Matt Gray (born 25 September 1980) is a former Democratic member of the

Colorado House of Representatives The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each distr ...

. Gray represented District 33, which covered Broomfield and portions of

Boulder County Boulder County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado of the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 330,758. The most populous municipality in the county and the county seat is Boulder. Boulder County comprises t ...

. He was first elected in 2016, succeeding

Dianne Primavera Dianne I. Primavera (born January 28, 1950) is an American politician who is the 50th lieutenant governor of Colorado. A Democrat, she previously served as the Colorado State Representative for the 33rd district from 2007 to 2011, and again fro ...

. A Broomfield resident, Gray was a deputy district attorney before taking office. He has also served as vice chair of the Adams County Youth Initiative and chair of the Broomfield Board of Equalization. Gray served on the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee, the House Finance Committee, and the House Local Government Committee.

Elections

Gray was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, winning with 52.16% against

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opponent Karen Nelson.

DUI arrest

Gray was arrested on April 21, 2022 on suspicion of

driving under the influence Driving under the influence (DUI)—also called driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the infl ...

. The arrest took place in front of an elementary school in

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, which is in the legislative district Gray represents. Gray is a former prosecutor in Colorado's 17th judicial district, the district in which the arrest occurred.

References

External links

Official campaign website
21st-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives People from Broomfield, Colorado Living people 1980 births Year of birth uncertain {{Colorado-politician-stub