Ken Buck

Kenneth Robert Buck born February 16 1959 is an American lawyer and politician who has represented Colorados 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2015 From March 30 2019 to March 27 2021 Buck served as chair of the Colorado Republican Party having replaced Jeff Hays Formerly the District Attorney for Weld County Colorado Buck ran unsuccessfully for US Senate in 2010 narrowly losing to Democrat Michael Bennet In Congress Buck has emerged as one of the foremost proponents of antitrust enforcement in the Republican Party A staunch fiscal conservative Buck was one of only four Republican votes opposing House Speaker Kevin McCarthys April 2023 debt ceilingdeficit reduction bill explaining in a subsequent Washington Times oped that if this plan with modest spending reductions is the best the GOP can provide Americans could be forgiven for wondering what the point of a Republican majority in the House is