Rep. Matt Gray, a Broomfield Democrat and former prosecutor, was arrested Thursday night by Broomfield police for driving under the influence, as first reported Friday morning by The Colorado Sun.

Gray, 42, is in his third term in the Colorado House and has filed for re-election in November.*

In a statement, House Speaker Alec Garnett of Denver said he is “deeply saddened and disappointed” to learn of Gray’s arrest.

“I’m very thankful no one appears to have been hurt, and I strongly believe he needs to take time – beginning right now – to get the help he needs,” Garnett said.

House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, a Loveland Republican, said, “We may debate policy and argue fiscal issues, but all lawmakers, despite our party affiliation, are Coloradans and we care for our state and for each other as people. I, and the Republican Caucus, are concerned about the early reports involving Rep. Matt Gray’s arrest, but we support the Speaker’s plan to address the matter. We will continue to pray for Rep. Gray and his family.”

In a tweet posted Friday that was later deleted, Gray said he was not intoxicated but that his “symptoms of anxiety and depression are such that too many people are worried when they’re around me.”

“I’m going to increase my level of therapy and appreciate all the support,” he wrote.

Gray has been an advocate for Democrats’ transportation priorities, and until last year was the vice-chair of the House Transportation & Local Government Committee. He was a House sponsor of the paid family leave law  in 2019 and the mammoth transportation law in 2021.

He’s also run afoul of Democratic priorities. Last year, he was one of two Democrats to vote down a Democratic-favored bill to reduce the number of offenses that require the accused to post cash bonds to get out of jail.

Editor’s note: corrected to note that Gray is in his third term, not his final one.

This story will be updated.