26 Facts About Scott Tipton

Scott Randall Tipton was born on November 9,1956 and is an American politician who served as the US representative for from 2011 to 2021.

Scott Tipton was born in Espanola, New Mexico, and raised in Cortez, Colorado.

Scott Tipton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Fort Lewis College, the first in his family to graduate from college.

Scott Tipton assisted with local campaigns for Reagan in 1980 and 1984 across Montezuma County, Colorado and the 3rd Congressional district and was Republican chairman of the 3rd Congressional district for eight years.

Scott Tipton was a board member of Mesa Verde National Park, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, and the advisory board of Pueblo Community College.

Scott Tipton had no opposition in the Republican primary, but faced Democratic candidate Noelle Hagan in the November 2008 general election.

Scott Tipton won the election with 59 percent of the vote.

Scott Tipton unsuccessfully challenged the first term Democratic US congressman, John Salazar.

Scott Tipton decided to retire from the Colorado House of Representatives to run for Congress in 2010, again challenging Salazar.

In what was considered by many media outlets to be a shocking upset, Scott Tipton was defeated in the Republican primary by restaurant owner and gun rights activist Lauren Boebert.

Scott Tipton voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Scott Tipton expressed support for then-candidate Donald Trump in March 2016.

On December 18,2019, Scott Tipton voted against both articles of impeachment against Trump.

Scott Tipton has supported the Ryan Plan, having twice voted for it.

Scott Tipton argues that climate change is driven by natural climate cycles.

Scott Tipton opposes the Paris Agreement, the international agreement which mitigates greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2010, while serving in the state legislature, Scott Tipton voted against legislation to compel Xcel Energy to convert three coal power plants to natural gas power plants.

Scott Tipton voted against legislation to require electricity utilities to use more renewable energy.

In 2016, Scott Tipton wrote a draft bill on oil and gas drilling in the Thompson Divide that contained large sections taken "word for word" from a proposal offered by a SG Interests, a Texas-based energy company and its lobbying firm.

In January 2017, Scott Tipton voted in favor of legislation that would make it easier to sell federal public lands.

Scott Tipton introduced the Water Rights Protection Act into the House on September 26,2013.

Scott Tipton is in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Scott Tipton has said, "I strongly oppose amnesty or any special benefits for illegal immigrants".

Scott Tipton criticized President Obama for his executive order allowing up to five million illegal immigrants "to come out of the shadows" and work openly in the country.

Scott Tipton takes a "hardline stance" on the refugees of the Syrian Civil War and opposes the admission of Syrian refugees to the United States.

Scott Tipton has clashed with Governor John Hickenlooper about the resettlement of refugee families in Colorado.