Colorado House District 58 candidate Kathleen Curry, from Gunnison, will be in Lake City this Saturday, speaking as a guest of Hinsdale County Democratic Party.
The public is invited at a meet and greet with Curry at Lake City Public Library starting 2:30 p.m. this Saturday,December 9.
A Denver native, natural resources, and particularly water issues, have been near and dear to Curry’s heart since moving to the state’s Western Slope from metropolitan Denver in 1998.
Curry served as Manager of Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District from 1998 to 2004, including stressful times with the water district during the drought of 2002.
From 2005 to 2010 she was elected as State Representative from House District 61 representing Hinsdale and Gunnison, Pitkin, and portions of Garfield and Eagle Counties.
For the past five years she has worked as lobbyist at the State Capitol in Denver focused on natural resource issues which she terms as “top priorities” in the state. Her clients at the State Capitol have included have included agriculture and wildlife interests, as well as West Slope water districts.
Curry, a Democrat, is to date the sole announced District 58 candidate running to fill the seat now held by Republican Mark Catlin of Montrose. Catlin is term limited and will not seek re-election.
House District 58 is a large district representing not only Hinsdale and Gunnison Counties but also the entirety of Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, and portions of Montezuma and Delta Counties.
