Tracy Kraft-Tharp
| Tracy Kraft-Tharp | |
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| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 29th[1] district | |
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Assumed office January 9, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ramirez |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Professor |
| Website |
tracyforstaterep |
Tracy Kraft-Tharp[2] is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 29 since January 9, 2013. Kraft-Tharp is a member of the League of Women Voters.
Biography
Kraft-Tharp represents House District 29, which includes northeastern Arvada and part of Westminster. She was elected in the 2012 election.
In the 2014 session, Kraft-Tharp supported legislation to extend the job growth incentive tax credit to attract new businesses to the state.[3] She also passed legislation to extend the ReHire Colorado program through 2017.[4] The program provides job coaching and training to unemployed and underemployed Coloradans.[5] She also sponsored legislation creating a suicide prevention task force to reduce the rate of suicide in Colorado.[6]
During the 2013 legislative session she sponsored the Advanced Industries Export Acceleration Act, which assists Colorado companies looking to export their products globally.[7]
Kraft-Tharp started her career as a middle school teacher, later becoming a youth counselor and social worker.[8] She became the manager of the Women in Crisis battered women’s shelter in Jefferson County and now has her own small consulting business.
She has served on a number of boards including the City of Arvada Citizens Improvement Project Committee, the Urban Peak Housing Corporation and the Jefferson County School District Strategic Planning and Advisory Council.[9]
Kraft-Tharp received her law degree and a masters in social work from the University of Denver.
Elections
- 2012 To challenge incumbent Republican Representative Robert Ramirez for the District 29 seat, Kraft-Tharp was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 2,664 votes;[10] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 19,368 votes (51.3%) against Representative Ramirez and Libertarian candidate Hans Romer,[11] who had run for the seat in 2002.
References
- ↑ "Tracy Kraft-Tharp". Denver, Colorado: Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Tracy Kraft-Tharp's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/capitol_business/2014/05/hickenlooper-signs-job-creation-tax-credit.html?page=all
- ↑ http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDHS-Main/CBON/1251651226072
- ↑ http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDHS-ColoradoWorks/CCW/1251649623147
- ↑ http://pikespeakcourier.net/stories/Suicide-prevention-commission-proposed,144883
- ↑ http://www.advancecolorado.com/news/advanced-industries-exports-accelerator-act-introduced-house
- ↑ http://ballotpedia.org/Tracy_Kraft-Tharp
- ↑ http://c3.thevoterguide.org/v/denver12/race-detail.do?id=11155891
- ↑ "2012 Democratic Party state representatives primary results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ "2012 General election state representatives results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 8, 2014.