Richard Holtorf
State Representative House District 64
As a Republican rancher, farmer, feedlot manager, and retired U.S. Army Colonel with 29 years of service, State Representative Richard Holtorf plans to continue providing veteran leadership as he represents the people of rural Colorado’s House District 64.
Constitution Day – May it never be Forgotten
Constitution Day salutes the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by our founding fathers on September 17, 1787. It recognizes that all who are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, are citizens of the United States of America. While forming the basis for...
3rd Generation Cattle Rancher
Richard Holtorf has been the General Manager of Buffalo Springs Ranch since October 2006. He has managed a diverse production agriculture operation that includes a commercial cattle herd, a backgrounding feed yard, and a dryland farm in Washington County Colorado fifteen miles North of Akron. Richard manages the ranch that he and his brothers grew up on and is a strong supporter of muiltigenerational farm and ranch operations to sustain production agriculture for the future.
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Rancher:
As a third generation rancher, he has kept his family business going.
- His passion runs deep when it comes to having a life in production agriculture in rural Colorado.
- We want to promote multigenerational family ranches and farms. We have to hold on to our family enterprises and businesses. We can’t let them be eroded amid the difficult economic times.
- We have to hold on to these legacies of our families, businesses, and communities.
First generation starts the business
Second generation builds the business.
Third generation loses the business.
Rancher
Senior Retired Military Veteran
Colonel (retired) Richard Holtorf served as a U.S. Army Aviation Officer for 29 years. He served five overseas tours, including two combat tours. Colonel Holtorf commanded at every level, from Company Command to Battalion Command. He attended every U.S. Army Officer Professional Development Course up to the U.S. Army War College. His vast military leadership skills are already at work for the people of House District 64 and will be vital in protecting rural values for rural Colorado.
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Military Service:
29 years of command, staff assignments, and leadership training.
- Served on Battalion, Brigade, Division, Staff. Commanded at the detachment, company, and battalion level. Completed all U.S. Army Military Education through the U.S. Army War College.
- Has faced many adversities.
- Passion runs deep in service to his family, service to his ranch, and service to his country.
- Many duty assignments including five overseas tours.
- Two combat tours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Worked with several federal agencies.
- Operation Noble Eagle
CONUS-based operation - Airport security
13 airports in Colorado
OIC of Air Port Security, 89 th Troop Command
Facilitated transition of airport security from armed National Guardsman to TSA
Veteran
Family Man
Richard is pictured here with his family. He is very proud to have raised his family in Eastern Colorado. Upon returning from active duty in 1994, he and his wife Mary raised their four daughters on Buffalo Springs Ranch. They are now enjoying starting the next chapter of their lives as grandparents.
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Family:
Despite many of life’s difficulties, including having divorced parents himself, he has kept the family together.
- Married 27 years, raised four daughters and has one granddaughter.
- The commitment to family is enormous.
Decades of service, five overseas military tours, including two combat tours put enormous strain on his family.
Despite all that, Richard is still married to his first wife, and is proud to have held on to this commitment.
Family
HB21-1116 Purple Heart Recipient Free State Park Access
Concerning access to state parks by purple heart recipients.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1116
HB21-1215 Expansion Of Justice Crime Prevention Initiative
Concerning the expansion of the justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative, and, in connection therewith, creating a small business grant program for justice-system-involved persons and making an appropriation.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1215
HB21-1279 Occupational Therapy Interstate Compact
Concerning the limited interstate practice of occupational therapy and providing for the issuance of provisional licenses to certain qualified individuals.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1279
HB21-1301 Cannabis Outdoor Cultivation Measures
Concerning the removal of impediments to cannabis farming, and, in connection therewith, permitting contingency plans to reduce crop loss based on adverse weather and convening a working group to examine measures to reduce cross-pollination, and making an appropriation.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1301
SB21-008 Remove Junior From Certain College Names
Concerning removing the word “junior” from the name of certain colleges.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-008
SB21-234 General Fund Transfer Agriculture And Drought Resiliency
Concerning creation of the agriculture and drought resiliency fund, and, in connection therewith, transferring money from the general fund to the fund and making an appropriation.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-234
SB21-248 Loan Program For Colorado Agriculture
Concerning assistance for agriculture in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, establishing a loan program in the department of agriculture, transferring money from the general fund to a new agricultural future loan program cash fund to be used for the loan program, and making an appropriation.
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-248
HB20-1211 Sunset Regulation Of Egg Dealers
Sunset Regulation Of Egg Dealers
Committee Assignments
HB20-1178 Increase Speed Limit On Certain Rural Highways
Increase Speed Limit On Certain Rural Highways
HB20-1224 Agricultural Products Overweight Motor Vehicle
Agricultural Products Overweight Motor Vehicle
News & Updates
Constitution Day – May it never be Forgotten
Constitution Day salutes the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by our founding fathers on September 17, 1787. It recognizes that all who are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, are citizens of the United States of America. While forming the basis for...
Rep. Richard Holtorf seeks Smart Program to fund Agriculture in Colorado
One example is Senate Bill 21-248. Representative Holtorf was proudly the House Co- Prime sponsor of this Bipartisan Bill, which addresses the loan and or grant program for Colorado Agriculture. This transfers money to programs like the Farm-to-Market infrastructure. This provides eligible applicants with low interest rates for farms and ranches in Colorado. The fund has thirty million dollars allocated and is suggested to be divided up with twenty million for loans and ten million for grants. This has been presented as a legislative intent; the Governor of Colorado has this bill before him at this time to be considered and signed. This will also be a good place for the smaller micro beef processing plants to look at for assistance
National Purple Heart Day
National purple heart day is August 7. Rep. Holtorf worked hard on getting HB21-1116 passed so Purple Heart recipients are allowed free access to Colorado’s National Parks.
Hold On!
Hold On To Our Rural Lifestyle
- There are many assaults on rural Colorado and our rural way of life.
- Our private property rights are fundamental to our rural way of life, and we cannot let left-leaning or socialist-minded politicians infringe upon those rights.
Hold on to our agricultural economic base
- Our agricultural economic base comes from our private property.
- It is the foundation of our ag economy.
- We must protect it from infringement.
Hold on to our Small Towns
Small Towns are the Nucleus of Eastern Colorado. We must maintain and preserve our small town economies.
Micro-economies
- We lose our micro-economies to macro-
economies, we lose our small towns. - The money passing through our micro-economy in
our communities is crucial to maintaining the
economic health of our rural towns
We can’t let them shrink, depopulate, and erode our way of life.
Hold on to our Small Town Values
- Knowing your neighbors by first name.
- Helping neighbors in times of crisis
Ex: In times of crisis, diseased farmer,
neighbors help bring in the harvest for the last
time.
May not find this in the city, but you do find it in Eastern Colorado.
Hold on to our Second Amendment Rights, our right to keep and bear arms
“I’m a lifetime member of the NRA, and believe that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right. One that should not be infringed upon.”
Richard Holtorf
- I’m not afraid to fight.
- I’ve served in two combat tours.
- I’ve been in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, and I’ve seen the Taliban up close and personal.
I want to passionately fight for our rural way of life and what we hold dear in Eastern Colorado.
Representative Richard Holtorf
Mission & Values
Mission: My mission as your Representative is to keep Colorado a Rocky Mountain state, preserve our Western heritage and our Colorado traditions, and stop making Colorado Eastern California.
Values: I’ve never given up on anything that life has thrown in front of me. If you select me to continue filling the big boots that Kimmi Lewis wore, I will guarantee to hold true to preserving our rural values.
I will never give up on our rural way of life, and you can rest assured that I will have my constituents’ backs every day at the Capitol.
I will continue to fight the leftists, socialists, and activists that control all
three branches of our state government. I will fight with tenacity. I will fight with oration and conviction to attempt to explain to the misguided Democrats, at every opportunity, that we must preserve what we hold dear in Eastern and Southern Colorado.