Rod Pelton

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rod Pelton | image = Colorado State Senator Rod Pelton (cropped).jpg | state_senate = Colorado | district = 35th | term_start = January 9, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Cleave Simpson | successor = | office1 = Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives | term_start1 = November 15, 2022 | term_end1 = January 9, 2023 | predecessor1 = Hugh McKean | successor1 = Mike Lynch | state_house2 = Colorado | district2 = 65th | term_start2 = January 4, 2019 | term_end2 = January 9, 2023 | predecessor2 = Jon Becker | successor2 = Redistricted | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | website = {{URL|peltonforcolorado.com|Campaign website}} | caption = Pelton in 2025 }} '''Rodney Pelton''' is a state senator from Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. A Republican, Pelton represents Senate District 35, which includes much of east-central and southeastern Colorado.<ref name=KCI />

Previously, Pelton represented Colorado House of Representatives District 65, which encompassed Morgan, Logan, Yuma, Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, and Cheyenne counties.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235303/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 1, 2017 |title= Legislative District Information After 2011 Reapportionment House District 65 |date=December 22, 2011 |website=State of Colorado |access-date=10 January 2019 }}</ref>

==Background== A farmer and rancher, Pelton served for many years on the Cheyenne County Board of County Commissioners, serving as chair of the commission for most of that time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Albani-Burgio |first=Paul |date=March 5, 2018 |title=Cheyenne County Commissioner seeking GOP House District 65 Nomination |url=http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/fort-morgan-local-news/ci_31713204/cheyenne-county-commissioner-seeking-gop-district-65-house |work=Fort Morgan Times |access-date=11 January 2019 }}</ref>

==Elections== ===2018=== Pelton was first elected as a state representative in the 2018 general elections. In that election, he defeated his Democratic Party opponent, winning 76.3% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/91808/Web02-state.222648/#/ |title=Colorado election results, November 6, 2018, 2018 General Election |author= |date=November 6, 2018 |website=Colorado Secretary of State |access-date=11 January 2019 }}</ref>

===2020=== Pelton ran unopposed in the 2020 state house district 65 race, winning all 31,857 votes cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/2020BiennialAbstractBooklet.pdf |title=2020 abstract of votes cast |author= |date=n.d. |website=Colorado Secretary of State |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=April 16, 2022 |quote= |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201025617/https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/2020BiennialAbstractBooklet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2022=== In October 2021, Pelton announced his candidacy for a seat in the Colorado Senate. Specifically, he ran to represent the newly reapportioned Senate District 35, which includes parts of former districts 1 and 35 in east central and southeastern Colorado.<ref name=KCI>{{cite news |author= |date=October 22, 2021 |title=Rob Pelton announces candidacy for newly formed Senate District 35 |url=https://kiowacountyindependent.com/news/2355-rob-pelton-district-35 |work=Kiowa County Independent |location=Eads, Colorado |access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> His candidacy was successful. In the general election, he defeated his Democratic Party opponent, winning 74.30% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/115903/web.307039/#/detail/1350 |title=Colorado election results: November 8, 2022, general election state senate district 35 |author= |date= December 2, 2022 |website=Colorado Secretary of State |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=December 5, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.peltonforcolorado.com/ Campaign website] * [https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/rod-pelton State House website]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-co-hs}} {{s-bef|before=Hugh McKean}} {{s-ttl|title=Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives|years=2022–2023}} {{s-aft|after=Mike Lynch}} {{s-end}}

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