Andy Kerr | |
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Member of the Jefferson County Commission from the 2nd district | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Preceded by | Casey Tighe |
Member of the Colorado Senate from the 22nd district | |
In office January 9, 2013 – January 4, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tim Neville |
Succeeded by | Brittany Pettersen |
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 26th district | |
In office March 10, 2006 – January 9, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Betty Boyd |
Succeeded by | Diane Mitsch Bush |
Personal details | |
Born | October 21, 1968 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Tammy |
Education | University of Colorado Denver (BA) (MS) |
Andrew Steven Kerr (born October 21, 1968) is an American teacher and politician who serves on the county commission in Jefferson County, Colorado. Prior to his tenure on the county commission he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 26th district from 2006 to 2013, and in the Colorado Senate from the 22nd district from 2013 to 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party.
Kerr moved to Lakewood, Colorado, when he was eight and was educated at Green Mountain High School and the University of Colorado Denver. He was appointed to the state house to replace Betty Boyd and was reelected in the 2006, 2008, and 2010 elections. During his tenure in the state house he served as the Majority Whip and Assistant Majority Leader. He chose to run for a seat in the state senate after redistricting put him and another Democratic representative in the same district. He was elected to the state senate in the 2012 and 2014 elections.
He ran for the Democratic nomination in the Colorado's 7th congressional district during the 2018 election, but dropped out after Representative Ed Perlmutter announced that he would seek reelection. Kerr was elected to the Jefferson County Commission in the 2020 election.