{{Short description|American politician and attorney}} {{Distinguish|Dylan Roberton}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dylan Roberts |state_senate = Colorado | district = 8th | term_start = January 9, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Bob Rankin | successor = | state_house1 = Colorado | district1 = 26th | term_start1 = November 13, 2017 | term_end1 = January 9, 2023 | preceded1 = Diane Mitsch Bush | successor1 = Meghan Lukens | image = Dylan Roberts.JPG | birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S. | website = [https://www.dylanroberts.org/ Official] | education = Boston College (BA)<br>University of Colorado (JD) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|17}} | party = Democratic }} '''Dylan Outerbridge Roberts''' (born July 17, 1989) is an American politician and attorney who is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 8, which includes all or part of Clear Creek, Eagle, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Summit counties, including the communities of Steamboat Springs, Edwards, Craig, Gypsum and Eagle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://redistricting.colorado.gov/rails/active_storage/disk/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdDVG9JYTJWNVNTSWhkWFl5Ym5GelozRnhhSGcxYnpGc2NtMXNjV2x2TVRNMGJtbG9OUVk2QmtWVU9oQmthWE53YjNOcGRHbHZia2tpWDJsdWJHbHVaVHNnWm1sc1pXNWhiV1U5SWpJd01qRmZVMlZ1WVhSbFgwUnBjM1J5YVdOMFh6Z3VjR1JtSWpzZ1ptbHNaVzVoYldVcVBWVlVSaTA0SnljeU1ESXhYMU5sYm1GMFpWOUVhWE4wY21samRGODRMbkJrWmdZN0JsUTZFV052Ym5SbGJuUmZkSGx3WlVraUZHRndjR3hwWTJGMGFXOXVMM0JrWmdZN0JsUTZFWE5sY25acFkyVmZibUZ0WlRvS2JHOWpZV3c9IiwiZXhwIjoiMjAyNS0wNy0wN1QyMzo0MDoyMi4xMTVaIiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9rZXkifX0=--2b1944bb604037f0e5ad05188d5af432581674ce/2021_Senate_District_8.pdf |title=Colorado Senate District 8 (2021) |author=Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission |date=March 18, 2022 |website= |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=January 10, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> Previously, from 2017 to 2023, Roberts served in the Colorado House of Representatives and represented the 26th District, which included Eagle and Routt counties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dylan Roberts {{!}} Colorado General Assembly|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/dylan-roberts|website=leg.colorado.gov|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> In 2022, Roberts ran for the State Senate and won the race.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last1=Fish |first1=Sandra |last2=Paul |first2=Jesse |date=2022-11-16 |title=The eight Colorado legislative districts Democrats flipped from the GOP this year, from Colorado Springs to the Western Slope |url=https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/16/colorado-legisalture-democrats-seats-flipped/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Dylan Roberts {{!}} Colorado General Assembly|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/dylan-roberts|website=leg.colorado.gov|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Meet Dylan|url=https://www.dylanroberts.org/dylan|website=Dylan Roberts for Colorado|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Roberts was born on July 17, 1989, in Denver, Colorado, to parents Stu and Lulu Roberts. When he was in the fourth grade, Roberts and his family moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

In 2008, Roberts took a semester off of college to return to his to work for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Roberts opened and ran the Steamboat Springs office, the first ever presidential field office in the region. Roberts later returned to Boston College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in political science and environmental studies in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-28|title=At 19, Dylan Roberts ran a campaign office for Barack Obama in Steamboat. He will soon be a state representative.|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/28/dylan-roberts-barack-obama-house-district-26-representative/|access-date=2020-07-09|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref> Roberts later graduated the University of Colorado Law School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Dylan Roberts – Colorado House Democrats|url=https://www.cohousedems.com/members/rep-dylan-roberts/|access-date=2020-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career == After receiving his degree, he returned to Colorado to serve as the deputy state field director for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign. That year, Roberts led over thirty staff members in sixteen offices across twenty-two Colorado counties.<ref name=":0" />

During his legal studies, Roberts worked for state representative Mike Foote as a legislative policy analyst, for the Colorado Attorney General, and as a student attorney representing indigent citizens who were charged with crimes and could not afford an attorney.<ref name=":0" />

Following law school, Roberts moved to Eagle County and now works as Deputy District Attorney for Eagle County.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q&A with Dylan Roberts, Democrat candidate for Colorado House District 26|url=https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/qa-with-dylan-roberts-democrat-candidate-for-colorado-house-district-26/|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.steamboatpilot.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ross|first=Tom|title=Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts running for state house|url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-county-deputy-district-attorney-dylan-roberts-running-for-state-house/|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.vaildaily.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His work includes prosecuting felony and misdemeanor cases on behalf of victims of crime, including domestic violence, theft, and other crimes.<ref name=":0" />

=== Colorado House === Roberts was sworn in as a Colorado State Representative on November 13, 2017. During Roberts' first year in the legislature, he was the primary sponsor of twelve bills, six of which were successfully passed and sent to the Governor.<ref name=":1"/>

During his second year, Roberts was the primary sponsor of thirty-five bills, twenty-nine of which were passed and signed into law by the governor.<ref name=":1" /> During this session, Roberts wrote and passed a first-in-the-nation cap on insulin co-pays<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/health/colorado-insulin-price-cap-trnd/index.html|title = Colorado is the first state to cap skyrocketing insulin co-pays|date = 23 May 2019}}</ref> that has now passed in many other states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coloradosun.com/2020/10/07/insulin-cap-colorado-coronavirus/|title = Not pandemic-proof: Insulin copay caps fall short in Colorado and other states, fueling underground exchanges|date = 7 October 2020}}</ref>

During the 2020 legislative session, Roberts was the primary sponsor of seventeen bills, eleven of which became law, all with bipartisan support.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-county-political-parties-say-sign-stealing-a-continuing-problem/|title = Eagle County political parties say sign-stealing a continuing problem}}</ref> He was the lead sponsor of a bill to expand the Rural Jump-Start Small Business Program which gives incentives for small businesses to open in rural Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1003|title = Rural Jump-start Zone Act Modifications &#124; Colorado General Assembly}}</ref>

From 2019-2020, Roberts was the Chair of the House Rural Affairs & Agriculture committee, Chair of the Capital Development Committee, and a member of the House Judiciary Committee.<ref name=":1" />

In 2021, Roberts was appointed Chair of the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee and as a member of the House Agriculture, Livestock & Water Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/dylan-roberts|title=Representative Dylan Roberts|website=Colorado General Assembly|access-date=2021-10-12}}</ref>

=== Colorado Senate === In 2022, Roberts ran in a bid to represent Senate District 8. In the 2022 General elections, he won by a large margin.<ref name=":2" />

==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change |title = 2018 Colorado House of Representatives election, 26th District }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (Colorado) | candidate = Dylan Roberts (incumbent) | votes = 20761 | percentage = 60.38% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (Colorado) | candidate = Nicki Mills | votes = 12584 | percentage = 36.60% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent (United States) | candidate = Luke Bray | votes = 1039 | percentage = 3.02% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 34384 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Colorado Democratic Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |title = 2020 Colorado House of Representatives election, 26th District }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Dylan Roberts (incumbent) | votes = 32,059 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 32,059 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Colorado Democratic Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |title = 2022 Colorado Senate election, 8th District }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (Colorado) | candidate = Dylan Roberts | votes = 40,765 | percentage = 55.70% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (Colorado) | candidate = Matt Solomon | votes = 32,427 | percentage = 44.30% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 73,192 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box gain with party link no change |winner = Colorado Democratic Party |loser = Colorado Republican Party }} {{Election box end}}

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== External links == * [https://www.dylanroberts.org/ Dylan Roberts]

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