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He supported anti-[[LGBT]] [[Religious freedom bill|religious-exemption]] legislation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Republicans Are Still at It With Anti-LGBTQ Bills That Have No Chance of Passing |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-republicans-continue-to-push-anti-lgbtq-bills-10241128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225001121/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-republicans-continue-to-push-anti-lgbtq-bills-10241128 |archive-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> He voted in favor of legislation to allow transgender and nonbinary people to change their names and gender on identifications without surgery or judicial requirements.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Jude's Law takes effect, helping transgender, non-binary Coloradans amend birth certificates |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/judes-law-takes-effect-helping-transgender-non-binary-coloradans-amend-birth-certificates/article_6f6067a2-2c1d-11ea-821d-d704a688c15e.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080551/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/judes-law-takes-effect-helping-transgender-non-binary-coloradans-amend-birth-certificates/article_6f6067a2-2c1d-11ea-821d-d704a688c15e.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He voted in favor of legislation to [[List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy|prohibit]] gay [[conversion therapy]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Conservative Utah looks to ban conversion therapy, following Colorado |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/conservative-utah-looks-to-ban-conversion-therapy-following-colorado/article_7d9dcbc6-1132-11ea-a818-9bc9e6247d51.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080714/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/conservative-utah-looks-to-ban-conversion-therapy-following-colorado/article_7d9dcbc6-1132-11ea-a818-9bc9e6247d51.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He cosponsored legislation to make [[HIV]] prevention drugs available without the need of a prescription.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 7, 2020 |title=Senate approves bills making HIV prevention prescription-free |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/senate-approves-bills-making-hiv-prevention-prescription-free/article_783a55c8-a921-11ea-874d-afa07f20e6d5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207051347/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/senate-approves-bills-making-hiv-prevention-prescription-free/article_783a55c8-a921-11ea-874d-afa07f20e6d5.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> |
He supported anti-[[LGBT]] [[Religious freedom bill|religious-exemption]] legislation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Republicans Are Still at It With Anti-LGBTQ Bills That Have No Chance of Passing |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-republicans-continue-to-push-anti-lgbtq-bills-10241128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225001121/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-republicans-continue-to-push-anti-lgbtq-bills-10241128 |archive-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> He voted in favor of legislation to allow transgender and nonbinary people to change their names and gender on identifications without surgery or judicial requirements.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Jude's Law takes effect, helping transgender, non-binary Coloradans amend birth certificates |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/judes-law-takes-effect-helping-transgender-non-binary-coloradans-amend-birth-certificates/article_6f6067a2-2c1d-11ea-821d-d704a688c15e.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080551/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/judes-law-takes-effect-helping-transgender-non-binary-coloradans-amend-birth-certificates/article_6f6067a2-2c1d-11ea-821d-d704a688c15e.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He voted in favor of legislation to [[List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy|prohibit]] gay [[conversion therapy]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Conservative Utah looks to ban conversion therapy, following Colorado |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/conservative-utah-looks-to-ban-conversion-therapy-following-colorado/article_7d9dcbc6-1132-11ea-a818-9bc9e6247d51.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080714/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/conservative-utah-looks-to-ban-conversion-therapy-following-colorado/article_7d9dcbc6-1132-11ea-a818-9bc9e6247d51.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He cosponsored legislation to make [[HIV]] prevention drugs available without the need of a prescription.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 7, 2020 |title=Senate approves bills making HIV prevention prescription-free |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/senate-approves-bills-making-hiv-prevention-prescription-free/article_783a55c8-a921-11ea-874d-afa07f20e6d5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207051347/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/senate-approves-bills-making-hiv-prevention-prescription-free/article_783a55c8-a921-11ea-874d-afa07f20e6d5.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> |
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He called for President Trump to be removed from office after the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]] through either the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th amendment]] or [[List of efforts to impeach presidents of the United States|impeachment]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Republican state Sen. Kevin Priola calls for Trump's removal from office |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/republican-state-sen-kevin-priola-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/article_e793e9d0-51db-11eb-8916-3780ccb8027b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207002155/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/republican-state-sen-kevin-priola-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/article_e793e9d0-51db-11eb-8916-3780ccb8027b.html |
He called for President Trump to be removed from office after the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]] through either the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th amendment]] or [[List of efforts to impeach presidents of the United States|impeachment]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Republican state Sen. Kevin Priola calls for Trump's removal from office |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/republican-state-sen-kevin-priola-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/article_e793e9d0-51db-11eb-8916-3780ccb8027b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207002155/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2020-election/republican-state-sen-kevin-priola-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/article_e793e9d0-51db-11eb-8916-3780ccb8027b.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He was the only Republican to vote in favor of a resolution calling for the passage of voting rights legislation at the federal level while fifteen Republican members of the state senate voted in favor of unsuccessfully amendments to the resolution thanking the Capitol Hill attackers and to [[Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election|decertify]] the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Why Democrats think the 2020 election debate is a political win |work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]] |url=https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/01/19/colorado-democrats-2020-election-debate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127132135/https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/01/19/colorado-democrats-2020-election-debate |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 18, 2022 |title=Majority of Colorado House Republicans vote for supporting Jan. 6 crowd, election conspiracy theories |work=[[KMGH-TV]] |url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/majority-of-colorado-house-republicans-vote-for-supporting-jan-6-crowd-election-conspiracy-theories |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131125425/https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/majority-of-colorado-house-republicans-vote-for-supporting-jan-6-crowd-election-conspiracy-theories |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> |
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==Electoral history== |
==Electoral history== |
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Kevin Priola | |
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| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 25th district | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Hodge |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives | |
| In office January 7, 2009 – January 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mary Hodge (30th) Christine Scanlan (56th) |
| Succeeded by | Jenise May (30th) Philip Covarrubias (56th) |
| Constituency | 30th district (2009–2013) 56th district (2013–2017) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brighton, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Michelle |
| Children | 4 |
Kevin Priola is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 25th district as a member of the Republican Party. 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.
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 following an unsuccessful attempt to remove him. He was elected to the state senate in the 2016 election.
Early life
Kevin Priola was born in Brighton, Colorado. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder from 1992 to 1996, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in finance and accounting and a minor in economics. He became a Republican at age seventeen and was a member of the College Republicans. He married Michelle, with whom he had four children.[1][2][3]
Career
Priola ran for the Republican nomination for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives in the 30th district in the 2008 election and won in the general election against Democratic nominee Dave Rose.[4] He defeated Democratic nominee Laura Huerta in the 2010 election.[5] He defeated Democratic nominee Rose and Libertarian nominee Will Hiltscher in the 2012 election.[6][7] He defeated Democratic nominee Vicki A. Snider and Libertarian nominee Chris Baerns in the 2014 election.[8][9]
Priola ran for a seat in the Colorado Senate from the 25th district and defeated Democratic nominee Jenise May in the 2016 election.[10][11] He defeated Democratic nominee Paula Dickerson in the 2020 election.[12][13] He overperformed Donald Trump by over ten percent in the 2020 election.[14]
He served as a whip during his tenure in the state house, but resigned from his position after Representative Chris Holbert unsuccessfully attempted to have him removed from the position due to Priola not supporting a Republican amendment to legislation.[15][16][17] During his tenure in the state senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.[2] He was considered as a possible running mate for Walker Stapleton in the 2018 gubernatorial election, but Lang Sias was selected instead.[18]
Political positions
Priola voted in favor of legislation to allow municipalities to require affordable housing which had been prohibited since a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court in 2000.[19] He was the only Republican in the state senate to vote in favor of legislation to prevent landlords from using or disclosing the citizenship or immigration status of their tenants.[20]
He co-sponsored legislation to repeal the death penalty, and at one point he was the only Republican supporter, stating that he opposes capital punishment due to his Catholic beliefs and how it disproportionately targets black people.[21][1] He voted in favor of reducing the sentence of felony murder from life in prison without parole to a maximum of forty-eight years.[22]
He and Senator Brittany Pettersen created legislation to allow for supervised injection sites to combat the opioid epidemic.[23] Patrick Neville, the Republican Minority Leader in the state house, threatened to have recall attempts made against Democratic members of the Colorado General Assembly who supported the legislation, but not against Priola.[24]
Priola sponsored legislation in 2014 that would prohibit abortions, except in the case of the mother's life, and make it a class three felony.[25] He received an F rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.[26]
He supported anti-LGBT religious-exemption legislation.[27] He voted in favor of legislation to allow transgender and nonbinary people to change their names and gender on identifications without surgery or judicial requirements.[28] He voted in favor of legislation to prohibit gay conversion therapy.[29] He cosponsored legislation to make HIV prevention drugs available without the need of a prescription.[30]
He called for President Trump to be removed from office after the 2021 United States Capitol attack through either the 25th amendment or impeachment.[31] He was the only Republican to vote in favor of a resolution calling for the passage of voting rights legislation at the federal level while fifteen Republican members of the state senate voted in favor of unsuccessfully amendments to the resolution thanking the Capitol Hill attackers and to decertify the 2020 presidential election.[32][33]
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola | 1,579 | 100.00% | ||
| Total votes | 1,579 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola | 11,936 | 50.92% | ||
| Democratic | Dave Rose | 11,505 | 49.08% | ||
| Total votes | 23,441 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 2,912 | 100.00% | ||
| Total votes | 2,912 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 10,612 | 60.49% | ||
| Democratic | Laura Huerta | 6,931 | 39.51% | ||
| Total votes | 17,543 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 4,064 | 100.00% | ||
| Total votes | 4,064 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 22,270 | 58.78% | ||
| Democratic | Dave Rose | 14,070 | 37.14% | ||
| Libertarian | Will Hiltscher | 1,544 | 4.08% | ||
| Total votes | 37,884 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 5,894 | 100.00% | ||
| Total votes | 5,894 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 20,627 | 63.09% | ||
| Democratic | Vicki A. Snider | 10,629 | 32.51% | ||
| Libertarian | Chris Baerns | 1,439 | 4.40% | ||
| Total votes | 32,695 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola | 4,743 | 100.00% | ||
| Total votes | 4,743 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola | 30,074 | 52.07% | ||
| Democratic | Jenise May | 27,678 | 47.93% | ||
| Total votes | 57,752 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 11,135 | 100.00% | ||
| Total votes | 11,135 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kevin Priola (incumbent) | 37,195 | 50.84% | ||
| Democratic | Paula Dickerson | 35,968 | 49.16% | ||
| Total votes | 73,163 | 100.00% | |||
References
- ^ a b "Lone Republican Supporter of Death Penalty Repeal on Faith, Colleagues". Westword. March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "Kevin Priola". Colorado Republican Party. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Priola biography". Vote Smart. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary and 2008 General" (PDF). Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary and 2010 General" (PDF). Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2012 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2012 General Election Results". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2014 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2014 General Election Results". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2016 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2016 General Election Results". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- ^ a b "2020 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "2020 General Election Results". Secretary of State of Colorado. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "What happened to the Colorado Republican Party?". The Denver Post. December 20, 2020. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Changing of the guard House Republicans now the minority party at state legislature". Colorado Politics. November 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "House GOP coup against Rep. Priola fails". Colorado Politics. April 13, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Priola bows to pressure, resigns House GOP leadership post". KDVR. April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Stapleton picks Rep. Lang Sias as GOP running mate". Colorado Politics. July 11, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Colorado Legislature Removes Ban on Affordable-Housing Requirements". Westword. May 4, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022.
- ^ "Bill moving fast to curb Colorado landlords' questions about immigration status". Colorado Politics. June 11, 2020. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Death Penalty Repeal Bill Passes First Legislative Step". Westword. January 28, 2020. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022.
- ^ "Lee's felony murder bill wins state Senate approval". Colorado Politics. March 31, 2021. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Statewide Supervised Use Site Bill Might Not Happen This Session". Westword. February 4, 2019. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021.
- ^ "WATCH: GOP House leader Neville calls drug injection sites 'a horrendous idea,' threatens recalls". Colorado Politics. January 19, 2019. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Personhood bill has chilling effect even with no chance of passing, advocate says". Westword. January 17, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Priola". NARAL Pro-Choice America. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021.
- ^ "Republicans Are Still at It With Anti-LGBTQ Bills That Have No Chance of Passing". Westword. April 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Jude's Law takes effect, helping transgender, non-binary Coloradans amend birth certificates". Colorado Politics. January 1, 2020. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Conservative Utah looks to ban conversion therapy, following Colorado". Colorado Politics. November 27, 2019. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Senate approves bills making HIV prevention prescription-free". Colorado Politics. June 7, 2020. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Republican state Sen. Kevin Priola calls for Trump's removal from office". Colorado Politics. January 8, 2021. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Why Democrats think the 2020 election debate is a political win". Axios. January 19, 2022. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Majority of Colorado House Republicans vote for supporting Jan. 6 crowd, election conspiracy theories". KMGH-TV. January 18, 2022. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.