Ken Buck (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Colorado's 4th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2015. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Buck (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 25, 2024.
Buck first won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2014. He won re-election in 2016 and 2018.
In the 115th Congress (2017-2018), Buck sponsored three bills that passed the House and went on to the Senate: the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2018, the Innocent Party Protection Act, and the Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act. In the 116th Congress, Buck served on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Rules.
Buck was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Buck was one of 30 delegates from Colorado bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention. Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Buck graduated from Princeton University and received a law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1985. After law school, Buck worked for Congressman Dick Cheney and as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice. He then worked for the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Since 2004, Buck has been elected Weld County District Attorney three times.
