Patrick Neville

Neville earned a BA in economics from the University of Colorado Denver.Neville, Patrick. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150218165807/http://www.patrickforcolorado.com/about-patrick/ This is my life.]}} Viewed 2017-01-13. Neville went to Columbine High School, surviving its 1999 massacre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/columbine-survivor-patrick-neville-concealed-carry-guns-in-schools-2018-2|title=A Columbine survivor turned lawmaker is pushing the opposite of what many people think is the solution to end school shootings|last=Relman|first=Eliza|date=2018-02-20|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-12-30}}

Neville was first elected to the State House in 2014, winning 69% of the vote. Running for reelection in 2016, he beat his Democratic challenger, winning 70% of the vote. He won reelection again in 2018 with 62% of the vote.Ballotpedia. [https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_House_of_Representatives_District_45 Colorado House of Representatives District 45]. Viewed 2017-01-13.

Neville has raised doubts about the 2020 presidential election results, once claiming that there may have been significant voter fraud sufficient to overturn the election in multiple states that Biden won.{{Cite web|last=Maulbetsch|first=Erik|date=2022-02-02|title=Conservative Radio Host Urges CO Legislator to Quit Promoting 'Big Lie'|url=https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2022/02/conservative-radio-host-begs-co-legislator-to-quit-promoting-big-lie/42760/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Colorado Times Recorder|language=en-US}} Although Neville acknowledged that he has seen no evidence of fraud, he has promoted other unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud.

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, on December 7, 2020, Neville and 7 other Republicans requested to the Speaker of the House KC Becker that a committee be formed on "election integrity" to conduct an audit of the Dominion Voting Systems used in Colorado's 2020 elections in spite of no evidence of issues.{{Cite web|last=Birkeland|first=Bente|date=7 December 2020|title=GOP State Reps Ask For Election Investigation In Spite Of Audit That Uncovered No Problems|url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/07/gop-state-reps-ask-for-election-investigation-in-spite-of-audit-that-uncovered-no-problems/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Colorado Public Radio|language=en}} The request was rejected, with Becker criticizing it as a promotion of "debunked conspiracy theories."{{Cite web|last=Hindi|first=Saja|date=2020-12-08|title=GOP demand for probe of Colorado's Dominion voting system part of "debunked conspiracy theories," House speaker says|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/07/colorado-republicans-dominion-investigation/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=The Denver Post}}

During the 2021 legislative session, Neville was the lead sponsor of an anti-abortion measure that would virtually ban abortion under any circumstances. The measure was defeated in the House.{{Cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Madeleine|date=2021-03-26|title=Dem Lawmakers Again Block GOP's Attempts to Ban Abortion in CO|url=https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2021/03/a-handmaids-tale-fever-dream-dem-lawmakers-again-block-gops-attempts-to-ban-abortion-in-co/35393/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Colorado Times Recorder}} Early in the 2022 legislative session, Neville sponsored another bill that would have only allowed abortion under limited circumstances, making it otherwise a felony crime.{{Cite web|last1=Paul|first1=Jesse|last2=Ducassi|first2=Daniel|date=2022-01-13|title="A fighting tone": Colorado Republicans are heading into the 2022 legislative session on the offensive|url=https://coloradosun.com/2022/01/13/colorado-legislature-2022-republicans/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Colorado Sun|language=en}}

In 2016, Neville became the House minority leader and given control of the House Republican Caucus Fund, a fund meant to support Republicans in House elections. It was reported that Neville modified the fund by renaming it “Values First Colorado,” registering the account to his brother, and hiring his brother's media company, Rearden Strategic. Since 2017, the fund and committees run by Neville's brother has given Rearden Strategic over $1 million from the funds.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=What happened to the Colorado Republican Party?|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}} Corporations co-founded by Neville also received money from the fund.

In December 2020, Neville doxxed a Denver Post reporter that wrote an article detailing Neville's management of the House funds by sharing their home address and voter information on Facebook.{{Cite web|date=22 December 2020|title=Colorado's outgoing House minority leader doxes Denver Post reporter|url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/denver-post-patrick-neville-colorado-republicans-dox/73-60ca57f3-aa57-4902-8451-88189516a0d2|access-date=2021-08-02|website=9news.com|language=en-US}} Neville removed the address and responded by saying that the reporter's information was "a matter of public record".

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• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140522150119/http://www.patrickforcolorado.com/ Campaign website]}}
• [https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/patrick-neville State House website (new)]
• [http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2015A/directory.nsf/MemberDetailPage?OpenForm&district=45&chamber=house State House website (old)]

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