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'''Kevin Priola''' is an American politician who serves in the [[Colorado Senate]] from the [[Colorado's 25th Senate district|25th district]] as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|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 (politics)|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 Party (United States)|Republican]] at age seventeen and was a member of the [[College Republicans]]. He married Michelle, with whom he had four children.<ref name="death">{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Lone Republican Supporter of Death Penalty Repeal on Faith, Colleagues |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/lone-republican-supporter-of-colorado-death-penalty-repeal-kevin-priola-on-faith-colleagues-11260861 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234911/https://www.westword.com/news/lone-republican-supporter-of-colorado-death-penalty-repeal-kevin-priola-on-faith-colleagues-11260861 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="career">{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=[[Colorado Republican Party]] |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213823/https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |archive-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola biography |work=[[Vote Smart]] |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106512/kevin-priola |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207075756/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106512/kevin-priola |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
==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 Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee Dave Rose.<ref name="election 2008">{{Cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary and 2008 General |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018203144/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Laura Huerta in the 2010 election.<ref name="election 2010">{{Cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary and 2010 General |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408095248/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Rose and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] nominee Will Hiltscher in the 2012 election.<ref name="primary 2012">{{Cite news |title=2012 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210080445/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2012">{{Cite news |title=2012 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211201074009/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Vicki A. Snider and Libertarian nominee Chris Baerns in the 2014 election.<ref name="primary 2014">{{Cite news |title=2014 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629071852/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/republican/stateReps.html |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2014">{{Cite news |title=2014 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205112516/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
Priola ran for a seat in the [[Colorado Senate]] from the [[Colorado's 25th Senate district|25th district]] and defeated Democratic nominee Jenise May in the 2016 election.<ref name="primary 2016">{{Cite news |title=2016 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523233746/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2016">{{Cite news |title=2016 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111747/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 24, 2017}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Paula Dickerson in the [[2020 Colorado Senate election|2020 election]] by a small margin.<ref name="primary 2020">{{Cite news |title=2020 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112154021/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2020">{{Cite news |title=2020 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126223252/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=November 17, 2020 |title=In Adams County, Voters Went Big For Biden, But Also Hung On To Their Republican State Senator. Why? |url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/11/17/in-adams-county-voters-went-big-for-biden-but-also-hung-on-to-their-republican-state-senator-why/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=[[Colorado Public Radio]] |language=en}}</ref> He overperformed [[Donald Trump]] by over ten percent in the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2020 |title=What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? |work=[[The Denver Post]] |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202235236/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
He served as a [[Whip (politics)|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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Changing of the guard House Republicans now the minority party at state legislature |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/changing-of-the-guard-house-republicans-now-the-minority-party-at-state-legislature/article_6fdcb1ea-56e4-5d63-b5c8-088665b924c1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207082216/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/changing-of-the-guard-house-republicans-now-the-minority-party-at-state-legislature/article_6fdcb1ea-56e4-5d63-b5c8-088665b924c1.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 2014 |title=House GOP coup against Rep. Priola fails |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-gop-coup-against-rep-priola-fails/article_2d84426c-66a8-5d04-b590-6859538bcf6f.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081847/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-gop-coup-against-rep-priola-fails/article_2d84426c-66a8-5d04-b590-6859538bcf6f.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 14, 2014 |title=Priola bows to pressure, resigns House GOP leadership post |work=[[KDVR]] |url=https://kdvr.com/news/politics/priola-bows-to-pressure-resigns-house-gop-leadership-post/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207174949/https://kdvr.com/news/politics/priola-bows-to-pressure-resigns-house-gop-leadership-post/ |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> During his tenure in the state senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.<ref name="career" /> He was considered as a possible running mate for [[Walker Stapleton]] in the [[2018 Colorado gubernatorial election|2018 gubernatorial election]], but [[Lang Sias]] was selected instead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 11, 2018 |title=Stapleton picks Rep. Lang Sias as GOP running mate |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/stapleton-picks-rep-lang-sias-as-gop-running-mate/article_6ba1068b-b659-5041-886c-1c8c7c56fe79.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081330/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/stapleton-picks-rep-lang-sias-as-gop-running-mate/article_6ba1068b-b659-5041-886c-1c8c7c56fe79.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
During his tenure in the State Senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.<ref name="career2">{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=[[Colorado Republican Party]] |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213823/https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |archive-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref>
==Political positions==
Priola is considered a political moderate that has often worked with Democrats in sponsoring or supporting bipartisan bills.<ref name=":02" />
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Colorado Legislature Removes Ban on Affordable-Housing Requirements |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-legislature-removes-inclusionary-zoning-prohibition-11959174 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206233908/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-legislature-removes-inclusionary-zoning-prohibition-11959174 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Bill moving fast to curb Colorado landlords' questions about immigration status |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/bill-moving-fast-to-curb-colorado-landlords-questions-about-immigration-status/article_ff7fbb3e-ac25-11ea-ad3a-df7c68f8bfaf.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081053/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/bill-moving-fast-to-curb-colorado-landlords-questions-about-immigration-status/article_ff7fbb3e-ac25-11ea-ad3a-df7c68f8bfaf.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
He co-sponsored legislation to repeal the [[Capital punishment in the United States|death penalty]], and at one point he was the only Republican supporter, stating that he opposes capital punishment due to his [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] beliefs and how it disproportionately targets black people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 28, 2020 |title=Death Penalty Repeal Bill Passes First Legislative Step |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-consider-death-penalty-repeal-11621943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234250/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-consider-death-penalty-repeal-11621943 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="death" /> He voted in favor of reducing the sentence of felony murder from life in prison without parole to a maximum of forty-eight years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Lee's felony murder bill wins state Senate approval |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/lees-felony-murder-bill-wins-state-senate-approval/article_4590552c-9238-11eb-bb05-374afe59b341.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080351/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/lees-felony-murder-bill-wins-state-senate-approval/article_4590552c-9238-11eb-bb05-374afe59b341.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
He and Senator [[Brittany Pettersen]] created legislation to allow for [[supervised injection site]]s to combat the [[opioid epidemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2019 |title=Statewide Supervised Use Site Bill Might Not Happen This Session |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/brittany-pettersen-may-delay-introduction-of-safe-injection-site-bill-to-counter-opposition-at-statehouse-11215004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130151321/https://www.westword.com/news/brittany-pettersen-may-delay-introduction-of-safe-injection-site-bill-to-counter-opposition-at-statehouse-11215004 |archive-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2019 |title=WATCH: GOP House leader Neville calls drug injection sites 'a horrendous idea,' threatens recalls |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/watch-gop-house-leader-neville-calls-drug-injection-sites-a-horrendous-idea-threatens-recalls/article_861ed838-1c0c-11e9-b2b6-e77109353326.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207051033/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/watch-gop-house-leader-neville-calls-drug-injection-sites-a-horrendous-idea-threatens-recalls/article_861ed838-1c0c-11e9-b2b6-e77109353326.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2014 |title=Personhood bill has chilling effect even with no chance of passing, advocate says |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/personhood-bill-has-chilling-effect-even-with-no-chance-of-passing-advocate-says-5870762 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207001218/https://www.westword.com/news/personhood-bill-has-chilling-effect-even-with-no-chance-of-passing-advocate-says-5870762 |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He received an F rating from [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=[[NARAL Pro-Choice America]] |url=https://naralcolorado.org/legislator/kevin-priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117151752/https://naralcolorado.org/legislator/kevin-priola/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021}}</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>
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 unsuccessful 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>
== Personal life ==
Priola is the current acting vice president and treasurer for his family business, Priola Greenhouses, and CAP Land Company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Kevin Priola |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_Priola |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Colorado Senate Republicans |language=en-US}}</ref> His service to the community also includes being a member of the Commerce City Name Change Committee, as well as the president, treasurer, golf tournament chairman, and publicity chairman of the Commerce City Rotary Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Kevin Priola |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Colorado Senate Republicans |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
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|candidate = Will Hiltscher
|votes = 1,544
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.kevinpriola.com/ Campaign website]
* [http://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kevin-priola Legislative website]
{{Colorado State Senators}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kevin Priola
| image = KevinPriola.png
| state_senate = Colorado
| district = [[Colorado's 25th Senate district|25th]]
| term_start = January 11, 2017
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| preceded = [[Mary Hodge]]
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| constituency2 = 56th district
| term_start2 = January 9, 2013
| term_end2 = January 11, 2017
| predecessor2 = [[Christine Scanlan]]
| successor2 = [[Philip Covarrubias]]
| constituency3 = 30th District
| term_start3 = January 14, 2009
| term_end3 = January 9, 2013
| predecessor3 = [[Mary Hodge]]
| successor3 = [[Jenise May]]
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| death_date =
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| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Michelle
| children = 4
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'''Kevin Priola''' is an American politician who serves in the [[Colorado Senate]] from the [[Colorado's 25th Senate district|25th district]] as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|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 (politics)|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 Party (United States)|Republican]] at age seventeen and was a member of the [[College Republicans]]. He married Michelle, with whom he had four children.<ref name="death">{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Lone Republican Supporter of Death Penalty Repeal on Faith, Colleagues |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/lone-republican-supporter-of-colorado-death-penalty-repeal-kevin-priola-on-faith-colleagues-11260861 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234911/https://www.westword.com/news/lone-republican-supporter-of-colorado-death-penalty-repeal-kevin-priola-on-faith-colleagues-11260861 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="career">{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=[[Colorado Republican Party]] |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213823/https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |archive-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola biography |work=[[Vote Smart]] |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106512/kevin-priola |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207075756/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106512/kevin-priola |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
==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 Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee Dave Rose.<ref name="election 2008">{{Cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary and 2008 General |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018203144/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Laura Huerta in the 2010 election.<ref name="election 2010">{{Cite news |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary and 2010 General |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408095248/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Rose and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] nominee Will Hiltscher in the 2012 election.<ref name="primary 2012">{{Cite news |title=2012 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210080445/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2012">{{Cite news |title=2012 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211201074009/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Vicki A. Snider and Libertarian nominee Chris Baerns in the 2014 election.<ref name="primary 2014">{{Cite news |title=2014 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629071852/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/republican/stateReps.html |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2014">{{Cite news |title=2014 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205112516/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
Priola ran for a seat in the [[Colorado Senate]] from the [[Colorado's 25th Senate district|25th district]] and defeated Democratic nominee Jenise May in the 2016 election.<ref name="primary 2016">{{Cite news |title=2016 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523233746/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2016">{{Cite news |title=2016 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111747/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 24, 2017}}</ref> He defeated Democratic nominee Paula Dickerson in the [[2020 Colorado Senate election|2020 election]] by a small margin.<ref name="primary 2020">{{Cite news |title=2020 Primary Election Results - Republican Party Ballot |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112154021/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/republican/stateSenate.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="election 2020">{{Cite news |title=2020 General Election Results |work=[[Secretary of State of Colorado]] |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126223252/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=November 17, 2020 |title=In Adams County, Voters Went Big For Biden, But Also Hung On To Their Republican State Senator. Why? |url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/11/17/in-adams-county-voters-went-big-for-biden-but-also-hung-on-to-their-republican-state-senator-why/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=[[Colorado Public Radio]] |language=en}}</ref> He overperformed [[Donald Trump]] by over ten percent in the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2020 |title=What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? |work=[[The Denver Post]] |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202235236/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/12/20/colorado-republican-party-what-happened/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
He served as a [[Whip (politics)|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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Changing of the guard House Republicans now the minority party at state legislature |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/changing-of-the-guard-house-republicans-now-the-minority-party-at-state-legislature/article_6fdcb1ea-56e4-5d63-b5c8-088665b924c1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207082216/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/changing-of-the-guard-house-republicans-now-the-minority-party-at-state-legislature/article_6fdcb1ea-56e4-5d63-b5c8-088665b924c1.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 2014 |title=House GOP coup against Rep. Priola fails |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-gop-coup-against-rep-priola-fails/article_2d84426c-66a8-5d04-b590-6859538bcf6f.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081847/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-gop-coup-against-rep-priola-fails/article_2d84426c-66a8-5d04-b590-6859538bcf6f.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 14, 2014 |title=Priola bows to pressure, resigns House GOP leadership post |work=[[KDVR]] |url=https://kdvr.com/news/politics/priola-bows-to-pressure-resigns-house-gop-leadership-post/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207174949/https://kdvr.com/news/politics/priola-bows-to-pressure-resigns-house-gop-leadership-post/ |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> During his tenure in the state senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.<ref name="career" /> He was considered as a possible running mate for [[Walker Stapleton]] in the [[2018 Colorado gubernatorial election|2018 gubernatorial election]], but [[Lang Sias]] was selected instead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 11, 2018 |title=Stapleton picks Rep. Lang Sias as GOP running mate |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/stapleton-picks-rep-lang-sias-as-gop-running-mate/article_6ba1068b-b659-5041-886c-1c8c7c56fe79.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081330/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/stapleton-picks-rep-lang-sias-as-gop-running-mate/article_6ba1068b-b659-5041-886c-1c8c7c56fe79.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
During his tenure in the State Senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.<ref name="career2">{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=[[Colorado Republican Party]] |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213823/https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |archive-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref>
==Political positions==
Priola is considered a political moderate that has often worked with Democrats in sponsoring or supporting bipartisan bills.<ref name=":02" />
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Colorado Legislature Removes Ban on Affordable-Housing Requirements |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-legislature-removes-inclusionary-zoning-prohibition-11959174 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206233908/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-legislature-removes-inclusionary-zoning-prohibition-11959174 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Bill moving fast to curb Colorado landlords' questions about immigration status |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/bill-moving-fast-to-curb-colorado-landlords-questions-about-immigration-status/article_ff7fbb3e-ac25-11ea-ad3a-df7c68f8bfaf.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207081053/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/bill-moving-fast-to-curb-colorado-landlords-questions-about-immigration-status/article_ff7fbb3e-ac25-11ea-ad3a-df7c68f8bfaf.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
He co-sponsored legislation to repeal the [[Capital punishment in the United States|death penalty]], and at one point he was the only Republican supporter, stating that he opposes capital punishment due to his [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] beliefs and how it disproportionately targets black people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 28, 2020 |title=Death Penalty Repeal Bill Passes First Legislative Step |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-consider-death-penalty-repeal-11621943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234250/https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-consider-death-penalty-repeal-11621943 |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="death" /> He voted in favor of reducing the sentence of felony murder from life in prison without parole to a maximum of forty-eight years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Lee's felony murder bill wins state Senate approval |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/lees-felony-murder-bill-wins-state-senate-approval/article_4590552c-9238-11eb-bb05-374afe59b341.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207080351/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/lees-felony-murder-bill-wins-state-senate-approval/article_4590552c-9238-11eb-bb05-374afe59b341.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
He and Senator [[Brittany Pettersen]] created legislation to allow for [[supervised injection site]]s to combat the [[opioid epidemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2019 |title=Statewide Supervised Use Site Bill Might Not Happen This Session |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/brittany-pettersen-may-delay-introduction-of-safe-injection-site-bill-to-counter-opposition-at-statehouse-11215004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130151321/https://www.westword.com/news/brittany-pettersen-may-delay-introduction-of-safe-injection-site-bill-to-counter-opposition-at-statehouse-11215004 |archive-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2019 |title=WATCH: GOP House leader Neville calls drug injection sites 'a horrendous idea,' threatens recalls |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/watch-gop-house-leader-neville-calls-drug-injection-sites-a-horrendous-idea-threatens-recalls/article_861ed838-1c0c-11e9-b2b6-e77109353326.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207051033/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/watch-gop-house-leader-neville-calls-drug-injection-sites-a-horrendous-idea-threatens-recalls/article_861ed838-1c0c-11e9-b2b6-e77109353326.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2014 |title=Personhood bill has chilling effect even with no chance of passing, advocate says |work=[[Westword]] |url=https://www.westword.com/news/personhood-bill-has-chilling-effect-even-with-no-chance-of-passing-advocate-says-5870762 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207001218/https://www.westword.com/news/personhood-bill-has-chilling-effect-even-with-no-chance-of-passing-advocate-says-5870762 |archive-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> He received an F rating from [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kevin Priola |work=[[NARAL Pro-Choice America]] |url=https://naralcolorado.org/legislator/kevin-priola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117151752/https://naralcolorado.org/legislator/kevin-priola/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021}}</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>
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 unsuccessful 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>
== Personal life ==
Priola is the current acting vice president and treasurer for his family business, Priola Greenhouses, and CAP Land Company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Kevin Priola |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_Priola |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Colorado Senate Republicans |language=en-US}}</ref> His service to the community also includes being a member of the Commerce City Name Change Committee, as well as the president, treasurer, golf tournament chairman, and publicity chairman of the Commerce City Rotary Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Kevin Priola |url=https://www.coloradosenaterepublicans.com/priola/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Colorado Senate Republicans |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.kevinpriola.com/ Campaign website]
* [http://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kevin-priola Legislative website]
{{Colorado State Senators}}
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<p><b>Kevin Priola</b> is an American politician who serves in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">Colorado Senate</a> from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado%27s_25th_Senate_district" title="Colorado's 25th Senate district">25th district</a> as a member of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_House_of_Representatives" title="Colorado House of Representatives">Colorado House of Representatives</a> from the 30th and 56th districts from 2009 to 2017.
</p><p>Priola was born in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton, Colorado</a>, and educated at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Boulder" title="University of Colorado Boulder">University of Colorado Boulder</a> where he joined the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/College_Republicans" title="College Republicans">College Republicans</a>. 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 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a>, but resigned following an unsuccessful attempt to remove him. He was elected to the state senate in the 2016 election.
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<p>Kevin Priola was born in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton, Colorado</a>. He attended the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Boulder" title="University of Colorado Boulder">University of Colorado Boulder</a> from 1992 to 1996, and graduated with a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in finance and accounting and a minor in economics. He became a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> at age seventeen and was a member of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/College_Republicans" title="College Republicans">College Republicans</a>. He married Michelle, with whom he had four children.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-career_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-career-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<p>Priola ran for the Republican nomination for a seat in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_House_of_Representatives" title="Colorado House of Representatives">Colorado House of Representatives</a> in the 30th district in the 2008 election and won in the general election against <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee Dave Rose.<sup id="cite_ref-election_2008_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2008-4">[4]</a></sup> He defeated Democratic nominee Laura Huerta in the 2010 election.<sup id="cite_ref-election_2010_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2010-5">[5]</a></sup> He defeated Democratic nominee Rose and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> nominee Will Hiltscher in the 2012 election.<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2012_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2012-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-election_2012_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2012-7">[7]</a></sup> He defeated Democratic nominee Vicki A. Snider and Libertarian nominee Chris Baerns in the 2014 election.<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2014_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2014-8">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-election_2014_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2014-9">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>Priola ran for a seat in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">Colorado Senate</a> from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado%27s_25th_Senate_district" title="Colorado's 25th Senate district">25th district</a> and defeated Democratic nominee Jenise May in the 2016 election.<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2016_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2016-10">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-election_2016_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2016-11">[11]</a></sup> He defeated Democratic nominee Paula Dickerson in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_Colorado_Senate_election" title="2020 Colorado Senate election">2020 election</a> by a small margin.<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2020_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2020-12">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-election_2020_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2020-13">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:02_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-14">[14]</a></sup> He overperformed <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> by over ten percent in the 2020 election.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup>
</p><p>He served as a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> during his tenure in the state house, but resigned from his position after Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chris_Holbert" title="Chris Holbert">Chris Holbert</a> unsuccessfully attempted to have him removed from the position due to Priola not supporting a Republican amendment to legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> During his tenure in the state senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.<sup id="cite_ref-career_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-career-2">[2]</a></sup> He was considered as a possible running mate for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Walker_Stapleton" title="Walker Stapleton">Walker Stapleton</a> in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2018_Colorado_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Colorado gubernatorial election">2018 gubernatorial election</a>, but <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lang_Sias" title="Lang Sias">Lang Sias</a> was selected instead.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup>
</p><p>During his tenure in the State Senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees.<sup id="cite_ref-career2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-career2-20">[20]</a></sup>
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<p>Priola is considered a political moderate that has often worked with Democrats in sponsoring or supporting bipartisan bills.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-14">[14]</a></sup>
</p><p>Priola voted in favor of legislation to allow municipalities to require affordable housing which had been prohibited since a ruling by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_Supreme_Court" title="Colorado Supreme Court">Colorado Supreme Court</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup>
</p><p>He co-sponsored legislation to repeal the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States" title="Capital punishment in the United States">death penalty</a>, and at one point he was the only Republican supporter, stating that he opposes capital punishment due to his <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> beliefs and how it disproportionately targets black people.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-death_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-1">[1]</a></sup> He voted in favor of reducing the sentence of felony murder from life in prison without parole to a maximum of forty-eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>He and Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brittany_Pettersen" title="Brittany Pettersen">Brittany Pettersen</a> created legislation to allow for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supervised_injection_site" title="Supervised injection site">supervised injection sites</a> to combat the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Opioid_epidemic" title="Opioid epidemic">opioid epidemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Patrick_Neville" title="Patrick Neville">Patrick Neville</a>, the Republican Minority Leader in the state house, threatened to have recall attempts made against Democratic members of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado General Assembly</a> who supported the legislation, but not against Priola.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup>
</p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> He received an F rating from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup>
</p><p>He supported anti-<a href="/enwiki/wiki/LGBT" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Religious_freedom_bill" title="Religious freedom bill">religious-exemption</a> legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> He voted in favor of legislation to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_U.S._jurisdictions_banning_conversion_therapy" title="List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy">prohibit</a> gay <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">conversion therapy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> He cosponsored legislation to make <a href="/enwiki/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a> prevention drugs available without the need of a prescription.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup>
</p><p>He called for President Trump to be removed from office after the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="2021 United States Capitol attack">2021 United States Capitol attack</a> through either the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution">25th amendment</a> or <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_efforts_to_impeach_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of efforts to impeach presidents of the United States">impeachment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> 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 unsuccessful amendments to the resolution thanking the Capitol Hill attackers and to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election">decertify</a> the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Priola&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Priola is the current acting vice president and treasurer for his family business, Priola Greenhouses, and CAP Land Company.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> His service to the community also includes being a member of the Commerce City Name Change Committee, as well as the president, treasurer, golf tournament chairman, and publicity chairman of the Commerce City Rotary Club.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Priola&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral history">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2008 Colorado House of Representatives 30th district Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-election_2008_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2008-4">[4]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>1,579 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,579 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2008 Colorado House of Representatives 30th district election<sup id="cite_ref-election_2008_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2008-4">[4]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>11,936 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>50.92% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Dave Rose
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,505
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.08%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>23,441 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2010 Colorado House of Representatives 30th district Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-election_2010_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2010-5">[5]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>2,912 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,912 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2010 Colorado House of Representatives 30th district election<sup id="cite_ref-election_2010_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2010-5">[5]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>10,612 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>60.49% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Laura Huerta
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,931
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.51%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>17,543 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2012 Colorado House of Representatives 56th district Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2012_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2012-6">[6]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>4,064 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>4,064 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2012 Colorado House of Representatives 56th district election<sup id="cite_ref-election_2012_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2012-7">[7]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>22,270 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>58.78% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Dave Rose
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,070
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.14%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FED105; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Will Hiltscher
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,544
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.08%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>37,884 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2014 Colorado House of Representatives 56th district Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2014_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2014-8">[8]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>5,894 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,894 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2014 Colorado House of Representatives 56th district election<sup id="cite_ref-election_2014_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2014-9">[9]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>20,627 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>63.09% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Vicki A. Snider
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,629
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.51%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FED105; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Chris Baerns
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,439
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.40%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>32,695 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2016 Colorado Senate 25th district Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2016_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2016-10">[10]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>4,743 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>4,743 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2016 Colorado Senate 25th district election<sup id="cite_ref-election_2016_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2016-11">[11]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>30,074 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>52.07% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Jenise May
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27,678
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.93%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>57,752 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
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<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2020 Colorado Senate 25th district Republican primary<sup id="cite_ref-primary_2020_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primary_2020-12">[12]</a></sup>
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<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>11,135 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>11,135 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">2020 Colorado Senate 25th district election<sup id="cite_ref-election_2020_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_2020-13">[13]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><span title="Change in percentage value since previous election" class="rt-commentedText" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Kevin Priola (incumbent) </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>37,195 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>50.84% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b> </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Paula Dickerson
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35,968
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.16%
</td>
<td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na">
</td></tr>
<tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6">
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>73,163 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Priola&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kevin-priola">Legislative website</a></li></ul>
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<dl><dt>President of the Senate</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steve_Fenberg" title="Steve Fenberg">Steve Fenberg</a> (D)</dd>
<dt>President <i>pro tempore</i></dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kerry_Donovan" title="Kerry Donovan">Kerry Donovan</a> (D)</dd>
<dt>Majority Leader</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominick_Moreno" title="Dominick Moreno">Dominick Moreno</a> (D)</dd>
<dt>Minority Leader</dt>
<dd><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chris_Holbert" title="Chris Holbert">Chris Holbert</a> (R)</dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r998391716">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 16em;">
<ol><li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jerry_Sonnenberg" title="Jerry Sonnenberg">Jerry Sonnenberg</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dennis_Hisey" title="Dennis Hisey">Dennis Hisey</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span>Nick Hinrichsen (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jim_Smallwood" title="Jim Smallwood">Jim Smallwood</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kerry_Donovan" title="Kerry Donovan">Kerry Donovan</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Don_Coram" title="Don Coram">Don Coram</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ray_Scott_(politician)" title="Ray Scott (politician)">Ray Scott</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bob_Rankin" title="Bob Rankin">Bob Rankin</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paul_Lundeen" title="Paul Lundeen">Paul Lundeen</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Larry_Liston" title="Larry Liston">Larry Liston</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pete_Lee" title="Pete Lee">Pete Lee</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bob_Gardner" title="Bob Gardner">Bob Gardner</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/John_Cooke_(Colorado_politician)" title="John Cooke (Colorado politician)">John Cooke</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joann_Ginal" title="Joann Ginal">Joann Ginal</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rob_Woodward_(politician)" title="Rob Woodward (politician)">Rob Woodward</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tammy_Story" title="Tammy Story">Tammy Story</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sonya_Jaquez_Lewis" title="Sonya Jaquez Lewis">Sonya Jaquez Lewis</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steve_Fenberg" title="Steve Fenberg">Steve Fenberg</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rachel_Zenzinger" title="Rachel Zenzinger">Rachel Zenzinger</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jessie_Danielson" title="Jessie Danielson">Jessie Danielson</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dominick_Moreno" title="Dominick Moreno">Dominick Moreno</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brittany_Pettersen" title="Brittany Pettersen">Brittany Pettersen</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Barbara_Kirkmeyer" title="Barbara Kirkmeyer">Barbara Kirkmeyer</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Faith_Winter" title="Faith Winter">Faith Winter</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kevin Priola</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jeff_Bridges_(politician)" title="Jeff Bridges (politician)">Jeff Bridges</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chris_Kolker" title="Chris Kolker">Chris Kolker</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Janet_Buckner" title="Janet Buckner">Janet Buckner</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rhonda_Fields" title="Rhonda Fields">Rhonda Fields</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chris_Holbert" title="Chris Holbert">Chris Holbert</a> (R)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chris_Hansen_(politician)" title="Chris Hansen (politician)">Chris Hansen</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez_(politician)" title="Robert Rodriguez (politician)">Robert Rodriguez</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/James_Coleman_(politician)" title="James Coleman (politician)">James Coleman</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Julie_Gonzales" title="Julie Gonzales">Julie Gonzales</a> (D)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cleave_Simpson" title="Cleave Simpson">Cleave Simpson</a> (R)</li></ol>
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<ul><li><span style="color: #3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_Democratic_Party" title="Colorado Democratic Party">Democratic</a> (20)</li>
<li><span style="color: #E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_Republican_Party" title="Colorado Republican Party">Republican</a> (15)</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado General Assembly</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_House_of_Representatives" title="Colorado House of Representatives">Colorado House of Representatives</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">Colorado Senate</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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