Bob Beauprez

Bob Beauprez
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's 7th district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byEd Perlmutter
Personal details
Born
Robert Louis Beauprez

(1948-09-22) September 22, 1948 (age 76)
Lafayette, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (formerly)
SpouseClaudia Paul[1][2]
Children4
EducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BS)

Robert Louis Beauprez (/bpr/;[3] born September 22, 1948) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Colorado.

Beauprez is a Colorado native and graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He worked as a dairy farmer and community banker before serving as chairman of the Colorado Republican Party from 1999 to 2002. He was then elected to represent Colorado's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, and served from 2003 to 2007. He gave up his seat to run for Governor of Colorado in the 2006 election but lost to Democratic nominee Bill Ritter. He was the Republican nominee for governor again in the 2014 election, losing to incumbent Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper. Beauprez is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.[4]

  1. ^ June 29, 2018, Nov 1, 1945- (19 July 2018). "Gregory Howard Paul". www.aspentimes.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Seen: Western Fantasy XXIV is a winter wonderland". The Denver Post. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  3. ^ Frank, John (November 22, 2016). "Colorado's Bob Beauprez mentioned as possible Trump pick for Interior secretary". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "Issue One – ReFormers Caucus". Retrieved 2019-11-07.