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{{Short description|American politician (born 1957)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Diana DeGette
|image         = Diana DeGette official photo.jpg
|caption        = Official portrait, 2016
|state         = [[Colorado]]
|district      = {{ushr|CO|1|1st}}
|term_start    = January 3, 1997
|term_end      = 
|predecessor   = [[Pat Schroeder]]
|successor     = 
|state_house1  = Colorado
|district1     = 6th
|term_start1   = January 13, 1993
|term_end1     = January 3, 1997
|predecessor1  = Gerald Kopel
|successor1    = [[Dan Grossman]]
|birth_name    = Diana Louise DeGette
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1957|7|29}}
|birth_place   = [[Tachikawa]], [[Japan]]
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse        = {{marriage|Lino Lipinsky|1985}}
|children      = 2
|education     = [[Colorado College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[New York University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|website       = {{url|degette.house.gov|House website}}<br>{{url|degette.com|Campaign website}}
|signature     = Signature of Diana DeGette.svg
|module        = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Rep. Diana DeGette on the Columbine High School Massacre and Gun Safety.ogg |title=DeGette's voice |type=speech |description=DeGette on the [[Columbine High School massacre]] and gun safety.<br>Recorded July 6, 2016}}
}}
'''Diana Louise DeGette''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ᵻ|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|t}} {{respell|dih|GHET}}; born July 29, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|Colorado|1|}} since 1997. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]], her district is based in [[Denver]]. DeGette was a [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Chief Deputy Whip]] from 2005 to 2019 and is the dean of [[United States congressional delegations from Colorado|Colorado's congressional delegation]] since 2007 when fellow Representative [[Joel Hefley]] retired; she served as the [[Colorado House of Representatives|Colorado State Representative]] for the 6th district from 1993 until her election to the U.S. House.

== Early life, education and career ==
A fourth-generation Coloradan, DeGette was born in [[Tachikawa, Tokyo|Tachikawa]], Japan, the daughter of Patricia Anne (''née'' Rose) and Richard Louis DeGette.<ref>{{cite web |title=Degette |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/degette.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223221219/https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/degette.htm |archive-date=2014-12-23 |access-date=2013-06-19 |website=Ancestry |publisher=Ancestry.com}}</ref> Her parents were American, and at the time of her birth her father was serving in the armed forces. She graduated from [[Colorado College]], where she earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political science]] and was elected to the [[Pi Gamma Mu]] international honor society in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diana DeGette's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/561/diana-degette#.VJnSwV4AOB|website=Project Vote Smart |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> She earned her [[Juris Doctor]] degree from the [[New York University School of Law]] in 1982. She then returned to Denver and began a law practice focusing on [[civil rights]] and employment litigation.<ref name="COEncyc">{{cite web |title=Diana DeGette |url=https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/diana-degette |website=Colorado Encyclopedia |date=9 June 2020}}</ref>

== Colorado Legislature ==
Long active in Denver politics, DeGette was elected to the [[Colorado General Assembly|Colorado House of Representatives]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=866236 |title=Our Campaigns – CO State House 06 Race – Nov 03, 1992 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=857965 |title=Our Campaigns – CO State House 06 Race – Nov 08, 1994 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> She was reelected in 1994 and chosen as assistant minority leader. She authored a law that guarantees Colorado women unobstructed access to [[abortion]] clinics and other medical care facilities, also known as the Bubble Bill. The [[United States Supreme Court]] found the Bubble Bill constitutional in ''[[Hill v. Colorado]]'', 530 U.S. 703 (2000). DeGette also authored the state Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act, a model for similar cleanup programs.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

== U.S. House of Representatives ==

=== Elections ===

==== 1996 ====
Longtime 1st district Representative [[Patricia Schroeder|Pat Schroeder]] chose not to run for a 13th term in 1996, prompting DeGette to run. Her principal opponent in the primary election was former City Council member Tim Sandos, whom Denver Mayor [[Wellington Webb]] endorsed shortly before the primary. DeGette won the [[Partisan primary|primary]] with 55% of the vote, all but assuring her of election in the heavily Democratic district (the 1st has been in Democratic hands for all but four years since 1933). Schroeder, who stayed neutral during the primary, endorsed DeGette once DeGette became the nominee. DeGette won with 57% of the vote and has been reelected 15 times since.

=== Tenure ===
DeGette serves as the co-chair of both the Congressional [[Diabetes]] Caucus and [[Pro-Choice]] Caucus, and she is Vice Chair of the [[LGBT Equality Caucus]]. With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, DeGette briefly considered running for [[House Majority Whip]], but bowed out in favor of [[Jim Clyburn]] of [[South Carolina]].

DeGette [https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/12/18/diana-degette-impeachment-debate-preside-donald-trump-house-representatives-colorado/ sat as speaker pro tempore and presided over the debate] on December 18, 2019, the day United States House of Representatives voted on the [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|first impeachment of President Donald Trump]].

DeGette received national attention in 2005, when the House of Representatives passed legislation she cosponsored to lift President [[George W. Bush]]'s limits on federal funding for [[embryonic stem cell research]]. DeGette, who had been working on the measure since 2001, enlisted the support of Representative [[Michael N. Castle]] (Republican from Delaware), who became DeGette's principal Republican cosponsor of the legislation. The [[Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005|DeGette-Castle bill]] passed the Senate on July 18, 2006. President Bush vetoed the bill the next day — [[List of United States presidential vetoes|his first veto]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Vetoes by President George W. Bush |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/vetoes/BushGW.htm |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>

In 2007, DeGette served as the House Democrats' designated whip on the bill reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (HR 3162).  Although President Bush announced his opposition to the legislation, the House passed the bill on August 1, 2007, by a vote of 225 to 204.  The Senate adopted a different version of the legislation the next day.

DeGette was also a cosponsor for the Udall Amendment to the House Energy Bill, which the House approved by a vote of 220 to 190 on August 4, 2007. The Amendment creates a national Renewable Energy Standard that requires electric suppliers to produce 15 percent of their energy from renewable sources, 4 percent of which can come from efficiency, by the year 2020.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

On September 12, 2007, DeGette announced that she would introduce the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2007 in Congress. The bill was unsuccessful and did not pass the committee level.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.R. 3756 [110th&#93;: Colorado Wilderness Act of 2007|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3756|access-date=2010-08-22|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> She reintroduced the bill in 2009.

DeGette is a cosponsor of legislation to provide the [[District of Columbia]] voting representation.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR02043: H.R. 2043 ("To establish the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.")] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704093614/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR02043: |date=2016-07-04 }}<!-- the USBill Template is not working properly: {{USBill|109|HR|2043}} --></ref>
On January 24, 2007, Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] appointed Representative DeGette to the [[House Page Board]].

On November 26, 2007, DeGette announced her endorsement of Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] for president and was named national co-chair of Clinton's Health Care Policy Task Force and adviser on stem-cell research.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette Endorses Clinton|url=http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4370|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318064223/http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4370|archive-date=2008-03-18}}</ref> DeGette was a [[superdelegate]] to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Denver]] in August 2008.

DeGette was strongly critical of the [[Stupak-Pitts Amendment]], which places limits on taxpayer-funded abortions (except in the case of rape, incest, or life of the mother) in the context of the November 2009 [[Affordable Health Care for America Act]].

On January 12, 2021, DeGette was named an [[impeachment manager]] (prosecutor) for the [[second impeachment trial of President Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-12|title=Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/11221-0|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Speaker Nancy Pelosi|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211012154/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/11221-0|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Committee assignments ===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana DeGette |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/D000197 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security|Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security]] (Ranking Member)
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals|Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations|Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]]

=== Caucus memberships ===
* [[Congressional Arts Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Arts Caucus
* [[Black Maternal Health Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Caucus Members
|author=|url=https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/about-caucus/caucus-members|format=|publisher=Black Maternal Health Caucus|date=|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref>
* Pro-Choice Caucus (co-chair)
* Privacy Caucus (co-chair)
* Children's Caucus
* Congressional Brain Injury Caucus
* Congressional Children's Health Caucus
* Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
* Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
* Diabetes Caucus (co-chair)
* Down Syndrome Caucus
* Food Safety Caucus
* French Caucus
* Internet Caucus
* [[Congressional Equality Caucus|LGBT Equality Caucus]] (vice chair)
* National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Caucus
* Natural Gas Caucus
* Public Broadcasting Caucus
* [[Rare Disease Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=26 November 2024}}</ref>
* Recycling Caucus
* Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
* Women's Caucus
*[[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Congressional Progressive Caucus|language=en}}</ref>

=== Party leadership ===
*[[Chief Deputy Whips of the United States House of Representatives|Chief Deputy Whip]] (110th, 111th, 112th Congresses)

== Political positions ==
DeGette voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the [[117th United States Congress|117th Congress]], according to a ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' analysis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bycoffe |first=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}</ref>

=== Abortion ===
[[File:Diana DeGette.jpg|thumb|250px|Diana DeGette denouncing a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] to ban [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]], 2005]]
DeGette [[Abortion-rights movement|supports]] access to [[abortion]] and is the co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus. DeGette and her former fellow co-chair, [[Louise Slaughter]], are the sponsors of the Prevention First Act.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://degette.house.gov/index.php?Itemid=227&catid=76:press-releases-&id=494:pro-choice-caucus-co-chairs-us-reps-slaughter-and-degette-applaud-family-planning-funding-in-obamas-budget&option=com_content&view=article |title=Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs U.S. Reps. Slaughter and DeGette Applaud Family Planning Funding in Obama's Budget |publisher=Degette.house.gov |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> This act aims to decrease the number of unintended pregnancies, abortions and sexually transmitted diseases through better women's healthcare. The [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]] PAC endorsed DeGette and gave her a 100% approval rating based on her positions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/ |title=Elections |publisher=NARAL Pro-Choice America |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/561/diana-degette#.UKrzm4Wvxok |title=Diana DeGette – Ratings and Endorsements |publisher=Project Vote Smart |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> DeGette also received a 100% rating from [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The [[National Right to Life Committee]] gave her a 0% rating due to her strong pro-choice stance.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

=== Embryonic stem cell research ===
DeGette has consistently voted in favor of the use of embryonic [[stem cell research]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/561/diana-degette/77/stem-cell-research |title=Representative Diana DeGette – Stem Cell Research Voting Records |publisher=Project Vote Smart |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> DeGette says "we must pass common-sense embryonic stem cell research legislation, placing these regulations into statute and once and for all, ensuring this critical life-saving research can be conducted for years to come, unimpeded by political whims or naysayers."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://degette.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1083:degette-and-dent-introduce-stem-cell-legislation&catid=76:press-releases-&Itemid=227 |title=DeGette and Dent Introduce Stem Cell Legislation |publisher=Degette.house.gov |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> DeGette and [[Charlie Dent]] introduced the bipartisan Stem Cell Research Act of 2011, which would provide lasting support for stem cell research.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lillis |first=Mike |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/169703-degette-calls-for-legislation-overturning-courts-stem-cell-ruling/ |title=DeGette calls for legislation overturning court's stem cell ruling |publisher=The Hill's Healthwatch |date=2010-08-24 |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref>

=== Gun control ===
DeGette supports bans on semi-automatic firearms like those used in the [[2012 Aurora theater shooting|2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting]], which happened in a movie theater near her district. DeGette has stated that "the sole purpose of these guns and these magazines is to kill people."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/OonG |title=Representative DeGette on Gun Control |publisher=C-SPAN Video Library |date=2012-08-02 |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> DeGette and Carolyn McCarthy introduced the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://degette.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1223:degette-and-mccarthy-introduce-legislation-to-effectively-ban-online-ammo-sales&catid=76:press-releases-&Itemid=227 |title=DeGette and McCarthy Introduce Legislation to Effectively Ban Online Ammo Sales |publisher=Degette.house.gov |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> The [[Brady Campaign]] endorsed DeGette's reelection in 2008, 2010, and 2012.

In 2013, DeGette drew national attention after making an erroneous statement at a public forum about firearm magazine restrictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2013/04/03/rep-diana-degette-draws-criticism-for-pretty-stupid-ammo-magazine-comment/|title=Representative DeGette on High-Capacity Magazines|date=2013-04-03|publisher=Denver Post|access-date=2017-04-27}}</ref> She stated, "[t]hese are ammunition, they're bullets, so the people who have those now, they're going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available." (Id.) The comment, failing to take into account the fact that these magazines are designed to be reloaded, fueled long-running complaints by gun-rights groups that lawmakers trying to regulate firearms do not understand the issue. (Id.)

In June 2016, DeGette and other Democratic lawmakers, led by [[John Lewis]] took part in a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives to protest the Republican leadership's decision to not put several proposed gun control bills up for a vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverite.com/house-democrats-staging-sit-gun-control-vote-heres-colorado-representatives-4699/|title=Colorado Democrats Taking Part in House Sit-In|date=2016-06-22|publisher=Denverite|access-date=2017-06-12}}</ref>

=== Israel ===
DeGette voted to provide [[Israel]] with support following [[October 7 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
DeGette is married to [[Colorado Court of Appeals]] Judge Lino Lipinsky. They live in Denver<ref name="Helfrich">{{cite web |last1=Helfrich |first1=Jesse |title=DeGette |url=https://thehill.com/people/diana-degette/ |website=The Hill |language=en |date=25 October 2013}}</ref> and have two daughters together. DeGette sings in her church choir.<ref>{{cite news |title=Diana DeGette bio |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/10/27/diana-degette-bio/ |work=The Denver Post |date=28 October 2006}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
=== Colorado House of Representatives ===

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| candidate = Diana DeGette
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 14,450
| percentage = 56.15%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Clarke Houston
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 11,286
| percentage = 43.85%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 25,736
  | percentage = 100%}}
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent; unopposed)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 12,090
| percentage = 100%}}
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  | votes = 12,090
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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=== U.S. House of Representatives ===

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 21,523
| percentage = 55.94%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tim Sandos
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 16,952
| percentage = 44.06%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 38,475
  | percentage = 100%}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 112,631
| percentage = 56.93%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Joe Rogers (politician)|Joe Rogers]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 79,540
| percentage = 40.20%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Richard Combs
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 5,668
| percentage = 2.86%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 197,839
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 116,628
| percentage = 66.87%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Nancy McClanahan
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 52,452
| percentage = 30.07%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Richard Combs
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 5,225
| percentage = 3.00%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 110
| percentage = 0.06%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 174,415
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 141,831
| percentage = 68.71%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jesse Thomas
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 56,291
| percentage = 27.27%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Richard Combs
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 5,852
| percentage = 2.83%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lyle Nasser
| party = Reform Party (United States)
| votes = 2,452
| percentage = 1.19%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 8
| percentage = 0.00%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 206,434
  | percentage = 100%}}
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 24,526
| percentage = 73.48%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Ramona Martinez]]
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 8,853
| percentage = 26.52%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 33,379
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 111,718
| percentage = 66.28%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ken Chlouber
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 49,884
| percentage = 29.59%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ken Seaman
| party = Green Party (United States)
| votes = 3,209
| percentage = 1.90%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kent Leonard
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 2,584
| percentage = 1.53%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George Lilly
| party = American Constitution Party (Colorado)
| votes = 1,169
| percentage = 0.69%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 168,564
  | percentage = 100%}}
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 177,077
| percentage = 73.50%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Roland Chicas
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 58,659
| percentage = 24.34%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George Lilly
| party = American Constitution Party (Colorado)
| votes = 5,193
| percentage = 2.16%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 240,929
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2005–2006|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2006AbsractBook.pdf#page=93%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 129,446
| percentage = 79.77%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas Kelly
| party = Green Party (United States)
| votes = 32,825
| percentage = 20.23%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 162,271
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2008<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2008|url=https://coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf#page=99%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 203,756
| percentage = 71.94%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George Lilly
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 67,346
| percentage = 23.78%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Martin Buchanan
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 12,136
| percentage = 4.28%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 11
| percentage = 0.00%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 283,249
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2010<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2010|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf#page=107%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 140,073
| percentage = 67.42%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Mike Fallon]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 59,747
| percentage = 28.76%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Gary Swing
| party = Green Party (United States)
| votes = 2,923
| percentage = 1.41%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Clint Jones
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 2,867
| percentage = 1.38%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Chris Styskal
| party = American Constitution Party (Colorado)
| votes = 2,141
| percentage = 1.03%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 207,751
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2011–2012|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2012AbstractBook.pdf#page=108%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 237,579
| percentage = 68.23%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Danny Stroud
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 93,217
| percentage = 26.77%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Atwood
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 12,585
| percentage = 3.61%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Gary Swing
| party = Green Party (United States)
| votes = 4,829
| percentage = 1.39%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 18
| percentage = 0.01%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 348,228
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2013–2014|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2014AbstractBook.pdf#page=106%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 183,281
| percentage = 65.81%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Martin Walsh
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 80,682
| percentage = 28.97%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Atwood
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 9,292
| percentage = 3.34%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Danny Stroud
| party = Independent
| votes = 5,236
| percentage = 1.88%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 3
| percentage = 0.00%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 278,494
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2015–2016|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/2016BiennialAbstract.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 55,925
| percentage = 86.44%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles H. Norris
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 8,770
| percentage = 13.56%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 64,695
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 257,254
| percentage = 67.87%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Casper Stockham
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 105,030
| percentage = 27.71%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Darrell Dinges
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 16,752
| percentage = 4.42%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 379,036
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2018<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2018|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2018/2018Abstract.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 91,102
| percentage = 68.24%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Saira Rao]]
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 42,398
| percentage = 31.76%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 133,500
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 272,886
| percentage = 73.81%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Casper Stockham
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 85,207
| percentage = 23.05%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Raymon Doane
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 11,600
| percentage = 3.14%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 22
| percentage = 0.01%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 369,715
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2020<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2020|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/2020BiennialAbstractBooklet.pdf#page=108%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 331,621
| percentage = 73.65%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Shane Bolling
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 105,955
| percentage = 23.53%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kyle Furey
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 8,749
| percentage = 1.94%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Paul Fiorino
| party = Unity Party of America
| votes = 2,524
| percentage = 0.56%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jan Kok
| party = Approval Voting Party
| votes = 1,441
| percentage = 0.32%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 450,290
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2022<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2022|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2022/2022BiennialAbstractOfVotesCast.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 79,391
| percentage = 81.12%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Neal Walia
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 18,472
| percentage = 18.88%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 97,863
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 226,929
| percentage = 80.28%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jennifer Qualteri
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 49,530
| percentage = 17.52%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Kittleson
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 6,157
| percentage = 2.19%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 70
| percentage = 0.02%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 282,686
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado's 1st congressional district results, 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast|date=2024|url=https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/elections/Results/2024/2024GeneralElectionStateAbstract.pdf#page=3%22%3E}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Diana DeGette (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 264,606
| percentage = 76.53%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Valdamar Archuleta
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 74,598
| percentage = 21.58%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Critter Milton
| party = Unity Party of America
| votes = 4,084
| percentage = 1.18%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Daniel Lutz
| party = Approval Voting Party
| votes = 2,351
| percentage = 0.68%}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes      = 96
| percentage = 0.03%}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 345,735
  | percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

== Books ==
*Diana DeGette, ''Sex, Science, and Stem Cells: Inside the Right Wing Assault on Reason'', The Lyons Press (August 4, 2008), {{ISBN|978-1-59921-431-3}}

== See also ==
* [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://degette.house.gov/ Congresswoman Diana DeGette] official U.S. House website
*[https://degette.com/ Diana DeGette for Congress] campaign website
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