Kevin Priola | |
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| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 13th district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Redistricted |
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 25th district | |
| In office January 11, 2017 – January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Redistricted |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives | |
| In office January 9, 2013 – January 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Scanlan |
| Succeeded by | Philip Covarrubias |
| Constituency | 56th district |
| In office January 14, 2009 – January 9, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Jenise May |
| Constituency | 30th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brighton, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (2022–present) Republican (1990–2022) |
| Spouse | Michelle |
| Children | 4 |
Kevin Priola is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 13th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to decennial redistricting he also represented the 25th district. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 30th and 56th districts from 2009 to 2017. Until 2022, he served as a member of the Republican Party.
Priola was born in Brighton, Colorado, and educated at the University of Colorado Boulder where he joined the College Republicans. He joined the Republican Party at age seventeen and was elected to the state house from the 30th district in the 2008 election. During his tenure in the state house he served as a whip, but resigned in 2014 following an unsuccessful attempt to remove him. He was elected to the state senate in the 2016 election. He switched parties to the Democratic Party on August 22, 2022, citing Republican attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.[1]
Priola was redistricted into the 13th district.[2]
- ^ Associated Press (September 11, 2022). "GOP-led recall effort approved for state senator who joined Democrats last month". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ Evan Wyloge and Marianne Goodland (November 24, 2021). "With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin". Colorado Politics. Retrieved July 30, 2022.