district succeeded religion birth_place imagesize party preceded birth_date term spouse article_title state name
3rd john salazar roman catholic glenwood springs , colorado 200px republican ben nighthorse campbell 09 may 1953 january 3 , 1993 -- january 3 , 2005 lori smith mcinnis scott mcinnis
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scott mcinnis

stephen scott emory mcinnis -lrb- born may 9 , 1953 -rrb- is an american politician and lawyer who was a republican member of the u.s. house of representatives from colorado from 1993 to 2005 .
in august 2010 , mcinnis lost his bid to be gubernatorial nominee after a plagiarism accusation and apology hurt his standing .
in november 2014 , mcinnis was elected a member of the mesa county board of county commissioners -- beginning term in office in january 2015 .
the mcinnis canyons national conservation area , west of grand junction , is named for him .
