A Representative from Colorado. Born in Espanola, Rio Arriba County, N. Mex. , November 9, 1956. Graduated from Cortez High School. B. A. , Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo. , 1978. Business owner. Member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 2008-2010. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2021). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.