to seats on the House Business Affairs Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. 2010 election Ryden won reelection with 54.7% of the vote. 2011-12 legislative session Ryden was elected as the House Minority Deputy Caucus Chair in 2011. She served on the Judiciary Committee and House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee. 2012 election In the 2012 General Election, Ryden faced Republican challenger James Parker. Ryden was reelected by a margin of 57% to 39%. 2013-14 legislative session Ryden was elected House Majority Deputy Whip in 2013. She also was appointed Chair of the State, Veterans & Military Affairs committee. She served on the Audit Committee and Business & Labor Committee. 2014 election Ryden ran for her 4th and final term in 2014, and defeated Republican opponent Richard Bowman. 2015-16 legislative session Ryden was elected House Majority Whip in 2015, and continued serving as Chair of the State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee. She also served on the Audit Committee, the Health and Insurance Committee. As a member of the Health Exchange Oversight Committee, she helped oversee the launch of Colorado's health exchange under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Public Trustee career In June, 2016, Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Ryden as Public Trustee for Arapahoe County. Colorado's Public Trustee system is unique among the 50 states and dates back to the Silver Crisis of the 1890s. At that time, Colorado was in a deep depression and record numbers of miners, merchants and homeowners were losing their property to foreclosure. The State Legislature decided to take the process out of the courts and put it in the hands of Public Trustees who were pledged to provide a relatively inexpensive process that ensured fairness for everyone concerned. In 2019, the Legislature passed HB19-1295, which mandates that the currently appointed Public Trustee positions will be eliminated in July 2020, and the County Treasurers will assume the Public Trustee duties. References External links Campaign website Biography at Ryden and Associates Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives Women state legislators in Colorado Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians