District 10: Terry Hart

Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers, and Pueblo counties

Terry Hart was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in the Denver area, but his roots are now in Southern Colorado. His father was originally from Trinidad, Colorado, and his mother was from Canon City. Both moved to Denver after his father completed military service in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Hart first came to live in Pueblo in 1971 to attend Southern Colorado State College, now Colorado State University-Pueblo. He graduated from SCSC in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree, holding dual majors in History and a broad area of Social Sciences, with minors in Economics and Political Science. He then attended the University of Colorado School of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctorate in 1979.

After a short stint in private practice in Pueblo, Hart was hired as an Assistant County Attorney in 1981. He rose through the ranks and served as County Attorney from 1990 to 2001. He then served as a Senior Associate County Attorney from 2001 to 2005 and subsequently as Chief of Staff for the District Attorney of the 10th Judicial District from 2005 to January 2013. Hart was first elected as Pueblo County Commissioner in 2012 and served as a Commissioner until term-limited in 2021. 

Throughout his career, Hart has served on numerous civic, political, and non-profit boards and commissions, including Colorado Counties, Inc., County Technical Services, Inc., the National Association of Counties, the Colorado County Attorneys Association, Fountain Creek Watershed District, Pueblo County and Colorado Democratic Parties, the Colorado Smelter Superfund Site Community Advisory Group, and the Southern Colorado Economic Development District. 

In the transportation sector, Hart has served on the Statewide Transportation Advisory Committee, the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, and the Transportation Commission of Colorado since 2021 and currently serves as its Chair. 

Term ends: July 1, 2025