Travis DiLeo
| Travis DiLeo | |
| File:Travis DiLeo.png | |
| Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives | |
|---|---|
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Assumed office 1 August 2016 | |
| President | Bill Stanmourne |
| Preceded by | Roger Gundrell |
| Constituency | Moffat |
| Shadow Executive of the Department of Labor | |
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Assumed office 1 August 2012 | |
| President | Bill Stanmourne |
| Preceded by | Cole Ryman |
| Representative from Larimer County, Moffat | |
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Assumed office 1 August 2012 | |
| President | Bill Stanmourne |
| Preceded by | Kyle Eccks |
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In office 1 August 2004 – 1 August 2008 | |
| President | Carl Sladger |
| Preceded by | George Hisakawa |
| Succeeded by | Kyle Eccks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1950 Lauquhardt, MO |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Simpson-Boggart |
| Children | Jonathan |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Denver |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Travis LeRoy DiLeo (born on 18 May 1950) is a Rioblancoan politician, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives and one of the nine Moffat Representatives, from Larimer County.
He is the nephew of President James DiLeo and cousin of George DiLeo, former Governor of Moffat, and Herb DiLeo, founder of the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of Rio Blanco.
Biography
Born in Lauquhardt (MO), he is the first of the three children born to Christopher DiLeo, James's younger brother.
In 1986, after Rep. Jim Gozner (Con.) had died in office, DiLeo ran as a Conservative candidate for Representative from Larimer County but lost to his party mate John Markston, which would become Representative.
After the defeat, he stayed in local politics and rarely participated at a national level, until he ran for Representative in 2004 and won, defeating incumbent George Hisakawa (P). Four years later, he did not run for the same office, letting his party mate Kyle Eccks win the Conservative nomination unopposed.
DiLeo would later run for the same office in 2012 and again in 2016, winning both times. Seeing his latest success and Roger Gundrell's resignation as Leader of the Opposition in the House, the party decided to field DiLeo for Chancellor, who would later lose to Progressive candidate Janice Wright (Weld County, Yuma).