Ken Buck
Ken Buck graduated from Princeton University in 1981 and the University of Wyoming Law School in 1985. After law school, Ken worked for Congressman Dick Cheney (R-WY) on the Iran-Contra Investigation and then became a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1990, Ken joined the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office where he became the Chief of the Criminal Division. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, Ken taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver, College of Law. After twelve years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he went into private business as an executive with a large construction company.
Ken Buck started his political career by being elected district attorney three times in Colorado (2004, 2008, 2012). In 2014, Ken was elected to the US House of Representatives for the Fourth Congressional District in Colorado. He served on the Judiciary Committee and was chosen to be the ranking Republican on the Immigration Subcommittee and the Antitrust Subcommittee. Ken also served on the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he was a member of the East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee. Small government, debt reduction, US-Asian relations, and promoting competition policy in the tech sector were among his signature issues.
Since leaving Congress in 2024, Ken Buck has started his own consulting business focusing on political strategy for business development and public affairs. Ken recently taught a seminar during the fall quarter of 2024 at the University of Chicago. He is a frequent guest on major cable news shows and provides regular opinion pieces for national print media.
