Lang Sias

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Lang Sias

|image = File:Lang Sias rally.jpg

|state_house = Colorado

|district = 27th

|term_start = February 4, 2015

|term_end = January 4, 2019

|predecessor = Libby Szabo

|successor = Brianna Titone

|birth_name = Langhorne Cowles Sias

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}}

|birth_place = Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican {{small|(2007–present)}}

|otherparty = Independent {{small|(Before 2003, 2006–2007)}}
Democratic {{small|(2003–2006)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.coloradoindependent.com/171114/walker-stapleton-lang-sias-colorado-lieutenant-governor |title=Walker Stapleton chose lawmaker Lang Sias as his running mate. Here's what that means |date=11 July 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/07/16/republican-sias-brings-nonpolitical-experience-to-congressional-7th-district-primary |title=Republican Sias brings nonpolitical experience to congressional 7th District primary |date=16 July 2010}}

|spouse = Rene

|education = Vassar College {{small|(AB)}}
London School of Economics {{small|(MS)}}
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor {{small|(JD)}}

|website = {{URL|langsias.com|Official website}}

|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}

|serviceyears = 1986–1998

|rank = Lieutenant Colonel

}}

Langhorne Cowles SiasBartells, Lynn. [http://www.denverpost.com/2010/07/16/republican-sias-brings-nonpolitical-experience-to-congressional-7th-district-primary/ Republican Sias brings nonpolitical experience to congressional 7th District primary]. The Denver Post, July 16, 2010. (born 1959) is an American politician who represented House District 27 in the Colorado House of Representatives. A vacancy committee appointed Sias to the office after his predecessor resigned, and he was sworn into office on February 4, 2015.Ballotpedia. [https://ballotpedia.org/Lang_Sias. Lang Sias]. Viewed, 2017-01-08. A Republican, he was subsequently elected to the office in the November, 2016 general election.

Sias was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for lieutenant governor and running mate of Walker Stapleton in the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election.{{cite news |last=Eason |first=Brian |date=2018-07-11|title=Stapleton taps GOP state lawmaker as running mate |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/article214685840.html |work=The News Tribune |access-date=2018-07-11}}

==Education==

Lang holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College.{{Cite web | title=Meet Lang Sias | url=https://www.stapletonforcolorado.com/meet-lang-sias/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071232/https://www.stapletonforcolorado.com/meet-lang-sias/ | access-date=2024-12-29 | archive-date=2018-07-17}} He has practiced law in the past.