2009 Appointment
Nikkel's appointment to the state house stemmed from a series of vacancies beginning with state senator Steve Johnson's election as a Larimer County commissioner in November 2008. Given Rep. Kevin Lundberg's expressed interest in being appointed to Johnson's state senate seat, Nikkel expressed interested in assuming Lundberg's house seat shortly after Johnson's November election. Nikkel had previously expressed interest in succeeding the term-limited Lundberg in 2010.
Describing herself on Facebook as a "conservative Republican, but independent thinker," Nikkel was also described as a "conservative centrist" and "a proud, unabashed and fiscally conservative Republican," Nikkel was appointed to the vacant seat over Windsor resident Ray Walter by a vote of 8-2 of a Republican party vacancy committee on January 17. Nikkel was sworn in as a state representative on January 22, 2009, boosting the percentage of women serving in the General Assembly to 40 percent, the highest proportion of all U.S. state legislatures.
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