Overview
Dylan Outerbridge Roberts (born July 17, 1989) is an American politician and attorney who is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 8, which includes all or part of Clear Creek, Eagle, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Summit counties, including the communities of Steamboat Springs, Edwards, Craig, Gypsum and Eagle. Previously, from 2017 to 2023, Roberts served in the Colorado House of Representatives and represented the 26th District, which included Eagle and Routt counties. In 2022, Roberts ran for the State Senate and won the race.
Early life and education
Roberts was born on July 17, 1989, in Denver, Colorado, to parents Stu and Lulu Roberts. When he was in the fourth grade, Roberts and his family moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
In 2008, Roberts took a semester off of college to return to his to work for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Roberts opened and ran the Steamboat Springs office, the first ever presidential field office in the region. Roberts later returned to Boston College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in political science and environmental studies in 2011. Roberts later graduated the University of Colorado Law School.
Career
After receiving his degree, he returned to Colorado to serve as the deputy state field director for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign. That year, Roberts led over thirty staff members in sixteen offices across twenty-two Colorado counties.
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