{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jon Keyser | image = | state_house = Colorado | district = 25th | term_start = January 7, 2014 | term_end = January 25, 2016 | predecessor = Cheri Gerou | successor = Timothy Leonard | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|09|07}} | birth_place = Salida, Colorado | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Emma Keyser<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2015/01/28/colorado-legislature-hosts-military-appreciation-day-friday/116733/ |title=Colorado legislature hosts Military Appreciation Day |publisher=Blogs.denverpost.com |date=2015-01-28 |accessdate=2016-01-06}}</ref> | alma_mater = United States Air Force Academy <small>(B.S.)</small><br />University of Denver <small>(J.D.)</small> | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{air force|United States}} | service_years = 2004–present | rank = 18px Major | unit = 566th Intelligence Squadron<ref name="buckleymil">{{cite web |author=Senior Master Sgt. Edward Pineda |url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/?id=123186237 |title=Two 566th IS Airmen awarded Bronze Star |publisher=Buckley.af.mil |date=2010-01-19 |access-date=2016-01-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106070039/http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123186237 |archive-date=2016-01-06 }}</ref> | battles = Iraq War<br>Afghanistan War | mawards = {{Plainlist| * Bronze Star Medal }} }}
'''Jonathan Michael Keyser''' is an attorney and former state representative who served in the Colorado House of Representatives. He represented House District 25, which encompasses Western Jefferson County, Colorado including Morrison, Conifer, Evergreen, Pine, and parts of Littleton, Golden, and Ken Caryl.<ref name="map">{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z5jMkh4In3Ac.k6o1-hO7uiEM&msa=0 |title=State House District 25 |accessdate=2015-04-06 |work=Google Maps }}</ref> He was elected in November, 2014 as a Republican.<ref name="state house page">{{cite web|title=Representative Jon Keyser|url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2015A/csl.nsf/DirectoryHou?openframeset|website=Colorado General Assembly|accessdate=2015-02-20}}</ref>
==Military service== Born at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Keyser, a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, served on active duty in the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer. He served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Keyser was also a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy's parachuting demonstration team, the Wings of Blue. During his deployment to Iraq, he served as National Security Agency and Central Security Service Foreign Affairs Directorate liaison officer at the U.S. Embassy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and participated in 31 direct action and counter-terrorism missions, resulting in the capture or elimination of 107 high-value enemy individuals.<ref name="buckleymil"/> Keyser currently serves in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
==Legislative career== Keyser's 2014 nomination as Republican candidate for House District 25 of the Colorado House of Representatives was uncontested at the district caucus. He ran against Democratic nominee Janet Doyle and Libertarian candidate Jack Woehr.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Keyser|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Jon_Keyser|website=Ballotpedia|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref> The election was the first in Colorado to be completely done with mail-in ballots. Keyser won with 52.2% of the vote compared to 43% for Doyle and 4% for Woehr.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Results November 4, 2014 General Election|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/53335/149718/Web01/en/summary.html|website=Colorado Election Results|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref>
==2016 U.S. Senate election== {{main|2016 United States Senate election in Colorado}} In December 2015, it was reported that he was considering running for the United States Senate seat currently held by Michael Bennet.<ref name="statesman">{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/996385-keyser-poised-jump-senate-race|title=Keyser poised to jump into Senate race|website=The Colorado Statesman|accessdate=2015-12-23}}</ref> On January 11, 2016, Keyser announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 Senate race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_29370305/jon-keyser-announces-2016-senate-bid-amid-crowded|title=Jon Keyser announces 2016 Senate bid amid crowded Colorado field|work=The Denver Post|last=Matthews|first=Mark K.|date=January 11, 2016|accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref> On April 25, 2016, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne W. Williams announced that Keyser failed to qualify for the Republican Senate primary following a review of ballot petition signatures.<ref name="politico">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/jon-keyser-senate-primary-colorado-222423|title=Keyser falls short of Colorado Senate ballot|website=Politico|access-date=2016-04-25}}</ref> Keyser successfully appealed Williams' decision and was added to the ballot on April 29, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lynn |last=Bartels |title=Jon Keyser makes the ballot, judge rules |url=https://twitter.com/lynn_bartels/status/726087822914912256 |work=Twitter|date=2016-04-29 |accessdate=2016-05-13}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151030040157/http://www.hoganlovells.com/jonathan-keyser/ Hogan Lovells Lawyer Profile] * [http://www.jonkeyser.com/ Campaign Website]
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