Shannon Bird
2023 - Present
2025
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Shannon Bird (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 29. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 8, 2025.
Bird (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 29. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Biography
Shannon Bird earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.S. in finance and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a J.D. from the University of Denver. Bird's career experience includes working as an attorney. She served as the board chair of the Five Star Education Foundation, on the Adams 12 Five Star School District Strong Schools Strong Communities Advisory Committee, and as the vice chair of the Adams County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Bird was assigned to the following committees:
- House Appropriations Committee, Vice Chair
- Joint Budget Committee, Vice Chair
2021-2022
Bird was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Bird was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
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General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent Shannon Bird, Evan Hunt, and Marco Richie are running in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on November 5, 2024.
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![]() | Shannon Bird (D) | |
![]() | Evan Hunt (R) | |
![]() | Marco Richie (L) |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird | 100.0 | 8,527 |
Total votes: 8,527 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Evan Hunt advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Evan Hunt | 100.0 | 4,413 |
Total votes: 4,413 | ||||
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Campaign finance
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2022
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent Shannon Bird defeated Vanessa DeMott in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird (D) ![]() | 60.9 | 24,632 |
![]() | Vanessa DeMott (R) | 39.1 | 15,796 |
Total votes: 40,428 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ryan Van Gundy (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird ![]() | 100.0 | 8,991 |
Total votes: 8,991 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29
Vanessa DeMott advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 29 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Vanessa DeMott | 100.0 | 6,888 |
Total votes: 6,888 | ||||
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2020
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Shannon Bird defeated Roger Lehman in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird (D) | 62.4 | 27,019 |
![]() | Roger Lehman (R) | 37.6 | 16,248 |
Total votes: 43,267 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird | 100.0 | 12,011 |
Total votes: 12,011 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Roger Lehman advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Roger Lehman | 100.0 | 5,260 |
Total votes: 5,260 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Shannon Bird defeated Bruce Baker and Ken Biles in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird (D) | 59.3 | 20,272 |
![]() | Bruce Baker (R) | 37.0 | 12,645 | |
![]() | Ken Biles (L) | 3.7 | 1,251 |
Total votes: 34,168 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Shannon Bird advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Shannon Bird | 100.0 | 8,042 |
Total votes: 8,042 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35
Bruce Baker advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 35 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bruce Baker | 100.0 | 4,585 |
Total votes: 4,585 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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|Shannon Bird is the Colorado State House Representative running for re-election in the new House District 29 serving Westminster communities in both Adams and Jefferson Counties. Shannon grew up in Nevada and came to Colorado to study economics at CU Boulder. After graduation, Shannon attended CU Denver obtaining a masters degree in Finance and an MBA, and then law school at Denver University. Shannon has a strong professional background in finance having practiced corporate, commercial and public finance law. She served on the Westminster City Council for three years and has become known at the state capitol for her work on supporting small businesses, affordable housing, public safety, retirement and pension programs (PERA), and K-12 education. In the 2022 Colorado State Legislature, Representative Bird sponsored bills on issues ranging from the theft of catalytic converters and saving for retirement, to housing tax credits and decreasing fees for small business owners. The focus of Representative Bird’s legislation this past session included work on public safety, education and Colorado’s economy and jobs. Representative Bird currently serves as the Chair of the House Finance Committee, serves on the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee, the Tax Policy Oversight Interim Committee, the Pension Review Commission and Pension Review Subcommittee.
- Rep. Shannon Bird has worked hard to cut government red tape, create jobs and help grow a thriving business economy here in Colorado. That’s why Shannon created the Small Business Recovery Loan Program and the Innovative Industries Workforce Development Grant to help Colorado businesses and removed red tape from credentialing programs so people can get out into the workforce faster.
- Rep. Shannon Bird has a common-sense record on public safety; supporting strict police accountability, requiring safe gun storage, school safety regulations, and making sure law enforcement has the resources and support necessary to do their jobs.
- Rep. Shannon Bird knows that everything starts in the classroom and believes that every child deserves access to a high quality public education. This includes access to pre-k and investment in both college prep as well as education in the trades. Her legislative work has boosted mental health services for students and new investments in teacher supports.
Public education is a policy area that I am personally passionate about. My service to the community began when I volunteered in my children's kindergarten classrooms. I grew my service to become the citizen chair for a school district bond campaign. With a group of dedicated volunteers and friends, we later co-founded the Adams 12 Community Action Network (CAN). Recently in the legislature I passed a law to prevent local taxation of school construction materials, which will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars on school construction and maintenance. I also passed a law to require a first ever audit of all of the standardized tests that the state requires K-12 students to take - to determine whether the tests are actually helping kids and making public education better.
I have been a strong supporter of public education and was awarded the Colorado Association of School Boards Legislative Excellence Award, the Colorado Association of School Executives CASEY Award and have twice been given the Public Education Champion Award by the Colorado Education Association.
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2020
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2023
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In 2023, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 11.
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2021
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In 2021, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 8.
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2020
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In 2020, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.
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2019
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In 2019, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 4 through May 3.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Candidate Colorado House of Representatives District 29 |
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Footnotes
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Preceded by Lindsey Daugherty (D) |
Colorado House of Representatives District 29 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by Faith Winter (D) |
Colorado House of Representatives District 35 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Lorena Garcia (D) |
Preceded by Faith Winter (D) |
Colorado House of Representatives District 35 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Adrienne Benavidez (D) |