th
| term_start = January 9, 2023
| term_end = January 8, 2025
| predecessor = Redistricted
| successor = Scott Bright
| state_senate1 = Colorado
| district1 = 25th
| term_start1 = January 11, 2017
| term_end1 = January 9, 2023
| preceded1 = Mary Hodge
| succeeded1 = Redistricted
| office2 = Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
| constituency2 = 56th district
| term_start2 = January 9, 2013
| term_end2 = January 11, 2017
| predecessor2 = Christine Scanlan
| successor2 = Philip Covarrubias
| constituency3 = 30th District
| term_start3 = January 14, 2009
| term_end3 = January 9, 2013
| predecessor3 = Mary Hodge
| successor3 = Jenise May
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Brighton, Colorado, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic (2022–present)
Republican (1990–2022)
| spouse = Michelle
| children = 4
| education =
| signature =
}}
Kevin Priola is an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 13th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to decennial redistricting he also represented the 25th district. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 30th and 56th districts from 2009 to 2017. Until 2022, he served as a member of the Republican Party.
Priola was born in Brighton, Colorado, and educated at the University of Colorado Boulder where he joined the College Republicans. He joined the Republican Party at age seventeen and was elected to the state house from the 30th district in the 2008 election. During his tenure in the state house he served as a whip, but resigned in 2014 following an unsuccessful attempt to remove him. He was elected to the state senate in the 2016 election, but joined the Democrats in 2022, citing Republican attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Early life
Kevin Priola was born in Brighton, Colorado. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder from 1992 to 1996, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and accounting and a minor in economics. He became a Republican at age seventeen and was a member of the College Republicans. He married Michelle, with whom he had four children.{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Lone Republican Supporter of Death Penalty Repeal on Faith, Colleagues |work=Westword |url=https://www.westword.com/news/lone-republican-supporter-of-colorado-death-penalty-repeal-kevin-priola-on-faith-colleagues-11260861 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234911/https://www.westword.com/news/lone-republican-supporter-of-colorado-death-penalty-repeal-kevin-priola-on-faith-colleagues-11260861 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=Colorado Republican Party |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213823/https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |archive-date=January 23, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola biography |work=Vote Smart |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106512/kevin-priola |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207075756/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106512/kevin-priola |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}
Career
Priola ran for the Republican nomination for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives in the 30th district in the 2008 election and won in the general election against Democratic nominee Dave Rose.{{Cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary and 2008 General |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018203144/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=February 9, 2022}} He defeated Democratic nominee Laura Huerta in the 2010 election.{{Cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary and 2010 General |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408095248/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}} He defeated Democratic nominee Rose and Libertarian nominee Will Hiltscher in the 2012 election.{{Cite news |title=2012 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210080445/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=2012 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211201074009/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}} He defeated Democratic nominee Vicki A. Snider and Libertarian nominee Chris Baerns in the 2014 election.{{Cite news |title=2014 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629071852/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/republican/stateReps.html |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=2014 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205112516/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}
Priola ran for a seat in the Colorado Senate from the 25th district and defeated Democratic nominee Jenise May in the 2016 election.{{Cite news |title=2016 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523233746/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=2016 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111747/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 24, 2017}} He defeated Democratic nominee Paula Dickerson in the 2020 election.{{Cite news |title=2020 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112154021/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=2020 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126223252/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}} He over-performed Donald Trump by over 10% in the 2020 election in his district.{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2020 |title=What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? |work=The Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202235236/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022}} Priola was redistricted into the 13th district.{{Cite web |author=Evan Wyloge and Marianne Goodland |date=November 24, 2021 |title=With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/new-colorado-state-house-senate-legislative-redistricting-district-map-2022-means-incumbents-candidates-planning/article_fbe7390c-4954-11ec-a463-231747d983a7.html |access-date=July 30, 2022 |publisher=Colorado Politics}}
He served as a whip during his tenure in the state house, but resigned from his position in 2014, the day after Representative Chris Holbert unsuccessfully attempted to have him removed from the position due to Priola not supporting a Republican amendment to legislation.{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Changing of the guard House Republicans now the minority party at state legislature |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/changing-of-the-guard-house-republicans-now-the-minority-party-at-state-legislature/article_6fdcb1ea-56e4-5d63-b5c8-088665b924c1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207082216/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/changing-of-the-guard-house-republicans-now-the-minority-party-at-state-legislature/article_6fdcb1ea-56e4-5d63-b5c8-088665b924c1.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}{{Cite news |date=April 13, 2014 |title=House GOP coup against Rep. Priola fails |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-gop-coup-against-rep-priola-fails/article_2d84426c-66a8-5d04-b590-6859538bcf6f.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081847/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-gop-coup-against-rep-priola-fails/article_2d84426c-66a8-5d04-b590-6859538bcf6f.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}{{Cite news |date=April 14, 2014 |title=Priola bows to pressure, resigns House GOP leadership post |work=KDVR |url=https://kdvr.com/news/politics/priola-bows-to-pressure-resigns-house-gop-leadership-post/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207174949/https://kdvr.com/news/politics/priola-bows-to-pressure-resigns-house-gop-leadership-post/ |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}} During his tenure in the state senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees. He was considered as a possible running mate for Walker Stapleton in the 2018 gubernatorial election, but Lang Sias was selected instead.{{Cite news |date=July 11, 2018 |title=Stapleton picks Rep. Lang Sias as GOP running mate |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/stapleton-picks-rep-lang-sias-as-gop-running-mate/article_6ba1068b-b659-5041-886c-1c8c7c56fe79.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081330/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/stapleton-picks-rep-lang-sias-as-gop-running-mate/article_6ba1068b-b659-5041-886c-1c8c7c56fe79.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}
On August 22, 2022, Priola announced he was leaving the Republican Party and joining the Democratic Party, citing Republicans' attempts to overturn the 2020 election and denial of climate change.{{cite tweet|number=1561728147376295939|user=KevinPriola|date=August 22, 2022|title=#coleg #copolitics #Elections2022 #democracy #Republican #DemocratsDeliver #colorado}}{{cite news |first=Saja |last=Hindi |title=Colorado GOP Sen. Kevin Priola switches party affiliation to Democrat, citing election conspiracies and climate denialism |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/22/colorado-kevin-priola-state-senate-republican-democrat/ |work=The Denver Post |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=August 22, 2022}} Priola's wife, Michelle, is a plaintiff on Anderson v. Griswold.{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Jesse |last2=Fish |first2=Sandra |title=Lawsuit seeks to block Trump from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 ballot |url=https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/06/donald-trump-2024-ballot-lawsuit-colorado/ |access-date=21 December 2023 |work=Colorado Sun |date=6 September 2023}}
Political positions
Priola is considered a moderate in his district, and has worked with Democrats in sponsoring or supporting bipartisan bills.{{Cite web |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |title=In Adams County, Voters Went Big For Biden, But Also Hung On To Their Republican State Senator. Why? |url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/11/17/in-adams-county-voters-went-big-for-biden-but-also-hung-on-to-their-republican-state-senator-why/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Colorado Public Radio |language=en}} He voted in favor of legislation to allow municipalities to require affordable housing which had been prohibited since a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court in 2000.{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Colorado Legislature Removes Ban on Affordable-Housing Requirements |work=Westword |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-legislature-removes-inclusionary-zoning-prohibition-11959174 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206233908/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-legislature-removes-inclusionary-zoning-prohibition-11959174 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}} He was the only Republican in the state senate to vote in favor of legislation to prevent landlords from using or disclosing the citizenship or immigration status of their tenants.{{Cite news |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Bill moving fast to curb Colorado landlords' questions about immigration status |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/bill-moving-fast-to-curb-colorado-landlords-questions-about-immigration-status/article_ff7fbb3e-ac25-11ea-ad3a-df7c68f8bfaf.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081053/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/bill-moving-fast-to-curb-colorado-landlords-questions-about-immigration-status/article_ff7fbb3e-ac25-11ea-ad3a-df7c68f8bfaf.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}
He sponsored legislation to exempt teachers from the Colorado Open Records Act in order to prevent doxing being conducted against teachers.{{Cite news |date=April 15, 2022 |title=Colorado’s growing anti-doxxing law could soon include teachers |work=The Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/15/colorado-anti-doxxing-law-teachers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505210012/https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/15/colorado-anti-doxxing-law-teachers/ |archive-date=May 5, 2022}} Priola was the only Republican to vote in favor of legislation to prohibit employers from retaliating against their workers for reporting health and safety concerns or violations.{{Cite news |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Colorado legislature approves extending public health whistleblower protections after pandemic |work=The Gazette |url=https://gazette.com/premium/colorado-legislature-approves-extending-public-health-whistleblower-protections-after-pandemic/article_73a76ad4-e007-5f3b-a7e6-fc480146eca7.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505211554/https://gazette.com/premium/colorado-legislature-approves-extending-public-health-whistleblower-protections-after-pandemic/article_73a76ad4-e007-5f3b-a7e6-fc480146eca7.html |archive-date=May 5, 2022}}
He co-sponsored legislation to repeal the death penalty, and at one point was the only Republican supporter of the bill, stating that he opposes capital punishment due to his Catholic beliefs and how it disproportionately targets black people.{{Cite news |date=January 28, 2020 |title=Death Penalty Repeal Bill Passes First Legislative Step |work=Westword |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-consider-death-penalty-repeal-11621943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234250/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-consider-death-penalty-repeal-11621943 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}} He voted in favor of reducing the sentence of felony murder from life in prison without parole to a maximum of forty-eight years.{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Lee's felony murder bill wins state Senate approval |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/lees-felony-murder-bill-wins-state-senate-approval/article_4590552c-9238-11eb-bb05-374afe59b341.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080351/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/lees-felony-murder-bill-wins-state-senate-approval/article_4590552c-9238-11eb-bb05-374afe59b341.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}
He and Senator Brittany Pettersen created legislation to allow for supervised injection sites to combat the opioid epidemic.{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2019 |title=Statewide Supervised Use Site Bill Might Not Happen This Session |work=Westword |url=https://www.westword.com/news/brittany-pettersen-may-delay-introduction-of-safe-injection-site-bill-to-counter-opposition-at-statehouse-11215004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130151321/https://www.westword.com/news/brittany-pettersen-may-delay-introduction-of-safe-injection-site-bill-to-counter-opposition-at-statehouse-11215004 |archive-date=January 30, 2021}} Patrick Neville, the Republican Minority Leader in the state house, threatened to have recall attempts made against Democratic members of the Colorado General Assembly who supported the legislation, but not against Priola.{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2019 |title=WATCH: GOP House leader Neville calls drug injection sites 'a horrendous idea,' threatens recalls |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/watch-gop-house-leader-neville-calls-drug-injection-sites-a-horrendous-idea-threatens-recalls/article_861ed838-1c0c-11e9-b2b6-e77109353326.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207051033/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/watch-gop-house-leader-neville-calls-drug-injection-sites-a-horrendous-idea-threatens-recalls/article_861ed838-1c0c-11e9-b2b6-e77109353326.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}} Priola sponsored legislation to prohibit the selling or marketing of flavored products by cigarette, tobacco, or nicotine retailers.{{Cite news |date=April 23, 2022 |title=How Colorado’s flavored nicotine ban debate raises questions about racial justice and where the state gets money |work=Colorado Public Radio |url=https://www.cpr.org/2022/04/23/colorado-flavored-nicotine-ban/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505210815/https://www.cpr.org/2022/04/23/colorado-flavored-nicotine-ban/ |archive-date=May 5, 2022}}
Priola sponsored legislation in 2014 that would prohibit abortions, except to prevent the death of the mother, and make it a class three felony.{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2014 |title=Personhood bill has chilling effect even with no chance of passing, advocate says |work=Westword |url=https://www.westword.com/news/personhood-bill-has-chilling-effect-even-with-no-chance-of-passing-advocate-says-5870762 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207001218/https://www.westword.com/news/personhood-bill-has-chilling-effect-even-with-no-chance-of-passing-advocate-says-5870762 |archive-date=February 7, 2022}} He received an F rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=NARAL Pro-Choice America |url=https://naralcolorado.org/legislator/kevin-priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117151752/https://naralcolorado.org/legislator/kevin-priola/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021}}
He voted in favor of legislation to allow transgender and nonbinary people to change their names and gender on identifications without surgery or judicial requirements,{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Jude's Law takes effect, helping transgender, non-binary Coloradans amend birth certificates |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/judes-law-takes-effect-helping-transgender-non-binary-coloradans-amend-birth-certificates/article_6f6067a2-2c1d-11ea-821d-d704a688c15e.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080551/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/judes-law-takes-effect-helping-transgender-non-binary-coloradans-amend-birth-certificates/article_6f6067a2-2c1d-11ea-821d-d704a688c15e.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}} and voted in favor of legislation to prohibit gay conversion therapy.{{Cite news |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Conservative Utah looks to ban conversion therapy, following Colorado |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/conservative-utah-looks-to-ban-conversion-therapy-following-colorado/article_7d9dcbc6-1132-11ea-a818-9bc9e6247d51.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080714/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/conservative-utah-looks-to-ban-conversion-therapy-following-colorado/article_7d9dcbc6-1132-11ea-a818-9bc9e6247d51.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}} He cosponsored legislation to make HIV prevention drugs available without the need of a prescription.{{Cite news |date=June 7, 2020 |title=Senate approves bills making HIV prevention prescription-free |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/senate-approves-bills-making-hiv-prevention-prescription-free/article_783a55c8-a921-11ea-874d-afa07f20e6d5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207051347/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/senate-approves-bills-making-hiv-prevention-prescription-free/article_783a55c8-a921-11ea-874d-afa07f20e6d5.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}} He has also supported anti-LGBT religious-exemption legislation.{{Cite news |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Republicans Are Still at It With Anti-LGBTQ Bills That Have No Chance of Passing |work=Westword |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-republicans-continue-to-push-anti-lgbtq-bills-10241128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225001121/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-republicans-continue-to-push-anti-lgbtq-bills-10241128 |archive-date=February 25, 2021}}
After the January 6 United States Capitol attack, he called for President Trump to be removed from office through either the Twenty-fifth Amendment or impeachment.{{Cite news |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Republican state Sen. Kevin Priola calls for Trump's removal from office |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/republican-state-sen-kevin-priola-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/article_e793e9d0-51db-11eb-8916-3780ccb8027b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207002155/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/republican-state-sen-kevin-priola-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/article_e793e9d0-51db-11eb-8916-3780ccb8027b.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}} Priola was the only Republican to vote in favor of a resolution calling for the passage of voting rights legislation at the federal level while fifteen Republican members of the state senate voted in favor of unsuccessful amendments to the resolution thanking the Capitol attackers and decertifying the 2020 presidential election.{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Why Democrats think the 2020 election debate is a political win |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/01/19/colorado-democrats-2020-election-debate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127132135/https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/01/19/colorado-democrats-2020-election-debate |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}{{Cite news |date=January 18, 2022 |title=Majority of Colorado House Republicans vote for supporting Jan. 6 crowd, election conspiracy theories |work=KMGH-TV |url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/majority-of-colorado-house-republicans-vote-for-supporting-jan-6-crowd-election-conspiracy-theories |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131125425/https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/majority-of-colorado-house-republicans-vote-for-supporting-jan-6-crowd-election-conspiracy-theories |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}
Electoral history
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}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dave Rose
|votes = 11,505
|percentage = 49.08%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 23,441
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2010 Colorado House of Representatives 30th district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 2,912
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 2,912
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 10,612
|percentage = 60.49%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Laura Huerta
|votes = 6,931
|percentage = 39.51%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 17,543
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2012 Colorado House of Representatives 56th district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 4,064
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 4,064
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 22,270
|percentage = 58.78%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dave Rose
|votes = 14,070
|percentage = 37.14%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Will Hiltscher
|votes = 1,544
|percentage = 4.08%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 37,884
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2014 Colorado House of Representatives 56th district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 5,894
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 5,894
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 20,627
|percentage = 63.09%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Vicki A. Snider
|votes = 10,629
|percentage = 32.51%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Chris Baerns
|votes = 1,439
|percentage = 4.40%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 32,695
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2016 Colorado Senate 25th district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola
|votes = 4,743
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 4,743
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola
|votes = 30,074
|percentage = 52.07%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jenise May
|votes = 27,678
|percentage = 47.93%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 57,752
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2020 Colorado Senate 25th district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 11,135
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 11,135
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Priola (incumbent)
|votes = 37,195
|percentage = 50.84%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Paula Dickerson
|votes = 35,968
|percentage = 49.16%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 73,163
|percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.kevinpriola.com/ Campaign website]
- [https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kevin-priola Legislative website]
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