[2] Prior to her time in the General Assembly, she worked as a press assistant for Governor John Arthur Love.
[6] After her party switch, she resigned from the Senate and was succeeded by her 1986 primary opponent Terry Considine.
[2] In the 1986 election, Ezzard ran in the Republican primary for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Gary Hart.
[8][9] In 1988, Ezzard challenged Congressman Daniel Schaefer as a Democrat in Colorado's 6th congressional district.
Schaefer defeated Ezzard by a two-to-one margin in the heavily Republican district.