Tracy Kraft-Tharp

Tracy Kraft-Tharp[2] is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented house District 29 from January 9, 2013, to January 13, 2021. In 2020, Kraft-Tharp was elected to a four-year term on the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners. She represents District 1, and her term began in January 2021.[3][4]

Tracy Kraft-Tharp
Kraft-Tharp in 2020
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 29th[1] district
In office
January 9, 2013 – January 13, 2021
Preceded byRobert Ramirez
Succeeded byLindsey Daugherty
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionProfessor
Websitetracyforstaterep.com

Biography

Kraft-Tharp represented House District 29, which includes northeastern Arvada and part of Westminster. She was first elected in the 2012 election.

In the 2014 session, Kraft-Tharp supported legislation to extend the job growth incentive tax credit to attract new businesses to the state.[5] She also passed legislation to extend the ReHire Colorado program through 2017.[6] The program provides job coaching and training to unemployed and underemployed Coloradans.[7] She also sponsored legislation creating a suicide prevention task force to reduce the rate of suicide in Colorado.[8]

During the 2013 legislative session she sponsored the Advanced Industries Export Acceleration Act, which assists Colorado companies looking to export their products globally.[9]

Kraft-Tharp started her career as a middle school teacher, later becoming a youth counselor and social worker.[10] She became the manager of the Women in Crisis battered women's shelter in Jefferson County and now has her own small consulting business.

She has served on a number of boards including the City of Arvada Citizens Improvement Project Committee, the Urban Peak Housing Corporation and the Jefferson County School District Strategic Planning and Advisory Council.[11]

Kraft-Tharp received her law degree and a masters in social work from the University of Denver.

Elections
  • 2012 To challenge incumbent Republican Representative Robert Ramirez for the District 29 seat, Kraft-Tharp was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 2,664 votes;[12] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 19,368 votes (51.3%) against Representative Ramirez and Libertarian candidate Hans Romer,[13] who had run for the seat in 2002.

References
  1. "Tracy Kraft-Tharp". Denver, Colorado: Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  2. "Tracy Kraft-Tharp's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. "Tracy Kraft-Tharp, District 1". Jefferson County, Colorado. n.d. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  4. "Tracy Kraft-Tharp, Jeffco District One Commissioner". Jefferson County, Colorado. n.d. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. "Hickenlooper signs job-creation tax credit expansion - Denver Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "CDHS-ColoradoWorks: ReHire Colorado". www.colorado.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20.
  8. "Psychosomatic Internal Medicine". pikespeakcourier.net. Retrieved Dec 19, 2020.
  9. http://www.advancecolorado.com/news/advanced-industries-exports-accelerator-act-introduced-house
  10. "Tracy Kraft-Tharp". Ballotpedia. Retrieved Dec 19, 2020.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2014-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "2012 Democratic Party state representatives primary results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  13. "2012 General election state representatives results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 8, 2014.


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