Janet Buckner

Janet Buckner is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate who represents District 29, which includes a part of Aurora in Arapahoe County.[1] During the 2020 reapportionment process, Buckner's residence moved from senate district 28 to senate district 29. Earlier, she represented District 28 from January 2021 to January 2023. Before her state senate tenure, she was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 40, which covered a portion of Arapahoe County, from July 15, 2015, to January 13, 2021.

Janet Buckner
Member of the Colorado Senate
from the 29th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byRedistricted
Member of the Colorado Senate
from the 28th district
In office
January 13, 2021 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byNancy Todd
Succeeded byRedistricted
Speaker pro tempore of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office
January 4, 2019 – January 13, 2021
Preceded byJessie Danielson
Succeeded byAdrienne Benavidez
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 40th district
In office
July 15, 2015 – January 13, 2021
Preceded byJohn Buckner
Succeeded byNaquetta Ricks
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn Buckner
EducationBall State University (BA)

Career

Buckner was appointed to her house seat in 2015 to replace her husband John Buckner after his death in office; she kept the seat in the 2016 elections. She was a professional speech and language therapist until her retirement in 2007.[2][3]

In the state house, Buckner served as the vice chair of the House Education Committee and also served on the House Health, Insurance, & Environment Committee.[4]

After her appointment to her House seat in 2015, Buckner was elected to keep her seat in 2016, winning with 57.69% of the vote against Republican opponent Todd Brophy.[5] During the 2018-2020 session, Buckner served as the Speaker pro Tempore of the House of Representatives [6]

References
  1. Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission (March 18, 2022). "Colorado Senate District 29 (2021)" (PDF). State of Colorado. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  2. "Democratic committee selects Janet Buckner for HD 40 seat". Aurora Sentinel. June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  3. Bartels, Lynn (June 18, 2015). "Janet Buckner runs for House seat: "This is what John would want"". Denver Post. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. "Representative Janet P. Buckner". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  5. "Janet Buckner". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  6. "Janet P. Buckner | Colorado General Assembly". leg.colorado.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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