{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Kathleen Conti | image = | caption = | office = Member of the<br>Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners<br>from District 1 | term_start = 2017 | term_end = 2021 | predecessor = | successor = | state_house1 = Colorado | district1 = 38th | term_start1 = January 11, 2011 | term_end1 = January 11, 2017 | predecessor1 = Joe Rice | successor1 = Susan Beckman | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|60|2019|11|21}}<!-- approximate; see talk page --> | birth_place = Colorado, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = Frank Conti | children = 2 | education = | occupation = Real estate broker, politician }} '''Kathleen Conti''' is a Colorado based politician (Legislator).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathleen Conti {{!}} Colorado General Assembly |url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kathleen-conti |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=leg.colorado.gov}}</ref> Previously, she served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives representing House District 38, which encompasses Greenwood Village, Bow Mar, and Littleton, Colorado as well as parts of Englewood, Centennial, Aurora, and Columbine Valley.<ref name="map">{{cite web|url=http://comaps.org/district38h.html |title=State House District 38 |accessdate=2008-01-11 |work=COMaps |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304221347/http://www.comaps.org/district38h.html |archivedate=2008-03-04 }}</ref> She did not seek re-election to the State House of Representatives in 2016. Instead, she successfully ran for a seat on the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners. She represented District 1 on the board from January 9, 2017 to January 12, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kathleen_Conti |title=Kathleen Conti |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Ballotpedia |publisher= |access-date=July 11, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
==Biography==
===Early life and education=== Conti was born in Colorado and raised in the Denver metropolitan area. She attended local public schools and later became a licensed real estate broker. She married Frank Conti, and the couple has two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Representative Kathleen Conti |url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kathleen-conti |publisher=Colorado General Assembly |access-date=2026-02-24}}</ref>
==Legislative career==
===2010 election=== In 2010 Kathleen Conti was elected to the 68th General Assembly for House District 38 after having won 52% of the vote thereby defeating incumbent centrist Democrat Joe Rice.<ref name=2010results>{{cite news|title=State House District 38 Election Results|url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2010/district-38/|accessdate=23 April 2012|newspaper=Denver Post, The|archive-date=21 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121155411/http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2010/district-38/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===2011 legislative session=== {{Expand section|date=November 2012}} After Republican victories in 2010 brought in a Republican majority, Conti was appointed as a member of the House Local Government Committee and House Finance Committee.
===2012 legislative session=== {{Expand section|date=November 2012}}
===2012 election=== In the 2012 General Election, Representative Conti faced Democratic challenger Donovan O'Dell. Conti was elected by a margin of 58% to 39%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html# |title=CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314203900/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html |archive-date=2017-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/ |title=State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708040426/http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-senate/2012/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Arapahoe County Commissioner== Rather than seek re‑election to the state house in 2016, Conti successfully ran for the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners, representing District 1. She served from 2017 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kathleen Conti |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kathleen_Conti |publisher=Ballotpedia |access-date=2026-02-24}}</ref>
== Political positions == Kathleen Conti has been characterized as a conservative Republican.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-17|title=Key primaries foreshadow Colorado legislature's balance of power|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/17/key-primaries-foreshadow-colorado-legislatures-balance-of-power/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kathleen supports gay conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth in Colorado<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Michael|date=2015-04-09|title=GOP Sens Doom Gay Conversion Therapy Ban in CO on Same Day Obama Backs One|url=https://www.westword.com/news/gop-sens-doom-gay-conversion-therapy-ban-in-co-on-same-day-obama-backs-one-6636535|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Westword}}</ref> and does not believe that gay or lesbian couples should be entitled to marriage or civil union.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Post|first=Lynn Bartels {{!}} The Denver|date=2013-03-12|title=Colorado House passes civil unions, but fans note marriage is equality|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/03/12/colorado-house-passes-civil-unions-but-fans-note-marriage-is-equality/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2010, Kathleen Conti wrote, "Colorado with {{sic|it's}} vast open spaces and many wooded areas, makes a friendly environment for any type of Camp, even Terrorist Training camps." And explained that, "Of the 18 terrorist training camps in the United States Colorado is believed to have as many as 3."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-11-05|title=Kathleen Conti for Colorado House Phone Survey Distortions|url=http://contiforcolorado.com/phonesurveydistortions.html|access-date=2020-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105142715/http://contiforcolorado.com/phonesurveydistortions.html|archive-date=2010-11-05}}</ref> Colorado Bureau of Investigation have not found evidence that "terrorist Training Camps" exist in Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-12-05|title=Terrorism politics make their return to Colorado|language=en-US|work=The Denver Post|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/05/terrorism-politics-make-their-return-to-colorado/|access-date=2020-10-10}}</ref>
===COVID‑19 mask mandate=== In July 2020, Kathleen Conti left a voicemail with the Colorado [https://www.tchd.org/ Tri-County Health Department] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014230453/http://www.tchd.org/ |date=2020-10-14 }} requesting that the department not mandate mask usage during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salzman|first=Jason|date=2020-09-30|title=Kathleen Conti Has No Memory of Leaving Message in Opposition to Mask Mandate|url=https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2020/09/kathleen-conti-has-no-memory-of-leaving-message-in-opposition-to-mask-mandate/31123/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Colorado Times Recorder|language=en-US}}</ref> When a journalist produced a recording of Conti's voicemail, she claimed she did not recall leaving the demand with the health department. The health department proceeded with a mask mandate in order to limit disease transmission.
==Personal life== Conti lives with her husband, Frank, in Arapahoe County, Colorado. Outside politics she is a licensed real estate broker and has been involved in local community organizations.<ref name="houseprofile">{{cite web |title=Representative Kathleen Conti – House profile |url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/kathleen-conti |publisher=Colorado General Assembly |access-date=2026-02-24}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Office !! District !! Party !! Opponent !! Votes !! % !! Result |- | 2010 || State House || 38 || Republican || Joe Rice (D) || 52.0% || 52.0% || Won |- | 2012 || State House || 38 || Republican || Donovan O’Dell (D) || 58.0% || 58.0% || Won |- | 2014 || State House || 38 || Republican || Robert Bowen (D) || 60.5% || 60.5% || Won<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Colorado legislative election results – House District 38 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_House_of_Representatives_District_38_election,_2014 |publisher=Ballotpedia |access-date=2026-02-24}}</ref> |- | 2016 || County Commissioner || Arapahoe 1 || Republican || — || — || — || Won |}
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