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2018 Colorado Elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6, 2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election, leaving the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide office held by a Republican. Governor and lieutenant governor Incumbent Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne ran for governor, but was eliminated in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2018. Results Attorney general Incumbent Republican attorney general Cynthia Coffman ran for governor, but was eliminated at the state Republican party convention in April. Democratic primary Declared * Joe Salazar, state representative * Phil Weiser, former dean of the University of Colorado Law School Campaign suspended * Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The 2020 United States census enumerated the population of Colorado at 5,773,714, an increase of 14.80% since the 2010 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Native Americans and their ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly much longer. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. "''Colorado''" is the Spanish adjective meaning "ruddy", the color of the Fountain Formation outcroppings found up and down the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulyss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Democrats Of America
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is a progressive political organization and grassroots political action committee operating primarily within the Democratic Party of the United States. The group has established chapters in 32 states and territories. History The Progressive Democrats of America formed out of the presidential campaigns of Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich as well as with outside, independent involvement from peace and justice activists. PDA was founded during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Roxbury, Massachusetts by Tim Carpenter, Steve Cobble, Kevin Spidel, Mimi Kennedy, Laura Bonham, Joe Libertelli, Bruce Taub, and about two dozen other former staffers and supporters of the Dennis Kucinich for President Campaign—as well as Joel Segal, and other progressive activists who helped organize delegates and activists. Appearing at the first PDA meeting were leaders, activists, and politicians including Dean and Kucinich, U.S. Representatives John C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Baca
Polly Baca (born February 13, 1941) is an American politician who served as Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79), being the first woman to hold that office and the first Hispanic woman elected to the Colorado State Senate and in the House and Senate of a state Legislature. She also was the first to co-chair a National Democratic Convention. She was a member of the Colorado State Legislature for 12 years and was elected to the Colorado Senate in 1978. She was also the founder and director of the Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA), as well as its president and CEO. She founded the LARASA nonprofit organization in 1964 "to lead and influence change to improve the quality of life for Latinos through advocacy, capacity building, and education." In addition, she's currently the president and CEO of "Baca Barragan & Perez Associates", "a consulting firm specializing in political campaigns, multicultural leadership develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ferrandino
Mark Steven Ferrandino (born August 9, 1977) is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Appointed to the legislature in 2007, Ferrandino represented House District 2, encompassing south central Denver from 2012 to 2014. He is the first openly gay male legislator in Colorado history. He did not seek re-election in 2014, and was the chief financial officer of Denver Public Schools. On November 19, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis named Mark Ferrandino as the new executive director for the Colorado Department of Revenue. Biography Ferrandino, the son of two Italian-American public school teachers, was born in Nyack, New York. He was born with oxygen deprivation and had to have surgery because he was cross eyed. Suffering from multiple learning difficulties, he took special education classes until the fourth grade. He later joined mainstream classes, played the trumpet and captained his high school track team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Winter
Faith Winter (born May 7, 1980) is a Colorado Democratic Party, Democratic Party legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. She represents Colorado's 25th Senate district, District 25 in the Colorado State Senate. Her district covers portions of Adams County, Colorado, Adams County, Broomfield, Colorado, the City and County of Broomfield and Weld County, Colorado, Weld County, including the communities of Broomfield, Westminster, Colorado, Westminster, Northglenn, Colorado, Northglenn and Shaw Heights, Colorado, Shaw Heights. Prior to 2013, she represented Colorado's 24th Senate district, District 24. During the 2020 reapportionment process, her residence moved from senate district 24 to senate district 25. Winter was first elected to the state senate in 2018. Earlier, Winter served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2014 to 2019, representing Colorado House District 35. She attended the University of Redlands, University of the Redlands in Redlands, California, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Benavidez
Adrienne Benavidez (born 1953/1954) is a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 32, which covered a portion of Adams County. She was elected in 2016, succeeding Dominick Moreno. Prior to taking office, Benavidez worked as an attorney, was the executive director of the Denver Department of General Services, and directed the Colorado Division of Finance and Procurement. She served as chairwoman of the Rules Committee of the Colorado Democratic Party. Benavidez served on the House Finance Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee. Colorado House of Representatives Benavidez was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, winning 64.37% of the vote against Republican opponent Alexander Jacobson. During her tenure in the state House, Benavidez sponsored successful legislation that addressed toxic air pollutants as well as reforms to the state tax code. Her legac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joann Ginal
Joann Ginal is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019. Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and also lived in Florida and Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Iowa State University, and Colorado State University during which she moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2012, she was elected to the state house to succeed John Kefalas, who had run for a seat in the state senate, and served until she was selected to replace Kefalas in the state senate in 2018. Early life and education Joann Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. She lived in Florida and Massachusetts before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, to continue her college education in 1990. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Melton
Jovan Melton is a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives, serving from 2013 to early 2021. Before serving in the House, Melton worked for Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien, and managed the campaigns of state representatives Angela Williams and Rhonda Fields. ''Denver Post'' While a state representative, Melton served as the Democratic majority whip and as Vice-Chair of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado. He is also Founder and Senior Consultant for Emerson Hamilton Consulting and Strategies, LLC based in Aurora, Colorado. At age 20, he was arrested for harassment of a girlfriend, an incident which occurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edie Hooton
Edie Hooton is a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 10, which covered a portion of Boulder County. She was first elected in 2016, succeeding Dickey Lee Hullinghorst. In her early political career, Hooton worked as an aide to Alaska State Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp and U.S. Senator Mike Gravel Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel ( ; May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American politician and writer who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party, and who later in life twice ran for .... She moved to Boulder County in 1997 and served as President of the Democratic Women of Boulder County before taking office. Hooton serves on the House Energy & Environment Committee, the House Transportation & Local Government Committee, and the Capitol Development Committee. Elections Hooton was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016; she won the Democratic primary with 51.24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Coleman (politician)
James Rashad Coleman is an American politician, who is currently serving as a member of the Colorado Senate from the 33rd district. He is currently the president pro tempore of the Colorado Senate. Prior to entering the State Senate, he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 7th district. Early life and education He was born and raised in Park Hill, Denver. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with a minor in business administration from Oral Roberts University. Career Coleman was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2016. He won the Democratic primary with 41.37% of the vote against opponents Michele Wheeler and Elet Valentine and ran unopposed in the general election. During his tenure in the House, Coleman served on the Business Affairs & Labor Committee and the House Local Government Committee. In 2019, Coleman announced his candidacy for the 33rd district seat in the Colorado Senate. Coleman ran unopposed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Herod
Leslie Herod (born 1982) is an American politician, who was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in the 2016 elections. She serves on the House Joint Budget Committee, and the Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance, and is Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the 8th district. She is the first gay African-American to be elected to Colorado's state legislature. Biography Herod was born in 1982 on a United States military base in Germany. She moved around much of her early life, as her mother was an officer in the United States Army Nurse Corps. Herod attended high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2017, Herod completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow. Elections 2016 Herod d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Singer (politician)
Jonathan Singer (born September 13, 1979) is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. He was appointed in January 2012 as a Democrat to fill a vacancy in House District 11, which includes most of Longmont, as well as Northwest Boulder, part of Niwot and part of Gunbarrel. He resides in Longmont. Biography Education and career before election Singer graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Psychology and Social Work, and in 2002 earned a Master's degree in Social Work also from CSU. He worked for the Denver Office of Economic Development, and following that as a social worker in child protections for Boulder County. He also serves on the Longmont Planning and Zoning Commission. His political activities prior to joining the Colorado General Assembly The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado. It is a bicameral legislature that was created by the 1876 state constitution. Its statutes are codified in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
