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Byron H. Pelton is a state senator from
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. A Republican, Pelton represents
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, which includes all or part of
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, Weld, and Yuma, counties in northeast Colorado, including all or parts of the communities of Greeley, Sterling, Fort Morgan, Lochbuie, and Severance.


Background

Pelton, his wife Celeste, and their two daughters live in Sterling, Colorado where they run a small cow-calf operation. Originally from
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, Pelton is a United States Navy veteran. In the Navy, he was trained as an electrician, and, upon being honorably discharged from the Navy, he moved to northeast Colorado and worked as an electrician for 20 years. Pelton was elected Logan County
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in 2016 and was re-elected in 2020. He has served on several task forces and boards, such as the Governor's Behavioral Health Taskforce. He has also served on the board of directors of Colorado Counties, Inc. and was named "Colorado Commissioner of the Year" in 2021.


Legislative Career


74th General Assembly

At the start of the 74th General Assembly in 2023, Pelton was appointed to serve on the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Local Government and Housing. During the 2024 legislative session, Pelton prime sponsored a bill to increase the minimum mandatory sentences for those convicted of human trafficking in Colorado.


75th General Assembly

At the start of the 2025 legislative session, Pelton was appointed to serve on the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources committee, the Legislative Council, the Appropriations committee, the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs committee, the Capital Development Committee, and the Senate Transportation & Energy committee. During the 2025 legislative session, Pelton ran a bill that would have increased penalties for those convicted of manufacturing, selling or distributing fentanyl in Colorado; the bill was defeated in committee.


Electoral history

In the
2022 Colorado Senate election The 2022 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, along with elections in the State House of Representatives, with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022. Voters in 17 out of the 35 districts of the Colorado Senate electe ...
, Pelton ran unopposed, winning 100.00% of the total votes cast.


References


External links


Legislative website

Campaign website
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