Liane "Buffie" McFadyen is an American politician who served as a state legislator in the state of

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. Originally from Buffalo, New York, she moved to

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to attend

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. She served the limit of four terms as a representative in the

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, where she was the Speaker ''

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''. A member of the Democratic Party, McFadyen is a former member of the

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, serving from 2013 to 2017. She filed to run for the 3rd District seat in Congress in 2014 but stepped aside that March in favor of former state Senator Abel Tapia.

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Living people Politicians from Buffalo, New York People from Pueblo County, Colorado Adams State University alumni Women state legislators in Colorado Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives County commissioners in Colorado Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly {{Colorado-politician-stub