{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Keith R. Swerdfeger | image = | alt = | state_house = Colorado | district = 47th | term_start = January 12, 2011 | term_end = January 9, 2013 | predecessor = Buffie McFadyen | successor = Clarice Navarro | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = Republican | spouse = Sharon | children = | education = | alma_mater = | profession = Businessman | website = | footnotes = <ref name="SOS" /><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/leghist.nsf/DocView.xsp?documentId=33978B8DA1CDCB7F872578E2006320F4&action=openDocument |title=Colorado legislators past and present: Keith Swerdfeger |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=Colorado General Assembly |access-date=July 12, 2024 |quote=}}</ref> }}
'''Keith Swerdfeger''' (born 1947) is a businessman and Republican politician from Colorado, U.S. He served in the Colorado House of Representatives for one two-year term, from January 2011 to January 2013.
==Elections== Swerdfeger first ran for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 47 in 2004. At that time, the district included parts of Pueblo, Fremont, and Otero counties.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf |title=Legislative district information after 2011 reapportionment: House District 47 |date=December 22, 2021 |publisher=Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060003/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf |archive-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref> In that election, he was defeated by incumbent Democrat Buffie McFadyen, who went on to serve a total of four terms in the State House. Term limited, she did not seek re-election in 2010. Swerdfeger again ran to represent District 47 in 2010 and was successful, defeating Democrat Carole L. Partin 62.8% to 37.2%. He did not seek re-election in 2012.<ref name="SOS">{{cite web |url= https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/eng/candidates/search/name:Swerdfeger |title= Keith Swerdfeger (R) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Colorado Secretary of State |publisher= |access-date=July 12, 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
==Swerdfeger Construction== Swerdfeger and his wife Sharon founded K.R. Swerdfeger Construction in Pueblo West, Colorado in 1968. The company specialized in underground utilities, specifically, laying and maintaining water, sewer, gas, and electrical lines underground. By the time the firm was sold in 2021, it had 350 employees and operated in several states. Artera Services bought K.R. Swerdfeger Construction in June 2021.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 3, 2021 |title= Artera to Acquire K.R. Swerdfeger Construction |url= https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/artera-to-acquire-kr-swerdfeger-construction-301305362.html |url-status=live |location=Atlanta |publisher= |agency=PR Newswire |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210603153847/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/artera-to-acquire-kr-swerdfeger-construction-301305362.html |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=July 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Henson |first=Steve |date=February 22, 2009 |title= Classic American success story |url= https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2009/02/23/classic-american-success-story/8707982007/ |url-status=live |work=The Pueblo Chieftain |location= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240712161311/https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2009/02/23/classic-american-success-story/8707982007/ |archive-date= July 12, 2024 |access-date= July 12, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/leghist.nsf/DocView.xsp?documentId=33978B8DA1CDCB7F872578E2006320F4&action=openDocument Colorado Legislative Branch page about Swerdfeger] *[https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/eng/candidates/search/name:Swerdfeger Colorado Secretary State Profile page for Keith Swerdfeger]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swerdfeger, Keith}} Category:American businesspeople in construction Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly Category:Living people Category:People from Pueblo County, Colorado Category:Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives Category:1947 births