Lois Court

Lois Court
President pro tempore of the Colorado Senate
In office
January 4, 2019 – January 16, 2020
Preceded byJerry Sonnenberg
Succeeded byNancy Todd
Member of the Colorado Senate
from the 31st district
In office
January 11, 2017 – January 16, 2020
Preceded byPat Steadman
Succeeded byChris Hansen
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 6th district
In office
January 7, 2009 – January 11, 2017
Preceded byAndrew Romanoff
Succeeded byChris Hansen
Personal details
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePatrick Reynolds
Children2
EducationUniversity of Colorado, Denver (BA, MPA)

Lois Court is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Initially elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008, Court represented House District 6 from 2009 through 2016, and was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2016.[1] Court represented State Senate District 31, which encompasses portions of central and southeast Denver, Colorado. Court resigned from the senate on January 16, 2020, after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome in early 2020.[2] She served as the President Pro Tempore of the Colorado State Senate from January 2019 until her resignation from the senate in 2020.[3]

  1. ^ "House Journal - January 7, 2009" (PDF). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  2. ^ Burness, Alex (2020-01-06). "Denver state Sen. Lois Court to step down due to rare illness". The Denver Post. ISSN 1930-2193. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  3. ^ "leadership". colorado general assembly. Retrieved 2014-02-18.