Paul Lundeen is a Colorado politician and a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 9. Previously he served in the Colorado House of Representatives as the representative from the 19th District, which encompassed portions of El Paso County, including the communities of Black Forest, Calhan, Ellicott, Gleneagle, Monument, Peyton, Ramah, and Woodmoor.[1]

Paul Lundeen
Lundeen in 2023
Minority Leader of the Colorado Senate
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byJohn Cooke
Member of the Colorado Senate
from the 9th district
Assumed office
January 4, 2019
Preceded byKent Lambert
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 19th district
In office
January 7, 2015 – January 4, 2019
Preceded byAmy Stephens
Succeeded byTim Geitner
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseConnie
EducationUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln
New York University (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Lundeen is a Republican and lives in Monument, Colorado.

Career

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A businessman, Lundeen previously served on the Colorado State Board of Education, representing the Fifth District, and for a time he served as the Board's chair.[2]

A bill proposal by Lundeen aimed at requiring voters to cast ballots in person, limiting early voting, and only allowing voters to cast ballots by mail if they opt for it despite voting by mail having been used in Colorado for years. In February 2021, a Senate panel rejected the bill.[3][4]

In March 2021, Lundeen attended a panel that promoted the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. During a speech, Lundeen cast doubt on the validity of the election results including that of Colorado's.[4]

Electoral history

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Lundeen was first elected to the State House in 2014. He ran unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.

2014 Colorado House of Representatives election, District 19[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Lundeen 31,519 100.00%
Total votes 31,519 100%
Republican hold

In 2016, Lundeen was re-elected. In the general election, he won 79.59% of the vote against his Democratic opponent.[6]

2016 Colorado House of Representatives election, District 19[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 40,011 79.59%
Democratic Tom Reynolds 10,258 20.41%
Total votes 50,269 100%
Republican hold

In June, 2017, Lundeen announced that in the 2018 elections he would seek the District 9 State Senate seat currently held by Kent Lambert, who is term limited. Lambert immediately endorsed Lundeen.[8]

2018 Colorado Senate election, 9th District[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Lundeen 61,341 70.32%
Democratic Gil Armendariz 25,892 29.68%
Total votes 87,233 100%
Republican hold

Running for reelection in 2022, Lundeen won the Republican primary held on June 28,[10] and in the 2022 Colorado Senate general election, Lundeen defeated his Democratic Party and Libertarian Party opponents, winning 62.31% of the total votes cast.[11]

2022 Colorado Senate Republican primary, 9th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 15,385 69.7%
Republican Lynda Zamora Wilson 6,675 30.3%
Total votes 22,060 100%
2022 Colorado Senate election, 9th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 50,266 62.31%
Democratic Arik Dougherty 28,327 35.12%
Libertarian Stephen Darnell 2,075 2.57%
Total votes 80,668 100%
Republican hold

References

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  1. ^ Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff. Legislative District Information After 2011 Reapportionment: House District 19. Viewed: 2017-01-25.
  2. ^ Lundeen, Paul. About Paul. Retrieved: 2017-01-25.
  3. ^ Poblete, Pat (15 March 2021). "Senate panel rejects GOP voting bill". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  4. ^ a b Maulbetsch, Erik (2021-03-10). "Colorado Republican Legislators Join Election Fraud Conspiracy Panel". Colorado Times Recorder. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  5. ^ "2014 General Election Results". Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Ballotpedia. Paul Lundeen. Retrieved: 2017-01-25
  7. ^ "November 8, 2016 General Election Official Results". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ Luning, Ernest (2017-06-07). "Paul Lundeen declares for Colorado state senate with outgoing Kent Lambert's endorsement". The Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  9. ^ Colorado Secretary of State. "Election Results & Data (Unofficial)". www.sos.state.co.us. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  10. ^ Metzger, Hannah (2022-06-29). "Incumbent Lundeen wins GOP primary for state Senate District 9". The Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  11. ^ "Colorado election results: November 8, 2022, general election state senate district 9". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
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Colorado Senate
Preceded by Minority Leader of the Colorado Senate
2023–present
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