LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• University of Wyoming College of Law - JD (1985)

• Princeton University - AB (1977-1981)

  Activities and notes: Football team; All-Ivy League Honors

• Ossining (N.Y.) High School - Diploma (1977)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  4th Congressional District of Colorado
  Kenneth Robert Buck (Ken), 60.11%

  Republican
  Ike McCorkle, 36.61%

  Democrat
  Bruce Griffith, 2.32%

  Libertarian

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  4th Congressional District of Colorado
  Kenneth Robert Buck (Ken), 60.62%

  Republican
  Karen A. McCormick, 39.38%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  4th Congressional District of Colorado
  Kenneth Robert Buck (Ken), 63.55%

  Republican
  Bob Seay, 31.65%

  Democrat
  Bruce Griffith, 4.80%

  Libertarian

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  4th Congressional District of Colorado
  Kenneth Robert Buck (Ken), 64.67%

  Republican
  Vic Meyers, 29.22%

  Democrat
  Jess Loban, 3.31%

  Libertarian
  Grant Doherty, 2.80%

  Non-designated

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Colorado (Class 3)
  Michael Farrand Bennet, 48.05%

  Democrat
  Kenneth Robert Buck (Ken), 46.42%

  Republican
  Bob Kinsey, 2.19%

  Green
  Maclyn Stringer, 1.27%

  Libertarian
  Jason Napolitano, 1.10%

  Undetermined

Employment History

• 4th Congressional District of Colorado (2014)

  Congressional Candidate

• U.S. Senate Seat for Colorado (Class 3) (2010)

  Senate Candidate

• Hensel Phelps Construction Co. (2002-2004)

  Executive

• Office of the U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado (1990-2002)

  Chief, Criminal Division

• U.S. Department of Justice (1987-1990)

  Prosecutor

• House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran (1987)
  Rep. Dick Cheney (R-WY)

  Assistant Counsel, Minority

Associated Organizations

Own leadership PAC:

• One Generation PAC

Founder:

• Juvenile Assessment Center

  Co-Creator

Membership:

• Promoting Alternatives to Violence

• North Range Behavioral Health

• Genesis Project

• Fresh Start Inc.

Election campaign:

• Buck for Colorado

Teaching position:

• National Institute for Trial Advocacy

  Instructor

• University of Denver Sturm College of Law

  Instructor

Board membership:

• Colorado Republican Party (March 2019-)

  Chair

Bar membership:

• Colorado State Bar (1994-)

Board membership:

• Colorado District Attorneys' Council (-Dec. 2014)

  Director

Elected office:

• Weld County (Colo.) District Attorney's Office (2004-2014)

  District Attorney

Awards

• Champion of Limited Government (Institute for Legislative Analysis) (June 2023)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Taxpayers’ Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (May 2021)

• Colorado Golden Probe Award (Abortion Access Front) (Oct. 2020)

• Fiscal Hero Award (Fix the Debt Coalition Inc.) (Aug. 2020)

• Defender of Economic Freedom Award (Club for Growth) (March 2020)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (2020)

• Member of the Month (FreedomWorks Inc.) (Nov. 2019)

• Taxpayers' Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (Sept. 2019)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 2019)

• True Blue Award (Family Research Council Action) (April 2019)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2019)

• Taxpayer Super Hero (Council for Citizens Against Government Waste) (April 2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

• FreedomFighter (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 2018)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (May 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Taxpayers’ Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (Oct. 2016)

• Head in the Sand Award (Princeton Progressives) (2016)

Publications

• Crushed: Big Tech's War on Free Speech (2023)

  Co-authors: Cruz, Rafael Edward
  

• Capitol of Freedom: Restoring American Greatness (2020)

• Drain the Swamp (2017)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Vekeo, official

Privately Financed Travel

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Senate Budget Republicans add judicial-advocacy lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 21, 2023
  Senate Budget Committee Republicans have hired the executive director of a conservative judicial-advocacy group to be a part of the minority's investigations team. read more

• News Corp. hires Senate counsel amid proposed merger

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 2, 2022
  News Corp. has added a Senate Judiciary Committee attorney to its federal-affairs team, just as the Murdoch family explores re-merging the publishing giant with Fox Corp. read more

• Last year's staff turnover was the House's worst in decades, data shows

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 21, 2022
  Last year's rumored staff exodus was more than just speculation: According to LegiStorm data, House staffers left their jobs at the highest rate in at least two decades. read more

• Facebook adds GOP chief to public-policy team

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 29, 2020
  With the addition of a Republican chief of staff, Facebook has continued its Hill hiring spree. read more

• For House staffers, end-of-year bonuses shrank in 2019

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 16, 2020
  House staffers ended 2019 with the smallest bonuses in four years, according to LegiStorm estimates. read more

• House staffers took home big bonuses in 2017

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 19, 2018
  House staffers ended last year with the biggest holiday bonuses of any non-election year of the last decade. read more

• Gun lobbyist joins Colorado congressman's staff

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on April 27, 2016
  A longtime gun-rights lobbyist has joined Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) as district director. read more

• Former chief of staff returns to the fray

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 10, 2016
  A longtime staff member for retired Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Col.) has returned — again — to the Hill from a prolonged hiatus. read more