{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Susan Beckman | image = | state_house = Colorado | district = 38th | term_start = January 11, 2017 | term_end = January 17, 2020 | predecessor = Kathleen Conti | successor = Richard Champion | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Bruce | children = | alma_mater = Colorado State University Pueblo<ref>[http://littletonindependent.net/stories/Susan-Beckman-Republican-candidate-for-state-House-District-38,215970 Susan Beckman: Republican candidate for state House District 38]. ''Littleton Independent'', June 6, 2016. Retrieved: 2017-01-21.</ref> | profession = | website = {{URL|http://electsusanbeckman.com/}} }}
'''Susan Beckman''' is a former state representative from Arapahoe County, Colorado. A Republican, Beckman represented Colorado House of Representatives District 38, which encompasses the communities of Bow Mar, Centennial, Columbine, Columbine Valley, and Littleton, in Arapahoe County, Colorado.<ref>Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235303/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Legislative_District_Information-House_Final.pdf Legislative District Information After 2011 Reapportionment House District 38]. Viewed: 2017-01-21.</ref>
==Education == Beckman earned a degree in communications from Colorado State University Pueblo. Beckman earned a certificate in state and local government from Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education.<ref name="littletonindependent_2016"/>
== Career == In 1999, Beckman became a councilwoman on the Littleton City Council. She served until 2001 when she became a commissioner on the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners until 2013.<ref name="littletonindependent_2016">{{cite web |url=http://littletonindependent.net/stories/Susan-Beckman-Republican-candidate-for-state-House-District-38,215970 |title=Susan Beckman: Republican candidate for state House District 38 |website=littletonindependent.net |date=June 6, 2016 |accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>
On November 8, 2016, Beckman won election to become a member of Colorado House of Representatives for District 38. Beckman defeated Robert E. Bowen with 57.83% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=817105 |title=Colorado State House 38 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date=November 8, 2016 |accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref> On November 6, 2018, as an incumbent, Beckman won the election and continued serving District 38. Beckman defeated Chris Kolker with 50.39% of the votes and a margin of 374 votes out of 47,954 cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=847620 |title=Colorado State House 38 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date=November 6, 2018 |accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>Ballotpedia. [https://ballotpedia.org/Susan_Beckman Susan Beckman]. Viewed: 2018-01-28.</ref><ref name="votesmart_beckman">{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/82079/susan-beckman |title=Susan Beckman's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref>
In January 2019, Rep. Beckman announced that she was running for Colorado Republican Party chair in the state GOP's upcoming reorganization and intended to resign her House District 38 seat at the end of the General Assembly's 120-day session if she wins the party election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/premium/beckman-joins-race-for-colorado-republican-chair/article_64f107dc-12c3-11e9-b186-b7e175d9da29.html |title=Beckman joins race for Colorado Republican chair |website=coloradopolitics.com |first=Ernest |last=Luning |date=January 7, 2019 |accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref>
In January 2020, Rep. Beckman resigned her Colorado State Representative seat effective immediately to take a job with the Trump administration. She announced her move on the House floor but did not specify what her new job will be.<ref>Burness, Alex (January 17, 2020). "Colorado Representative resigns to work for Donald Trump" https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/17/susan-beckman-donald-trump-colorado-house/</ref>
== Personal life == Beckman's husband is Bruce. They have two children.<ref name="votesmart_beckman"/>
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==External links== * [http://electsusanbeckman.com/ Campaign website] * [https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/susan-beckman State House website] * [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=370996 Susan Beckman at ourcampaigns.com]
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