{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Libby Szabo | image = | state_house = Colorado | district = 27th<ref name="CGA">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou27.htm |title=Libby Szabo |publisher=Colorado General Assembly |location=Denver, Colorado |accessdate=January 9, 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109184642/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou27.htm |archivedate=January 9, 2014 }}</ref> | term_start = January 12, 2011 | term_end = January 29, 2015 | predecessor = Sara Gagliardi | successor = Lang Sias | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = | website = {{URL|libbyszabo.com}} }}
'''Libby Szabo'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106402 |title= Libby Szabo's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 9, 2014}}</ref> is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 27 from January 12, 2011, until her resignation on January 29, 2015.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Libby_Szabo Libby Szabo]. Viewed, 2016-01-08.</ref>
On January 30, 2015, Szabo was appointed as Jefferson County commissioner to replace former commissioner Faye Griffin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2015-01-17 |title=Rep. Libby Szabo to sit as Jeffco commissioner |url=http://coloradocommunitymedia.com/2015/01/17/rep-libby-szabo-to-sit-as-jeffco-commissioner/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Colorado Community Media |language=en-US}}</ref> After Democrats won all contested county elections in 2018, Szabo became the sole Republican in the county commission and one of only three county Republican officials left.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cteadman |first=Staff |date=2018-11-13 |title=Jeffco goes deep blue |url=http://coloradocommunitymedia.com/2018/11/13/jeffco-goes-deep-blue/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Colorado Community Media |language=en-US}}</ref> She lost re-election in 2020 to former state Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp.
Szabo is a member of the conservative lobbying group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). She is the organization's co-state chairperson with Bill Cadman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alec.org/about-alec/state-chairmen/ |title=State Chairmen | ALEC – American Legislative Exchange Council |accessdate=October 4, 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004102203/http://www.alec.org/about-alec/state-chairmen/ |archivedate=October 4, 2012 }}</ref>
==Elections== *2012 Szabo ran unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,969 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 |accessdate= January 9, 2014 |archive-date= January 7, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107211005/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/republican/stateReps.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 23,365 votes (52.6%) against Democratic nominee Tim Allport and her 2010 Libertarian opponent, Bud Martin.<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 |accessdate= January 9, 2014 |archive-date= January 7, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107204013/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> *2008 When Democratic Senator Sue Windels retired and left the Senate District 19 seat open, Szabo ran unopposed for the August 12, 2008 Republican Primary, winning with 5,857 votes,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/2008/2008_Abstract.pdf |title= Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary & 2008 General |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |page= 80 |accessdate= January 9, 2014}}</ref> but lost the November 4, 2008 General election to Democratic Representative Evie Hudak.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/2008/2008_Abstract.pdf |title= Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary & 2008 General |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |page= 104 |accessdate= January 9, 2014}}</ref> *2010 To challenge House District 27 incumbent Democratic Representative Sara Gagliardi, Szabo ran unopposed for the August 10, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 5,884 votes,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/Abstract20110630.pdf |title= Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary & 2010 General |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |page= 94 |accessdate= January 9, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141030121405/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/Abstract20110630.pdf |archive-date= October 30, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election with 14,852 votes (49.2%) against Democratic Representative Gagliardi and Libertarian candidate Bud Martin,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/Abstract20110630.pdf |title= Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary & 2010 General |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |page= 129 |accessdate= January 9, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141030121405/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/Abstract20110630.pdf |archive-date= October 30, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> who had run for a Senate seat in 2000.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140109184642/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou27.htm Official page] at the Colorado General Assembly *[http://libbyszabo.com/ Campaign site]
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