Ruby Dickson
{{Short description|American politician and economist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ruby Dickson
| district = 37th
| term_start = January 9, 2023
| term_end = December 11, 2023
| state_house = Colorado
| predecessor = Tom Sullivan
| successor = Chad Clifford
| party = Democratic
| education = Lawrence University (BA)
University of Oxford (MPhil)
}}
Ruby Dickson is an American politician and economist who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing the 37th district from January to December 2023.
Education
Dickson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and Chinese from Lawrence University and a Master of Philosophy in economics from the University of Oxford.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-14 |title=Colorado State House District 37 candidate Q&A |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/14/colorado-state-house-district-37-candidate-questionnaire-2022/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}
Career
In 2014, Dickson was a legislative assistant for Congressman Jared Polis. From 2016 to 2019, she was a senior consulting analyst at Optum. In 2020 and 2021, she worked as a research assistant at the Blavatnik School of Government. Since 2021, she has worked as a research economist at Rethink Priorities.{{Cite web |last=McCormick-Cavanagh |first=Conor |title=Colorado House Campaign Shares Donors With Denver Pandemic Fund Initiative |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-politics-guarding-against-pandemics-house-district-37-13508009 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Westword |language=en}} Dickson was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in November 2022.{{Cite web |title=Ruby Dickson |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ruby_Dickson |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} On December 1, 2023, she announced that she would resign from the legislature effective December 11, citing the "sensationalistic and vitriolic nature of the current political environment".{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Sara |title=Colorado state Rep. Ruby Dickson resigns, pointing to difficult political environment |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/colorado-state-rep-ruby-dickson-resigns-pointing-to-difficult-political-environment/ |access-date=December 1, 2023 |work=Colorado Newsline |date=December 1, 2023}}
References
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Category:Members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Colorado
Category:Lawrence University alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly