{{short description|American lawyer and politician from Colorado}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Beth McCann | image = Beth McCann Denver DA.JPG | alt = Beth McCann in 2017. | caption = Beth McCann in 2017. | office = District Attorney for Colorado's Second Judicial District | term_start = January 10, 2017 | term_end = January 14, 2025 | predecessor = Mitchell R. Morrissey | successor = John F. Walsh | state_house1 = Colorado | district1 = 8th | term_start1 = January 7, 2009 | term_end1 = January 10, 2017 | predecessor1 = Rosemary Marshall<ref name="house09">{{cite web |url=https://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2009A/csljournals.nsf/(jouhse)/0475167CD03000CB8725752E0056A5B3/$FILE/Jn07.pdf |title=House Journal - January 7, 2009 |accessdate=2009-01-09 |work=Colorado General Assembly }}</ref> | succeeded1 = Leslie Herod | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|2|10}} | birth_place = Radford, Virginia | occupation = Attorney, politician | spouse = Christopher Linsmayer | children = 2 | alma_mater = Georgetown University Law Center<br>Wittenberg University | website = [https://www.denverda.org/ Official website] }} '''Beth McCann''' (born February 10, 1949) is an American politician who served as Denver District Attorney from 2017 to 2025. She was the first woman to hold the office. A Democrat, McCann beat her opponent, independent Helen Morgan, winning 74% of the vote<ref>''New York Times''. [https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/colorado-district-attorney-district-2 Colorado 2nd District Attorney Results: Beth McCann Wins]. Viewed 2017-01-06.</ref> in the November, 2016 general election. Before serving as Denver's DA, McCann served from 2008 to 2017 as a Colorado State Representative, representing House District 8, which encompasses portions of central Denver, Colorado.<ref name="map">{{cite web |url=http://comaps.org/district08h.html |title=State House District 8 |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=COMaps |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215142356/http://comaps.org/district08h.html |archivedate=2009-02-15 }}</ref>
==Legislative career==
===2008 election=== Beth McCann defeated Matt Bergles and Cindy Lowery in the contested Democratic primary in August, taking 49 percent of votes cast.<ref name="prim08">{{cite web |url=http://rs.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=syj1hm55hso5ty55pcuhyprg&ControlID=a61fb386-685c-4a0c-a691-71334ad539d8&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=ClientControllerdnn_ctr370_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&EnableFindNext=False&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 Primary Election |accessdate=2008-04-13 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> McCann faced no opposition in the November 2008 general election. Her candidacy was endorsed by the ''Denver Post''.<ref name="csind">{{cite news |first=Wendy |last=Norris |author2=Bob Spencer |title=State candidate endorsement watch |url=https://coloradoindependent.com/11911/state-candidate-endorsement-watch |work=Colorado Independent |date=3 November 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-07 }}</ref>
===2009 legislative session=== For the 2009 legislative session, McCann was named to seats on the House Appropriations Committee, the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, and was tapped to be vice-chair of the House Judiciary Committee.<ref name="cmte09">{{cite press release |title=House Democrats Unveil 2009 Committee Chairs & Assignments |date=18 November 2008 |publisher=Colorado House Democrats |url=http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/house-democrats-unveil-2009-committee-chairs-assignments.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103101139/http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/house-democrats-unveil-2009-committee-chairs-assignments.html |archivedate=3 January 2010 }}</ref> McCann sponsored legislation to limit the number of dogs owned by commercial dog breeders to 25 and to require annual veterinary exams for breeding dogs.<ref name="breed">{{cite news |author=Staff Reports |title=New Colorado bill would mandate annual veterinary examinations for breeding dogs |url=http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+news/New-Colorado-bill-would-mandate-annual-veterinary-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/577115?contextCategoryId=378 |work=DVM Newsmagazine |date=23 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-22 }}</ref>
===2012 election=== In the 2012 General Election, Representative McCann faced Republican challenger Alan Johnson. McCann was elected by a wide margin of 83% to 13%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html# |title=CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314203900/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html |archivedate=2017-03-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/ |title=State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post |access-date=2012-11-09 |archive-date=2019-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115225141/http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706135917/http://www.mccann08.com/home State Representative campaign website] * [https://mccannfordenverda.com/ District Attorney campaign website]
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