Republican Lang Sias at the Arapahoe County Assembly in 2010. (Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post)
Either an Arvada businesswoman or a former Top Gun instructor who has tried a run before for the Legislature will be selected by a GOP vacancy committee today to fill the seat of former state R after being appointed to the Jefferson County board of commissioners.
The 15-member vacancy committee for House District 27 will vote to send Christine Jensen or Lang Sias to the state House of Representatives.
Christine Jensen.
Twelve people applied for Szabo’s seat, but their names are not being released. Jensen said she heard there very were some very high-caliber candidates so she was “honored” to be one of the final two selected.
Jensen manages the Arvada branch of the Cherry Creek Mortgage Co. and also serves as the chair of the Arvada Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee.
“My goal is to bring business sense to bureaucracy,” she said.
Jensen is a Wheat Ridge native. She and her husband, Dana, will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this year. They have four children and four grandchildren.
Federal Express pilot Lang Sias first got into Colorado politics in 2010 when he ran for the in the 7th Congressional District. He wasn’t expected to even make it onto the ballot but had a strong showing at the 7th CD assembly. He lost the primary to Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, who was defeated by the incumbent, Democrat Ed Perlmutter.
Sias narrowly lost a state Senate race in 2012 — many contend he would have beaten Democrat Evie Hudak if there . Democrats were relieved, believing Sias would be a .
Hudak resigned in 2013 in the midst of an attempt to force a recall election over her gun votes. Arvada City Councilwoman Rachel Zenzinger was appointed to her seat and was up for election in 2014. Sias ran for the seat but lost the GOP primary to Laura Woods . in November.
Sias and his wife, Rene, have three children.
Szabo was as a commissioner.
