Steve Lebsock is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 34th district as a member of the Democratic and Republican parties from 2013 until his expulsion in 2018.
16 Facts About Steve Lebsock
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Steve Lebsock was in the United States Marine Corps for three years and served on the Thornton city council for eight years.
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Steve Lebsock was elected to the state house in the 2012 election and reelected in the 2014 and 2016 elections.
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Steve Lebsock became the chair of the Local Government committee.
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Steve Lebsock left the Democratic caucus before joining the Republican Party and Alexander Winkler was appointed to replace him.
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Steve Lebsock was born in Sterling, Colorado, and married Nina, with whom he had three children.
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Steve Lebsock served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988 to 1991.
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Steve Lebsock served on the city council in Thornton, Colorado from 2003 to 2011, and as the mayor pro tempore from 2007 to 2009.
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Steve Lebsock defeated Republican nominee Alexander Winkler in the 2014 election.
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Steve Lebsock defeated Republican nominee Dustin Johnson and Green Party nominee Jenice Dove in the 2016 election.
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Steve Lebsock announced on March 25,2017, that he would run for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer.
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Steve Lebsock denied the allegations in a twenty-eight page letter to other members of the state house, in a YouTube video, and took a lie detector test.
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Steve Lebsock served as the chair of the Local Government committee, but was temporarily removed during the investigation into the allegations.
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Representative Yeulin Willett stated that he did not believe that Steve Lebsock's behavior warranted an expulsion.
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Steve Lebsock became the first member of the state house to be expelled since William Howland was expelled for perjury during a bribery investigation in 1915.
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Steve Lebsock stated that he would not caucus with the Democrats in the 2018 session and later changed his political affiliation to Republican on March 2, which allowed the Republicans to appoint his successor.