Keith King

Who is Keith King?

Keith King is a small businessman and former State senator from Colorado's Senate District 12 and State representative from House District 21. He is a Republican. He is currently running for Colorado Springs City Council District 3.

From 1999 to 2006, King represented House District 21 in the Colorado House of Representatives. On November 7, 2002, the Republican Caucus of the House chose King to serve as their Majority Leader, a post he held during the 2003-2004 legislative session. During this session, King also filled in as Governor of Colorado for a week. King was term-limited from the House at the end of 2006. King spent the first half of 2007 preparing to open Colorado Springs Early Colleges, one of the charter schools he has founded. Since classes started in August 2007, he has served as the school's administrator. In 2008, King won election to the Colorado State Senate, replacing Minority Leader Andy McElhany, who was term-limited at the end of the 2007-2008 session. In 2012, Colorado redrew Legislative boundaries and placed King in the same district as Minority Leader Bill Cadman. King declined to stand for reelection.