Dylan Outerbridge Roberts (born July 17, 1989) is an American politician and attorney who is a

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member of the

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. He represents

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, which includes all or part of Clear Creek,

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, Gilpin,

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, Rio Blanco, Routt, and

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counties, including the communities of Steamboat Springs,

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and

. Previously, from 2017 to 2023, Roberts served in the

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and represented the 26th District, which included

and Routt counties. In 2022, Roberts ran for the State Senate and won the race.

Early life and education

Roberts was born on July 17, 1989, in

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, Colorado, to parents Stu and Lulu Roberts. When he was in the fourth grade, Roberts and his family moved to

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. In 2008, Roberts took a semester off of college to return to his to work for the

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. Roberts opened and ran the Steamboat Springs office, the first ever presidential field office in the region. Roberts later returned to

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, where he earned his bachelor's degree in

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and

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in 2011. Roberts later graduated the

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Career

After receiving his degree, he returned to Colorado to serve as the deputy state field director for the

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. That year, Roberts led over thirty staff members in sixteen offices across twenty-two

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counties. During his legal studies, Roberts worked for state representative Mike Foote as a legislative policy analyst, for the

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, and as a student attorney representing indigent citizens who were charged with crimes and could not afford an attorney. Following law school, Roberts moved to

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and now works as Deputy District Attorney for

. His work includes prosecuting felony and misdemeanor cases on behalf of victims of crime, including domestic violence, theft, and other crimes.

Colorado House

Roberts was sworn in as a

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on November 13, 2017. During Roberts' first year in the legislature, he was the primary sponsor of twelve bills, six of which were successfully passed and sent to the Governor. During his second year, Roberts was the primary sponsor of thirty-five bills, twenty-nine of which were passed and signed into law by the governor. During this session, Roberts wrote and passed a first-in-the-nation cap on insulin co-pays that has now passed in many other states. During the 2020 legislative session, Roberts was the primary sponsor of seventeen bills, eleven of which became law, all with bipartisan support. He was the lead sponsor of a bill to expand the Rural Jump-Start Small Business Program which gives incentives for small businesses to open in rural Colorado. From 2019-2020, Roberts was the Chair of the House Rural Affairs & Agriculture committee, Chair of the Capital Development Committee, and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. In 2021, Roberts was appointed Chair of the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee and as a member of the House Agriculture, Livestock & Water Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.

Colorado Senate

In 2022, Roberts ran in a bid to represent Senate District 8. In the 2022 General elections, he won by a large margin.

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