{{short description|American politician}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Clarice Navarro | image = Representative Clarice Navarro.jpg | state_house = Colorado | district = 47th<ref name="CGA">{{cite web |url= http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou47.htm |title= Clarice Navarro |publisher= Colorado General Assembly |location= Denver, Colorado |access-date= January 7, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130130053710/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou47.htm |archive-date= January 30, 2013 }}</ref> | term_start = January 9, 2013 | term_end = November 12, 2017 | predecessor = Keith Swerdfeger | successor = Judy Reyher | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Otero Junior College | profession = | website = {{URL|clarice47.com}} }}
'''Clarice Navarro''' is a politician and former state representative from Pueblo, Colorado. First elected in November 2012, Navarro served in the state house from January 2013 until she resigned in November 2017 to take a job in the Trump administration.<ref>{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=2017-11-07 |title=Colorado state lawmaker leaving her post to join Trump administration |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/07/clarice-navarro-leaving-colorado-legislature/ |work=The Denver Post|access-date=2017-11-13}}</ref> She currently works in the office of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.<ref>{{cite news|date=2021-07-09|title=Morning Digest: Progressives gained unprecedented clout in New Mexico legislature via key 2020 wins|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/9/2038954/-Morning-Digest-Progressives-gained-unprecedented-clout-in-New-Mexico-legislature-via-key-2020-wins|work=The Daily Kos|access-date=2021-07-09}}</ref>
== Education == Navarro attended Otero College. Navarro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management from National American University.<ref name="votesmart_navarro"/>
== Career == Navarro was an educator at Colorado Department of Corrections and Las Animas High School. In 2003, Navarro was a business teacher until 2007.<ref name="votesmart_navarro">{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138776/clarice-navarro |title=Clarice Navarro's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
==Elections== *2012 When Republican Representative Keith Swerdfeger left the Legislature and left the District 47 seat open, Navarro was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,067 votes,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |title= 2012 Republican Party state representatives primary results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 18,215 votes (51.7%) against Democratic nominee Netto Rodosevich.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |title= 2012 General election state representatives results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |access-date= January 7, 2014}}</ref> *In 2014, Representative Navarro won the general election with 18,358 votes (64.6%). *In 2016, Representative Navarro won the general election with 21,714 votes (57.7%).
== Personal life == Navarro is divorced and she has two children. Navarro and her family are from Las Animas, Colorado.<ref name="votesmart_navarro"/>
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==External links== *[https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/clarice-navarro New State House website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130130053710/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou47.htm Official page] at the Colorado General Assembly *[http://www.clarice47.com/ Campaign site]
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