Kathleen Conti

Kathleen Conti is a Colorado politician. Previously, she served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives representing House District 38, which encompasses Greenwood Village, Bow Mar, and Littleton, Colorado as well as parts of Englewood, Centennial, Aurora, and Columbine Valley.[2] She did not seek re-election to the State House of Representatives in 2016. Instead, she successfully ran for a seat on the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners. She currently represents District 1 on the board.[3]

Kathleen Conti
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 38th district
In office
January 11, 2011 – January 11. 2017
Preceded byJoe Rice
Succeeded bySusan Beckman
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Frank Conti
CommitteesHouse Finance Committee[1]
House Local Government Committee[1]
Websitekconti4arapco.com

Biography

Legislative career

2010 election

In 2010 Kathleen Conti was elected to the 68th General Assembly for House District 38 after having won 52% of the vote thereby defeating incumbent centrist Democrat Joe Rice.[4]

2011 legislative session

After Republican victories in 2010 brought in a Republican majority, Conti was appointed as a member of the House Local Government Committee and House Finance Committee.

2012 election

In the 2012 General Election, Representative Conti faced Democratic challenger Donovan O'Dell. Conti was elected by a margin of 58% to 39%.[5][6]

Political positions

Kathleen Conti has been characterized as a conservative Republican.[7]

Kathleen supports gay conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth in Colorado[8] and does not believe that gay or lesbian couples should be entitled to marriage or civil union. [9]

In 2010, Kathleen Conti wrote, "Colorado with it's [sic] vast open spaces and many wooded areas, makes a friendly environment for any type of Camp, even Terrorist Training camps." And explained that, "Of the 18 terrorist training camps in the United States Colorado is believed to have as many as 3."[10] Colorado Bureau of Investigation have not found evidence that "terrorist Training Camps" exist in Colorado.[11]

In July 2020, Kathleen Conti left a voicemail with the Colorado Tri-County Health Department requesting that the department not mandate mask usage during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.[12] When a journalist produced a recording of Conti's voicemail, she claimed she did not recall leaving the demand with the health department. The health department proceeded with a mask mandate in order to limit disease transmission.

References
  1. "Representative Kathleen Conti". Legislative Directory. Colorado General Legislature. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. "State House District 38". COMaps. Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  3. Jones, Peter. Predictable outcomes in Board of Commissioners election. The Villager. Viewed: 2017-01-15.
  4. "State House District 38 Election Results". Denver Post, The. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  5. "CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  6. "State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post".
  7. "Key primaries foreshadow Colorado legislature's balance of power". The Denver Post. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  8. Roberts, Michael (2015-04-09). "GOP Sens Doom Gay Conversion Therapy Ban in CO on Same Day Obama Backs One". Westword. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  9. Post, Lynn Bartels | The Denver (2013-03-12). "Colorado House passes civil unions, but fans note marriage is equality". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  10. "Kathleen Conti for Colorado House Phone Survey Distortions". web.archive.org. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  11. "Terrorism politics make their return to Colorado". The Denver Post. 2015-12-05. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  12. Salzman, Jason (2020-09-30). "Kathleen Conti Has No Memory of Leaving Message in Opposition to Mask Mandate". Colorado Times Recorder. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
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