Shane Sandridge

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| name = Shane Sandridge

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| caption = Sandridge in 2020

| state_house = Colorado

| district = 14th

| term_start = January 22, 2018

| term_end = January 9, 2023

| predecessor = Dan Nordberg

| successor = Rose Pugliese

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| nationality = American

| party = Republican

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| residence = El Paso County, Colorado, U.S.

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| profession = Investment consultant

| website = {{URL|https://www.shaneforhd14.com/}}

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Shane Sandridge is a former state representative from El Paso County, Colorado. A Republican, Sandridge represented Colorado House of Representatives District 14, which encompasses northern El Paso County, including much of the city of Colorado Springs.{{cite web |url= https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf |title= Legislative District Information After 2011 Reapportionment House District 14 |author= Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff |date=2011-12-22 |website=State of Colorado |access-date=2019-01-10 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060003/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf |archive-date=January 3, 2019}}

Political career

A vacancy committee originally appointed Sandridge to the State House after his predecessor resigned to take a job in the federal government. He was sworn into office in January 2018.{{cite news |last=Luning |first=Ernest |date=2018-01-16 |title= State Republicans OK Shane Sandridge election to replace ex-state Rep. Dan Nordberg |url= https://gazette.com/state-republicans-ok-shane-sandridge-election-to-replace-ex-state/article_71011c6d-bb67-5362-bb91-48c4836b9bfa.html |work=The Colorado Springs Gazette |access-date=2019-01-10 }}

Sandridge stood for election to the office in the November 2018 general elections. He defeated his Democratic opponent, winning 68.47% of the vote.{{cite web |url= https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/91808/Web02-state.222648/#/ |title=Colorado election results, November 6, 2018, 2018 General Election |author= |date=2018-11-06 |website=Colorado Secretary of State |access-date=2019-01-10 }}

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, on December 7, 2020, Sandridge and 7 other Republicans demanded 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. 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}}

Sandridge did not run for re-election in 2022.{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Jesse |last2=Prentzel |first2=Olivia |last3=Najmabadi |first3=Shannon |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Colorado state rep fails to make GOP primary ballot after losing to candidate with recent felony conviction |url=https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-state-rep-fails-to-make-gop-primary-ballot-after-losing-to-candidate-with-recent-felony-con/ |work=The Durango Herald |location= |access-date=December 3, 2022}}

References

External links

[https://www.shaneforhd14.com/ Campaign website]
[https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/shane-sandridge State House website]

Category:Living people

Category:Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives

Category:Politicians from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly