Lori Saine

Lori Saine[2] is an American politician who currently serves as a County Commissioner in Weld County, Colorado.[3] Previously, she served as a Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 63 from January 9, 2013 to January 13, 2021.

Lori Saine
Saine addressing an audience in 2017.
Board of County Commissioners of Weld County from District 3
Assumed office
January 1, 2021
Preceded byBarbara Kirkmeyer
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 63rd[1] district
In office
January 9, 2013 – January 13, 2021
Preceded byJon Becker
Succeeded byDan Woog
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceFirestone, Colorado
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington
Websitelorisaine.net

Education

Saine earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington.

Elections
  • 2012 When Republican Representative Jon Becker left the Legislature and left the District 63 seat open, Saine won the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary with 3,444 votes (93%) against a write-in candidate,[4] and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 21,162 votes (56%) against Democratic nominee Tim Erickson[5] who had run for a House seat in 2004.
  • 2020 Saine was term-limited as a state representative. In the 2020 general election, she was elected to the Weld County Board of County Commissioners.[6]

Controversial MLK Comments

During a discussion over a resolution about the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Colorado House of Representative on MLK Day, 2019, Saine stated, "We have come a long way on that arc since the Reconstruction, since whites and blacks alike were in nearly equal numbers lynched for the crime of being Republican...Our march of justice is not over when a member of this body who represents all races, creeds and religions is told that Martin Luther King does not represent her heritage.” The Denver Post stated she claimed "...her skin color was the reason she couldn’t introduce a resolution honoring King," rather another African American representative did so earlier in the day.[7]

References
  1. "Lori Saine". Denver, Colorado: Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  2. "Lori Saine's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  3. "Weld County Commissioners". Weld County, Colorado. 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  4. "2012 Republican Party state representatives primary results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  5. "2012 General election state representatives results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  6. Watson-Fisher, Jadyn (2020-11-03). "2020 Election results: Republicans retain seats on Weld County Commission". The Greeley Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  7. Staver, Anna (22 January 2019). "Colorado lawmaker Lori Saine claims blacks, whites were lynched in "nearly equal numbers" for being Republican following Reconstruction". The Denver Post. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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