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Larry Crowder

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Larry Crowder
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Prior offices
Colorado State Senate District 35

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal
Profession
Business owner, farmer, rancher

Larry Crowder (Republican Party) was a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 35. He assumed office on January 9, 2013. He left office on January 13, 2021.

Crowder (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 35. He won in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Crowder was mentioned during the wave of sexual assault and misconduct allegations during late 2017. To read more, click here.

Biography

Crowder's professional experience includes working as a farmer and rancher and owning a business. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and has served as the veterans service officer of Rio Grande County.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Crowder was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Colorado committee assignments, 2017
Health and Human Services
Local Government

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Crowder served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Crowder served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2020

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2020

Larry Crowder was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2016

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Colorado State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 4, 2016.[2]

Incumbent Larry Crowder defeated Jim Casias and William Bartley in the Colorado State Senate District 35 general election.[3][4]

Colorado State Senate, District 35 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Larry Crowder Incumbent 59.90% 38,880
     Democratic Jim Casias 35.99% 23,358
     Libertarian William Bartley 4.11% 2,668
Total Votes 64,906
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

Jim Casias ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 35 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Colorado State Senate, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jim Casias  (unopposed)


Incumbent Larry Crowder ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 35 Republican primary.[5][6]

Colorado State Senate, District 35 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Larry Crowder Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2012

Crowder won election in the 2012 election for Colorado State Senate District 35. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 26, 2012 following the withdrawal of Alexander Lucero-Mugatu. Crowder defeated Crestina Martinez (D) and William Bartley (L) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]

Colorado State Senate, District 35, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLarry W. Crowder 49.2% 31,117
     Democratic Crestina Martinez 46.9% 29,617
     Libertarian William Stuart Bartley 3.9% 2,461
Total Votes 63,195

Campaign themes

Crowder's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]

Economy

  • Excerpt: "I will fight excessive regulations that are destroying jobs."

Agriculture

  • Excerpt: "I understand the importance of water rights and will work to defend them."

Pinon Canyon

  • Excerpt: "I will defend private property rights."

Education

  • Excerpt: "I believe we need to invest in education and job training."

Veterans Affairs

  • Excerpt: "I served my country in the US Army and I currently serve my fellow Veterans as a Veterans Service Officer."

Campaign finance summary


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Larry Crowder campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Colorado State Senate, District 35Won $136,139 N/A**
2012Colorado State Senate, District 35Won $77,536 N/A**
Grand total$213,675 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Noteworthy events

Cleared of harassment allegations by senate president (2018)

See also: Sexual assault and harassment in American politics (2017-2018)

On February 8, 2018, state Rep. Susan Lontine (D) disclosed that she had filed a sexual harassment claim against Crowder in November 2017, alleging that he touched her inappropriately and made a lewd sexual remark to her. An investigation into her claims found them to be credible, but Crowder denied the alleged incidents happened. Lontine said that she went public with the accusations because she did not think Senate President Kevin Grantham (R) was adequately responding. Grantham said that he thought the matter had been settled privately and that Lontine preferred to keep the allegations out of the media.[9] Crowder was cleared as a result of an investigation ordered by Grantham.[10]

Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Joyce Foster (D)
Colorado State Senate District 35
2013–2021
Succeeded by
Cleave Simpson Jr. (R)


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