Lisa Cutter

{{short description|American politician from Colorado}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}

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| district = 20th

| term_start = January 9, 2023

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| predecessor = Jessie Danielson

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| district1 = 25th

| term_start1 = January 4, 2019

| term_end1 = January 9, 2023

| preceded1 = Timothy Leonard

| succeeded1 = Tammy Story

| party =Democratic

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Lisa Ann Cutter (born October 14, 1963) is an American politician and a member of the Colorado Senate who represents District 20. The 20th senate district includes all or part of the communities of Lakewood, Dakota Ridge, Arvada, Fairmount and Evergreen in Jefferson County.{{cite web |url=https://redistricting.colorado.gov/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdFFEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e2b0fcb53323be5a5373f91eb86f14edf849d6f4/2021_Senate_District_20.pdf |title=Colorado Senate District 20 (2021) |author=Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission |date=March 18, 2022 |website= |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=January 10, 2023 |quote=}}

Cutter was first elected to the Colorado General Assembly in 2018, where she represented the 25th district of the Colorado House of Representatives. She was elected to the Colorado Senate in the 2022 Colorado Senate election.{{cite web | url =https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/2022/2022GeneralStateAbstractCertResults.pdf| title = 2022 Abstract of Votes Cast |access-date = January 10, 2022| publisher = Colorado Secretary of State}}

Career

Cutter was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 53 percent of the vote over 47 percent of Republican candidate Steve Szutenbach.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-colorado-elections.html|title=Colorado Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 25, 2018}}

In the 2022 Colorado State Senate election, Cutter defeated Republican candidate Tim Walsh with 54 percent of the vote.{{Cite web |last=Toomer |first=Lindsey |date=2022-11-09 |title=Democrats on their way to maintain control of Colorado Senate according to Wednesday results |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/2022/11/08/democrats-maintain-control-colorado-senate/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Colorado Newsline |language=en-US}}

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