Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Incoming state House Minority Leader Hugh McKean on Wednesday, Jan. 13 as the Colorado General Assembly opened its 2021 session. Hugh McKean just took one of the toughest jobs in Colorado politics. The unassuming 53-year-old general contractor and homebuilder is the new minority leader for Republicans in the state House, where the party has been pushed to the edge of irrelevance by years of election losses. Now, with the party divided nationwide by the fall of former President Donald Trump, McKean will test whether a return to a Reagan-style message and a willingness to compromise could help the GOP find its footing in Colorado.