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Su Ryden
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Democratic Party

Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 36

Education

Bachelor's

University of Denver, 1967

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Personal website

Su Ryden is a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 36 from 2009 to 2017. She served as House majority whip from 2015 to 2017 and was deputy majority whip from 2013 to 2014.

Ryden did not seek re-election to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2016 because she was term-limited. Instead, Ryden was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 29 of the Colorado State Senate.

Biography

Ryden earned her B.S. from the University of Denver in 1967.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ryden served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ryden served on these committees:

Issues

Training judges in business

Lat in the 2011 session, lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee an effort to train judges on business matters. The proposed program will be funded with excess fees collected by the Secretary of State’s Office from Colorado businesses.

House Bill 1302, by Rep. Waller authorizes the Secretary of State’s Office to spend $500,000 to administer the program, designed and delivered by the judiciary branch, to train judges in handling business issues.

Mark Waller said the bill concentrates on efficiency that would benefit all who are a party to litigation involving business matters.

“It’s a win-win for everyone involved,” said Waller. “It enables the judiciary to more effectively deal with these cases and deal with other issues that they also deal with.”

Some members were concerned with the bill having a nexus to the secretary of state, suggesting that it should reside wholly within the judiciary branch.

“It feels messy to have two separate branches of government working on the same thing,” said Rep. Su Ryden.

Rep. Daniel Kagan voted in favor of the bill but expressed concern as well over the secretary of state’s involvement in the program.

“What the secretary of state giveth the secretary of state can take away,” said Kagan. “Having a politically controlled office funding the program is probably not a good idea.”[2]

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

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.[3] Incumbent Morgan Carroll (D) did not seek re-election.

Rhonda Fields defeated Sebastian Chunn and Michele Poague in the Colorado State Senate District 29 general election.[4][5]

Colorado State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rhonda Fields 54.19% 30,998
     Republican Sebastian Chunn 39.34% 22,503
     Libertarian Michele Poague 6.47% 3,698
Total Votes 57,199
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

Rhonda Fields defeated Su Ryden in the Colorado State Senate District 29 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Colorado State Senate, District 29 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rhonda Fields 74.22% 5,418
     Democratic Su Ryden 25.78% 1,882
Total Votes 7,300


Sebastian Chunn ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 29 Republican primary.[6][7]

Colorado State Senate, District 29 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Sebastian Chunn  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Colorado House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 31, 2014. Incumbent Su Ryden was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Richard Bowman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Ryden defeated Bowman in the general election.[8][9][10][11]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 36, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSu Ryden Incumbent 51.4% 11,881
     Republican Richard J. Bowman 48.6% 11,213
Total Votes 23,094

2012

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2012

Ryden won re-election in the 2012 election for Colorado House of Representatives District 36. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2012. She defeated Jim Parker (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[12]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 36, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSu Ryden Incumbent 57.7% 17,577
     Republican James W. Parker, III 38.2% 11,636
     Libertarian Wes Long 4.1% 1,247
Total Votes 30,460

2010

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2010

Ryden ran for re-election to the 36th District seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the August 10 primary. Ryden defeated Gary Marshall (R) in the November 2 general election.

Colorado House of Representatives, District 36 General election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Su Ryden (D) 10,783
Gary Marshall (R) 8,580

2008

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Ryden won election to the 36th District seat in the Colorado House of Representatives, defeating opponent Kathy Green (R).[13]

Ryden raised $70,399 for her campaign, while Green raised $25,124.[14]

Colorado State House, District 36 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Su Ryden (D) 16,878
Kathy Green (R) 11,398

Campaign themes

2016

Ryden's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“
  • Common Interests instead of Special Interests: I believe that our state and federal governments must work for ordinary Americans, not against them. I believe the focus must be on the issues that unite us for the common good.
  • Protecting Colorado Families and Growing Our Economy: Since the economic crisis of 2008, many Aurora and Colorado families have been struggling. While in the Colorado State House, I’ve sponsored or supported many bills to create good, high paying jobs throughout the state. Because of the innovative legislation we’ve passed to expand our economy, Colorado is now the fastest growing economy in the country. Unemployment has plummeted from a high of almost 10% to 4.3% for July, 2015. The next Colorado update will occur on Sept. 18, 2015 . The National Unemployment rate is 5.3%.
  • Colorado Health Care: In Colorado, the The Affordable Care Act is working! Indeed, estimates are that 94% of the population now has healthcare coverage! The previous percentage of coverage was at 84%.

[15]

”
—Su Ryden[16]

Campaign finance summary

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Su Ryden campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Colorado State House, District 36Won $39,981 N/A**
2012Colorado State House, District 36Won $41,754 N/A**
2010Colorado State House, District 36Won $42,884 N/A**
2008Colorado State House, District 36Won $70,399 N/A**
Grand total$195,018 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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.

Scorecards

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2017

In 2017, the 71st Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 11 through May 10. There was also a special session from October 2-3.

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2016


2015


2014


2013

Personal

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When she served in the state legislature, Ryden was also the communications chair for the Rotary Club of Denver and a board member of the Rotary Club of Denver Foundation. She was a member of Women Impacting Public Policy, the Institute of International Education, and Leadership Aurora.[1]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 15, 2014
  2. ↑ Colorado News Agency, "Businesses would get an ear on the bench under pending bill," April 26, 2011
  3. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting," accessed October 6, 2015
  4. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "General election candidates," accessed August 16, 2016
  5. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 14, 2016
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed May 3, 2016
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "June 28, 2016 Primary Election," accessed August 22, 2016
  8. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed May 1, 2014
  9. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 25, 2014
  10. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed July 23, 2014
  11. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 5, 2014
  12. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed April 14, 2014
  13. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2008 General election results," accessed April 14, 2014
  14. ↑ Follow the Money, "Funds raised by 2008 House candidates," accessed April 14, 2014
  15. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  16. ↑ Su Ryden, "Issues," accessed June 20, 2016
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Preceded by
' 		Colorado House District 36
2009–2017 		Succeeded by
Mike Weissman (D)


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