Jeffrey Stephen Hurd (born August 15, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he represents Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Hurd was first elected to Congress in 2024. He is a member of the moderate Republican Governance Group.
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Early life and career
Hurd is the oldest of three sons. He was raised in Grand Junction, Colorado. His father was a psychologist who counseled low-income families. His mother died of cancer while he was in high school.
Hurd graduated from Grand Junction High School and earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. After college, he worked for the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and then attended the University of Denver Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor. Hurd clerked for Timothy Tymkovich, the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and then joined an international law firm based in New York City. He moved back to Grand Junction in 2014 to start his own law firm, then joined Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, managing its Grand Junction office.