Ken Buck
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Cory Gardner |
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February 16, 1959 Ossining, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Perry Buck (1996–present) |
| Children | Cody James Kaitlin |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University University of Wyoming |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website |
House website Campaign website |
Kenneth Robert "Ken" Buck (born February 16, 1959) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as District Attorney for Weld County, Colorado. Buck was also the unsuccessful Republican challenger to Michael Bennet in the 2010 Senate race in Colorado.
Buck was born in Ossining, New York in 1959. He and his two brothers were encouraged by their parents, both New York lawyers, to attend Ivy League colleges, and Buck earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1981. Buck later said that the Princeton degree was "more important to [my father] than me". Buck played four years of football at Princeton, one year as a defensive back/punter/kicker and three years as a punter, earning All-Ivy League honors as a punter his senior year.
After college Buck moved west and worked in Wyoming at the state legislative services office and received a law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1985. He was also an instructor at the University of Denver Law School and for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in Colorado.
In 1986, he was hired by Congressman Dick Cheney to work on the Iran-Contra investigation. Following that assignment, he worked as a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
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