Brianna Titone

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Brianna Titone
Representative Brianna Titone at the Colorado State Capitol, May 2021
Titone in 2021
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 27th district
Assumed office
January 4, 2019
Preceded byLang Sias
Personal details
BornNew York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Arvada, Colorado, U.S.
Alma materState University of New York at New Paltz (BS)
Stony Brook University (MS)
University of Denver (MS)

Brianna Titone (/tɪˈtoʊn/[1]) is an American politician and scientist, currently serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 27th district.[2] She serves in the 73nd Colorado General Assembly and is the first openly transgender state legislator elected in Colorado and the 4th elected in the United States.[3]

Early life and education

Titone was born and raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York.[4][5]

Titone attended the State University of New York at New Paltz from 1996 to 2002 where she earned bachelor's degrees in geology and physics.[3][6][7][8] She later earned a master's degree in geochemistry at Stony Brook University,[7] and another master's degree in information and communications technology at the University of Denver.[7] At Stony Brook, her master's thesis was on rare-earth element and thorium speciation of fossils and sediments of the Green River Formation. Some of her research was conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory using the National Synchrotron Light Source X-26A and X-18B beamlines.

Career

Before entering politics, Titone worked as a mining consultant, geologist, and software developer.[9][7][3] For seven years, beginning in high school, she was a volunteer firefighter.[3][6]

Politics

In 2016, Titone joined the Jefferson County, Colorado Democratic LGBT caucus and was elected its Secretary/Treasurer,[6][10] and later appointed a "captain at large".[6]

She declared her run for Colorado House of Representatives HD27 in December 2017. She received 50.4% of the vote to win the election with 24,957 votes out of 49,475, a margin of 439.[11] She serves on the Health and Insurance Committee, the Rural Affairs and Agriculture Committee, and the Joint Technology Committee.[12] She was also appointed to the Energy Council.

In the 2nd regular session of the 72nd General Assembly, she worked to bring back and pass the bill banning the "Gay and Trans Panic Defense". The bill passed on a margin of 98-1-1.[13]

She won re-election in the most competitive House race in Colorado earning 29,566 (48.7%) of 60,708 votes against her two opponents in the November 2020 election.[14]

In the 2022 general election, Titone was re-elected with around 57.7% of the votes cast.[15] Later in November, Titone was selected to serve as caucus chair of the state House majority.[16]

References

  1. ^ campaign ad, CBS Denver report
  2. ^ "Brianna Titone Makes History As First Openly Transgender State Legislator In Colorado". KCNC-TV, November 12, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Andrew Kenney, "Colorado’s first transgender legislator: How Brianna Titone flipped a Republican district", Denver Post, November 10, 2018
  4. ^ "Representative Brianna Titone: HD27". Representative Brianna Titone: HD27. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d Mark Harden, Brianna Titone’s opponent concedes; Colo.’s first transgender legislator elected, November 11, 2018, The Gazette
  7. ^ a b c d Marianne Goodland, Meet Brianna Titone, Colorado’s first transgender lawmaker, November 24, 2018, The Gazette
  8. ^ "Alumni Notes". New Paltz: The Alumni Magazine. No. Spring and Summer 2019. p. 34.
  9. ^ Alex Burness, Brianna Titone, Colorado’s first transgender candidate for state office, declares victory in Arvada, November 8, 2018, The Colorado Independent
  10. ^ Rafaella Gunz, Meet Brianna Titone, the woman who could become Colorado's first trans state representative, August 25, 2018, Gay Star News
  11. ^ "Colorado House of Representatives District 27". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "Profile page for Representative Titone". Colorado General Assembly. Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  13. ^ "SB20-221 Details Page". Colorado General Assembly. Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "Profile page for Representative Titone". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "Colorado State House - District 27 Election Results | Journal Sentinel". www.jsonline.com. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  16. ^ Birkeland, Bente (November 12, 2022). "Colorado's new Democratic leaders are more diverse than ever, most are women". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved November 26, 2022.

External links

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