Rob Woodward is an American restaurateur and politician and a former state senator in the
U.S. state of
Colorado. In the senate he served on the Senate Statutory Revision Committee, the Legislative Audit Committee, and the Business, Labor, and Technology Committee. Woodward was elected to the
Colorado Senate
The Colorado Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Colorado. It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts, with each district having a population of about 123, ...
as a
Republican in November 2018. He represented
Senate District 15 which encompassed most of
Larimer County
Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 359,066. The county seat and most populous city is Fort Collins. The county was named for William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Denver.
...
outside of
Fort Collins.
Biography
He was born in Wyoming, where his great-grandfather settled in 1906.
He has been a Colorado resident since the 1990s and obtained his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Colorado State University and an MBA with concentration in finance from DePaul University.
Woodward and his wife, Paula, have been married since 1991, and have three children: Andrew, Allie and Kate.
Woodward owns 28
Subway
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franchises in Northern Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska,
and manages over 450 employees. He opened his first store at the age of 21.
Elections
2018 election
Before Senator Kevin Lundberg’s departure from the State Senate due to term limits, Rob Woodward declared his candidacy as a Republican, citing a "general lack of progress and lack of non-Denver sway as a reason for jumping in."
Woodward’s individual endorsements included United States Representative
Ken Buck, State Senator Kevin Lundberg, State Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, State Senator John Cooke, State Representative Perry Buck, former United States Representative Bob Schaffer, State Representative Hugh McKean, Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, Estes Park Town Board Member Cody Rex Walker, former State Representative Brian DelGrosso and former Loveland City Councilman Troy Kenning.
He defeated Democrat Rebecca Cranston 53%-47%.
In the
2022 Colorado Senate election
The 2022 Colorado Senate elections will take place on November 8, 2022, with the primary elections being held on June 28, 2022. Voters in 17 out of the 35 districts of the Colorado Senate will elect their representative for a four-year term. It ...
, Woodward lost to Democrat
Janice Marchman
Janice Marchman is an American politician who is a member of the Colorado Senate for the 15th district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 9, 2023.
Early life and education
Marchman was born on a United States Air Force ba ...
.
References
External links
Official legislative website
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Living people
Republican Party Colorado state senators
People from Larimer County, Colorado
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American legislators