Prior to entering politics, Saine worked as a regional sales director. She was also a member of the
Dacono City Council. She was elected to the
Colorado House of Representatives in November 2012 and assumed office in January 2013. During her final term in the House, Saine served as a vice chair of the Legislative Audit Committee. When Republican Representative
Jon Becker left the Legislature and left the District 63 seat open, Saine won the June 26, 2012, Republican primary with 3,444 votes (93%) against a
write-in candidate, and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 21,162 votes (56%) against
Democratic nominee Tim Erickson who had run for a House seat in 2004. In December 2017, Saine was arrested at Denver International Airport for carrying a loaded handgun through security. Saine said she did not know that her gun was in her purse when she went to the airport. No charges were pressed. In January 2019, Saine was criticized by Democrat
Leslie Herod for inaccurately equating the lynchings of African-Americans with that of whites during the
Reconstruction era following the Civil War. In December 2020, in her role as chair of the Legislative Audit Committee, she held a hearing to examine allegations of fraud and irregularities during
Colorado's 2020 elections amid Donald Trump's false claims of fraud in the
presidential election. The hearing ultimately found no evidence of electoral irregularities or fraud. In November 2021, Saine announced her candidacy for
Colorado's 8th congressional district in the
2022 elections. She lost to
Barbara Kirkmeyer in the Republican primary. In 2024, Saine ran for reelection to the Weld County Board of County Commissioners, but ran against fellow Republican
Perry Buck for the at-large seat Buck held, rather than the District 3 seat Saine held. Buck won the primary with over 63% of the vote. ==References==