He ran for the Democratic nomination in the Colorado's 7th congressional district during the 2018 election, but dropped out after Representative Ed Perlmutter announced that he would seek reelection.
[1][2][3] He worked as a geography teacher for middle and high school and is a member of the Colorado Education Association.
[10] Lois Court, who later served as the President pro tempore of the state senate, worked as his campaign manager and legislative aid.
[11] Kerr, Max Tyler, and Ken Summers were reapportioned into the same district following the 2010 United States census.
[18][19] He and Representative Rhonda Fields received death threats in 2013 due to their support of gun control legislation.
[22] Ed Perlmutter, a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 7th congressional district, announced on April 9, 2017, that he would run in the gubernatorial election.
[6] Kerr announced on April 12, that he would seek the Democratic nomination in the congressional district for the 2018 election and later selected Shad Murib, who previously served as the chief of staff of the Colorado Senate Democrats and managed Kerry Donovan's 2014 campaign, as his campaign manager.
[23][24] However, Perlmutter announced that he would run for reelection on August 21, after having dropped out of the gubernatorial election, causing Senator Dominick Moreno and Representative Brittany Pettersen to end their campaigns.
Kerr won the Democratic nomination to succeed her and defeated Republican nominee Joni Inman in the general election.