who are the republicans running for office in colorado
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Columbia University. Her father, Arthur Small, was worked for the Republican National Committee. While at the 1936 Republican National Convention, she met her future husband, Truman Stockton, who was then the president of the Young Republicans and a Colorado delegate. Stockton waited until her daughter went to college to run for office. She was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1961 and, after subsequent reelections to the house, won a seat in the Colorado Senate, where she represented Lakewood from 1965 until 1984. Stockton
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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 officers were up for election as well as all of Colorado's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices. Incumbent Republican attorney general Cynthia Coffman ran for governor, but was eliminated at the state Republican party convention in April. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams is eligible to run for re-election to a second term. Incumbent Republican state treasurer Walker
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2014 Colorado elections


was former Deputy Attorney General and former District Attorney from the Seventeenth Judicial District Don Quick. President of the Colorado Senate Morgan Carroll and District Attorneys Mitch Morrissey and Stan Garnett, who was the nominee for attorney general in 2010, were also speculated to run for the Democratic nomination, but declined to do so. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. El Paso County Clerk & Recorder Wayne W. Williams was the Republican nominee
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Bill Daniels


He was one of the few owners to make money in the USFL. After the teams began signing increasingly lucrative player contracts, Daniels elected to sell his team to J. William Oldenburg for $8 million. Daniels became active in politics, winning a seat as a National Committeeman from Colorado for the Republican National Committee and running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Colorado. Daniels faced incumbent Governor John Vanderhoof in the 1974 election. Vanderhoof, who enjoyed strong approval ratings, defeated Daniels in his only attempt at elective office. He
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2014 Colorado elections


also ran. Incumbent Republican Attorney General John Suthers was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. The Republican nominee was Chief Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, wife of U.S. Representative Mike Coffman. Mark Waller, former Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives, had been running, but he withdrew from the race. At the Republican state assembly on April 12, 2014, Coffman received the support of 69% of the delegates, while Waller received 30.7%, only narrowly
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Lang Sias


Langhorne Cowles "Lang" Sias (born 1959) represented House District 27 in the Colorado House of Representatives. A vacancy committee appointed Sias to the office after his predecessor resigned, and he was sworn into office on February 4, 2015. A Republican, he was subsequently elected to the office in the November, 2016 general election. Sias was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for lieutenant governor and running mate of Walker Stapleton in the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election. Lang holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, a Master
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Interface (novel)


cable TV Public-access television talk show personality who was running for Senate, has since found herself working in the offices of a Republican Colorado senator. After an event where she accused the citizens of Colorado of being welfare queens, she finds herself in the public eye as a candidate for Cozzano's running mate. The Network's ability to perceive public opinion, skewed on the night of the vice presidential debate by a twist of fate, makes them select Richmond as vice presidential candidate. Their canny act of public relations work
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2019 United States elections


election to another office, or other reasons. , special elections have been set or run for 66 seats — 34 held by Democrats and 32 held by Republicans. , of the 49 special elections held, four seats flipped from Democratic to Republican, one flipped from Republican to Democratic, and one flipped from Republican to Independent. None of these changes impacted partisan control of the state legislature. Incumbent mayors won re-election in major cities during 2019, including Arlington, Texas (Jeff Williams); Colorado Springs, Colorado (
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Douglas Bruce


Colorado Springs Republican fundraisers. Bruce also ran unsuccessfully for the Colorado State Senate in 2000, losing a hotly contested Republican party primary to Ron May in the solidly Republican district. Running with the slogan "Ron May, but Bruce will," Bruce faced institutional opposition from statewide Republican leaders, including Governor Bill Owens, who had once supported Bruce's TABOR initiatives. May ultimately won by only 112 votes. Bruce sought election to the El Paso County, Colorado, county commission in 2004, winning the Republican Party nomination by defeating
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2018 Colorado elections


Stapleton was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term in office. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado. Two seats on the seven-member State Board of Education are up for election in 2018. These include the 2nd district seat currently held by Democrat Angelika Schroeder and the 4th district seat held by Republican Pam Mazanec. State Board of Education member, Congressional District 2 State Board of Education member, Congressional District 4 Three seats on the nine-member University of Colorado Board of Regents
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Stella Garza-Hicks


seek re-election in 2008, citing health issues within her own family, but she did not rule out a future run for public office. Republicans Kit Roupe and Sheila Hicks (no relation to Garza-Hicks) declared their candidacies for the open seat, but the general election was narrowly won by progressive activist and Democrat Dennis Apuan, who defeated Roupe to win the only Democratic takeover of a Republican-held seat in the 2008 legislative elections in Colorado. While a member of the legislature in 2007, Garza-Hicks
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Timothy Leonard (Colorado politician)


Timothy Leonard is a former state representative from Evergreen, Colorado. A Republican, Leonard represented Colorado House of Representatives District 25, which encompasses much of western Jefferson County, including the communities of Aspen Park, Dakota Ridge, Evergreen, Fairmount, Genesee, Idledale, Indian Hills, Kittredge, and Morrison. On January 23, 2016, a vacancy committee appointed Leonard to the office to fill the open seat created after his predecessor resigned. He was sworn in on January 26, 2016. Running for office that same year,
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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


Republican Cory Gardner, who represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012. The district has a PVI of R+11. Gardner did not run for re-election. He instead ran for and won the U.S. Senate seat. The 5th district is located in Central Colorado and includes Fremont, El Paso, Teller and Chaffee counties and the city of Colorado Springs. The incumbent is Republican Doug Lamborn, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with
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Philip S. Van Cise


and received his law degree two years later. From 1910 to 1914, he was a member of the Colorado National Guard, where he attained the rank of captain. During World War I he served as an intelligence officer in France and remained in the Officer Reserve Corps as a Lieutenant colonel until 1942. Van Cise took advantage of a split in the Denver's Republican Party to win the Republican primary and the office of district attorney in 1921. He immediately set out to clean up the con men who preyed on Colorado's
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1980 United States presidential election in Colorado


The 1980 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Colorado voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Colorado was won by the Republican Party candidate, former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 24 points, defeating Democratic incumbent president Jimmy Carter. John B. Anderson, an Illinois Republican congressman running as an independent candidate, received 11% of the
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Cary Kennedy


as a budget analyst in Colorado Governor Romer's Office of State Planning and Budgeting and then as a fiscal analyst for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. In 2006, Kennedy ran for the office of Colorado State Treasurer and won against her Republican opponent, former State Treasurer, Mark Hillman. She took office in January 2007. Kennedy ran for reelection in 2010 but lost to her Republican opponent Walker Stapleton. In April 2017, Kennedy announced her candidacy for Governor of Colorado in the 2018 election. However, she
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2014 Colorado gubernatorial election


The 2014 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, concurrently with the election to Colorado's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper and Lieutenant Governor Joseph García were re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican former U.S. Representative Bob Beauprez and his running mate, Douglas County
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2010 Colorado gubernatorial election


The 2010 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Colorado, who would serve a four-year term that began in January 2011. Democrat John Hickenlooper, the mayor of Denver, won the race with over 50% of the vote, defeating Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo and Republican nominee Dan Maes. One-term incumbent Democrat Bill Ritter announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010. Maes, backed by the Tea Party movement, won the Republican nomination
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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


Polis is running for Governor of Colorado. He won the Democratic nomination for the general election in November. Nominated The 3rd district is located in Western and Southern Colorado and includes a large number of sparsely populated counties and the city of Grand Junction. The incumbent is Republican Scott Tipton, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected to a fourth term with 55% of the vote in 2016. This is one of 80 Republican-held House districts targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.
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Cory Gardner


of the 2018 midterm elections, he became the only Republican holding statewide elected office in Colorado, and is considered one of the most vulnerable Senators running for reelection in 2020. Gardner was born on August 22, 1974 in Yuma, Colorado, the son of Cindy L. (née Pagel) and John W. Gardner. He is of Irish, German, Austrian, and English descent. He graduated "summa cum laude" from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1997. In college, Gardner switched
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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


a large number of sparsely populated counties and the city of Grand Junction. The incumbent is Republican Scott Tipton, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+5. Tipton was mentioned as a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate, but announced that he will run for re-election instead. The 4th district is located in Eastern Colorado and includes numerous sparsely populated counties. The incumbent is Republican Ken Buck, who has represented
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2018 South Carolina elections


Hammond is running for re-election to a fifth term in office. State Representative Joshua Putnam is challenging Hammond for the Republican nomination. Incumbent Republican Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is eligible to run for re-election to a third term in office. Incumbent Republican Richard Eckstrom is eligible to run for re-election to a fifth term in office. Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman is eligible to run for re-election to a second term. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers, who was appointed to
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2014 Alabama elections


Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, is running for re-election to a second term. Boozer was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democrat Joe Cottle, a lobbyist for the Alabama Education Association, had been running, but withdrew from the race. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan, who has served in the office since January 17, 2011, is running for re-election to a second term. McMillan was unopposed in the Republican primary
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Bob Beauprez


Robert Louis Beauprez (; born September 22, 1948) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Colorado. Beauprez is a Colorado native and graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He worked as a dairy farmer and community banker before serving as chairman of the Colorado Republican Party from 1999 to 2002. He was then elected to represent Colorado's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, and served from 2003 to 2007. He gave up his seat to run for Governor of Colorado
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2014 Alabama elections


unopposed in the Republican primary. State Representative Joe Hubbard, the great-grandson of former U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill, was the only Democrat running for the office. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State James R. Bennett, who has served in the office since July 31, 2013, did not run for re-election, per the terms of his appointment. Bennett, who had previously served as Secretary of State from 1993 to 2003, was appointed to the office following the resignation of Beth Chapman. Running in the Republican primary
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Clarence Morley


Clarence Joseph Morley (February 9, 1869 – November 15, 1948) was the 24th Governor of Colorado from 1925 to 1927, serving one two-year term. He was a Republican. Before becoming governor he was a judge in Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the Ku Klux Klan which was an important force in Colorado politics during the 1920s and largely responsible for the division of the Republican and Democratic votes that enabled him to take office. Morely took office on January 16, 1925, in a ceremony
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Joe Rogers (politician)


Rogers ran for Colorado's First Congressional District as a Republican, gaining 42% of the vote. In 1998 he became the second black lieutenant governor of Colorado after George L. Brown, who served from 1975 to 1979. Personal and political conflicts with his running mate, Governor Bill Owens, kept him off the reelection ticket in 2002. Rogers instead ran in the newly created 7th Congressional District, but placed last out of four in the Republican primary, receiving just 13% of the vote, behind the eventual winner in the
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2006 Colorado's 5th congressional district election


The Colorado 5th congressional district election, 2006 was an election for the United States House of Representatives. It was an open seat as incumbent Joel Hefley (R) did not run for re-election. A bitterly fought Republican primary on August 8, 2006 was won by Republican State Senator Doug Lamborn. The Democratic nominee, Jay Fawcett, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who served in the 1991 Iraq War, had no primary opposition. In the November 7, 2006 general election, this race ordinarily would be considered a
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1900 Republican National Convention


proposed that Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado serve as temporary chairman. The purpose of Wolcott's selection was to show that the party had overcome its divisiveness of 1896, in which the Colorado delegation walked out of the Republican convention. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts served as the convention's permanent chairman. President William McKinley was unanimously nominated for reelection. No candidate ran against him, although Admiral George Dewey considered a run. Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York, who was himself a delegate, was nominated for Vice President by
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Bernie Buescher


Bernie Buescher (born July 11, 1949) is an American politician who served as secretary of state of Colorado. A Democrat, he was appointed to the office in 2009 by Governor of Colorado Bill Ritter to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Republican Mike Coffman. Buescher was born in Grand Junction, Colorado. He attended the University of Notre Dame, graduating with an accounting degree. He received his J.D from the University of Colorado in 1974. After law school, Buescher returned to Grand Junction and joined the law
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Douglas Bruce


ballot as a citizen initiative. The measure was ultimately placed on the November 2008 statewide ballot as Amendment 59, and Bruce launched a website opposing it. Bruce's first attempt to seek elected office in Colorado came in 1996, when Bruce challenged incumbent Republican state senator Ray Powers in the Republican Party primary. Bruce lost to Powers, who went on to become the Colorado State Senate President. Because of the negativity of Bruce's campaign against Powers, Bruce was the only person banned from Powers' ranch, a frequent site for
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


, the largest city in the district is now Greeley. Republican incumbent Cory Gardner, who was first elected to represent Colorado's 4th congressional district in 2010, raised over $300,000 in the first quarter of 2011. Brandon Shaffer, the president of the Colorado Senate, sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Gardner. Betsy Markey, the Democrat who represented the 4th district from 2009 until 2011, is now the assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and said in February 2011 she would not run for
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Tom Tancredo


W. Bush's administration in 1992, and pared the office's staff from 225 to 60 employees. He became president of the Independence Institute in 1993, a conservative think tank based in Golden, Colorado, serving there until his election to Congress. He was a leader in the Colorado term limits movement. After Dan Schaefer decided not to run for a seventh full term in the 6th Congressional District in 1998, Tancredo narrowly won the five-way Republican primary, and the election in November. He was only the second person
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Joann Ginal


her Masters in Zoology from Iowa State University, and her Ph.D. in Reproductive Endocrinology from Colorado State University in 1997. Ginal worked in the biological and medical fields for more than 20 years as a scientist with a focus in pharmacology, in research and most recently as a medical science liaison in medical affairs. She is a Master Naturalist with the city of Fort Collins. Ginal's first run for political office was for the Colorado State House, District 52, in 2012. In the 2014 General Election, Ginal faced Republican Donna
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Bill Cadman


, he was elected as President of the Colorado Senate when the GOP won control of the chamber for the 1st time in ten years. He left those offices on January 11, 2017. He was previously Republican Leader while in the minority. Born in Hollywood, Maryland, Cadman earned a bachelor's degree from California State University in 1989 before settling in Colorado. Cadman worked as the office manager for U.S. Representative Joel Hefley from 1994 to 2000. From 1996-98, he was a board member of the Colorado Republican Party
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Jesse Fuller McDonald


He served in Colorado's senate in 1902, and as Colorado's lieutenant governor briefly on March 17, 1905. Alva Adams won the 1904 gubernatorial election, and took office in January 1905. However, the Republican candidate James H. Peabody contested the election, and the predominantly Republican legislature forced Governor Adams to step down. The office was allocated to Peabody, but on the condition he would immediately resign. Lieutenant Governor Jesse F. McDonald succeeded him, and in the span of one day Colorado had three different governors. During McDonald
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Ron May (Colorado legislator)


of chief information security officer and provided state funding to the Colorado cyber-security office. Outside the legislature, May also operated a firm specializing in computer consulting for small businesses. In 2000, May ran for the Colorado State Senate, facing activist Douglas Bruce in the Republican primary; in the solidly Republican district, winning the primary virtually assured a general election victory. In an unusual move, the local Chamber of Commerce and state party leaders, including Governor Bill Owens, endorsed May in the party primary contest, which May
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Tom Lantos


an opera singer and activist. The Lantoses' daughter Annette was married to Timber Dick, an independent businessman in Colorado, until his accidental death in 2008. Lantos's younger daughter, Katrina, is married to ambassador and former U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, Richard Swett, and was herself a candidate for Congress in New Hampshire. Lantos considered himself a secular Jew. Lantos made his first run for office in 1980, challenging Republican Congressman Bill Royer, who had won a 1979 special election after Democrat Leo Ryan was killed in
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Al White (politician)


Albert C. "Al" White (born June 22, 1950) is a Republican former member of the Colorado Senate. He had previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives for eight years, before being elected to the Senate in 2008. He represented District 8 from 2009 through 2011, when he became director of the Colorado Tourism Office, after which the district was represented by his wife, Jean White. White was born in Hillsboro, Illinois. He is a businessman who began his time in Winter Park, Colorado,
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2018 El Paso County, Colorado elections


The 2018 El Paso County Elections will be held on November 6, 2018. The election includes Assessor, Clerk and Recorder, Commissioner - District 1, Commissioner - District 5, Coroner, Sheriff, Surveyor, and Treasurer. All Candidates are from the Colorado Secretary of State Site. All Primary Results and General Election Candidates from the El Paso County Election page. Republican Incumbent Assessor Steve Schleiker is running for re-election. Republican Incumbent Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman is running for re-election. Republican Incumbent Darryl Glenn is
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Wayne N. Aspinall


Government during 1943 and 1944 as well. In 1948, he chose to run for national office, hoping for it to be a stepping stone to Colorado's governorship. However, he would stay in the U.S. House for 24 years. Living on Colorado's Western Slope defined Aspinall's political ideology. His family had traditionally voted Republican, but the party's in-fighting in 1912 between Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft disillusioned Aspinall. However, despite becoming a Democrat, his rural roots shaped a relatively conservative philosophy. He
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Ellen Roberts


by term-limited Democratic Sen. Jim Isgar in the 2010 legislative elections, Senate District 6. After Isgar resigned from the legislature in July 2009 to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office in Colorado, Democrats appointed civil engineer Bruce Whitehead to the seat; Whitehead declared his intention to run for a full term in 2010, setting up a race that Colorado Republicans viewed as one of their best opportunities to pick up a seat in the Democrat-controlled legislature. Roberts' 2010 campaign for the Senate seat also faced
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John Suthers


running for reelection in 2006. In November 2006, Suthers won election to the Attorney General's Office, defeating challenger Fern O'Brien by nine percent. During the same election cycle, the Republican candidate for Governor, Bob Beauprez, lost 56–40. Despite being courted in 2008 and 2010 to run for the U.S. Senate, Suthers chose to run for re-election. Suthers defeated his Democratic opponent, Stan Garnett, in 2010 election by a 13-point margin – the largest margin of victory in a two-way race in Colorado that
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Charles W. Waterman


and running unsuccessfully for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in 1918, Waterman was the Colorado manager for Calvin Coolidge's 1924 presidential campaign. After Coolidge won, he appointed Waterman general counsel for the federal Oil Conservation Board. He was a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention, and later that year ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in a special election, losing the Republican nomination for a two-year term to Rice W. Means, who went on to win the general election. In 1926, Waterman defeated Means for the Republican
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Kimmi Lewis


Kimmi Lewis is a state representative from Kim, Colorado. A Republican, Lewis represents Colorado House of Representatives District 64, a massive district which encompasses nine counties on Colorado's Eastern Plains, including Baca, Bent, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Las Animas, Lincoln, Prowers, and Washington. She was first elected in 2016. She defeated Republican incumbent Timothy Dore in the primary and went on to win the general election. Lewis is a rancher. She owns and runs the Muddy Valley Ranch near Kim, Colorado,
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Don Marostica


Democrats; that same week, he denounced as "inappropriate and offensive" a British National Health Service flyer distributed by a lobbyist linking smoking to erectile dysfunction, calling for an ethics investigation into the flyer. In July 2009, Democratic governor Bill Ritter named Marostica, a Republican, to the post of executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, replacing Don Elliman, who Ritter had tapped as Colorado's chief operating officer. Marostica resigned his House seat to take the position, and handed control of his
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John D. Vanderhoof


John David Vanderhoof (May 27, 1922 – September 19, 2013) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Vanderhoof served as the 37th Governor of Colorado from 1973-1975, assuming the office from John Arthur Love, who was appointed to the National Energy Policy Office by President Richard Nixon. Vanderhoof served out the remainder of Love's term, but failed to win a term in his own right, being defeated by Democrat Richard Lamm in the 1974 election. Born in Rocky Ford, Colorado,
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Brenton Metzler


Brenton Metzler is an American television producer. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle along with the rest of the crew of the HGTV show "Elbow Room". He had a leading role in the documentary "F(l)ag Football" (2015). Metzler was raised in Yuma, Colorado. His father is a farmer and Republican who also worked as an investigator in the Colorado Public Affairs Office. At the age of 16, Metzler moved to Fort Morgan, Colorado, where he graduated from Fort Morgan High School in
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Essex County Executive


Shapiro was reelected with 69% of the vote in the 1982 general election, defeating Republican James Troiano. During his tenure as county executive, he worked for administrative reform, reorganizing 69 agencies under 8 principal departments, leaving office as executive to run for Governor of New Jersey, unsuccessfully. Democrat-turned-Republican Nicholas R. Amato, who had resigned as the Essex County Surrogate to run for office, was elected in 1986, knocking off Shapiro, who was running for a third term of office. Amato was able to
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Nancy Workman


Nancy Workman (born December 9, 1940) is an American politician who was the first county mayor of Salt Lake County, and a member of the Republican Party. She is the last Republican to have held this office. She was born in Pueblo, Colorado, but grew up in Boise, Idaho where her father was an automobile dealer. She finally settled in the Salt Lake Valley during her senior year of high school. Workman went to college at the University of Utah and ran a construction business before seeking office as
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Doug Lamborn


he would be running for re-election in the 2018 elections. He faced and defeated three challengers in the Republican primary. He went on to win the general election. An office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was established in Colorado Springs in Lamborn's district. The office opened in February 2009 and increased immigration enforcement agents in the area from two to ten. “The immediate need is to address those that have committed a crime and make sure they’re sent out of the country”, Lamborn said. However
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Steve King (Colorado legislator)


Steve King (born December 12, 1965) is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006 and served until January 2011. King was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2010, and was sworn in January 2011. He represented Senate District 7 which includes Mesa County and part of Garfield County. He did not run for reelection to the State Senate in 2014, so his term ended in January, 2015. King graduated from Colon High School in Colon, Michigan in 1977, and
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1996 United States presidential election in Colorado


The 1996 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Colorado was narrowly won by Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas over incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Dole won with a plurality of 45.80% of the vote to Clinton's 44.43%, a margin of 1.37%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot of Texas, running as the Reform
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2006 Colorado's 4th congressional district election


— Incumbent Marilyn Musgrave (R), a Republican who was the chief sponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment won a surprisingly close 45.6% to 43.1% reelection in 2006 despite the Republican-leaning nature of her eastern Colorado district. Her district consists of all of Eastern Colorado well east of Denver, and northeastern Colorado around Fort Collins and Loveland. Musgrave's opponents were Democratic state representative Angie Paccione and former Ronald Reagan United States Environmental Protection Agency appointee Eric Eidsness, a former Republican who entered the race as a Reform Party candidate
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Tom Tancredo


in the election with 36.5 percent of the vote, well ahead of Maes, the Republican Party candidate. In January 2011 Tancredo re-registered as a Republican, saying it is the "only game in town". Tancredo announced he would run for governor again in 2014. He was angry at Colorado governor John Hickenlooper because Hickenlooper has passed gun restrictions, and because Hickenlooper has granted a stay of execution for a multiple murderer. He lost the Republican primary to Bob Beauprez, who went on to lose the general election to
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Bill Owens (Colorado politician)


, it was opposed by the environmental community and many on Colorado's Western Slope who feared it would lead to the Front Range using more Western Slope water. Leading up to the 2004 primary, Owens caused some controversy in the Republican Party by announcing support for Bob Schaffer's run to replace retiring U.S. Senator Ben Campbell, but then endorsing Pete Coors when Coors later announced his entry two days later. Democrat Bill Ritter was elected in November 2006 to replace the term-limited Owens. In 2005, Owens faced what former Colorado
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1992 United States presidential election in Colorado


The 1992 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Colorado was won by the Democratic nominees, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas and his running mate Senator Al Gore of Tennessee. Clinton and Gore defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President George H.W. Bush of Texas and Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas, and his
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Tom Strickland


, Strickland left office after acquiring "a reputation as a tough, effective law-and-order prosecutor," according to an editorial appearing in "The Denver Post" just prior to the end of Strickland's tenure as U.S. Attorney. Following his second unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate Strickland joined the international law firm Hogan & Hartson and rose rapidly to the position of managing partner for the firm's Denver office hiring Scott McInnis, a Republican and former Colorado congressman, and Bill Ritter, a Democrat and former Denver district
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Politics of Colorado


Colorado has elected 17 Democrats and 12 Republicans to the governorship in the last 100 years. Incumbent Governor Jared Polis, who was elected in 2018, is a Democrat, and his predecessor, Governor John Hickenlooper, who won election in 2010 is also a Democrat. The state's electoral votes went to Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992, Republican Bob Dole in 1996, Republican George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and Democrats Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, and Hillary Clinton in 2016. The people of the state of Colorado
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Colorado Amendment 62


Keith Mason, founder of Personhood USA, explained they changed the wording because of concerns that including the word “fertilization” would protect human cloning. Most of the support for Amendment 62 came from Colorado Right to Life and Personhood USA. In addition, a vast majority of the Republican candidates running in Colorado in 2010 voiced their support of the personhood amendment. This is in contrast to 2008, in which many of the Republican candidates were against Amendment 48. The arguments used by supporters focused on the idea that rights were being
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Stella Garza-Hicks


Springs and the Fort Carson military base. She served one term in office, during which she look largely mainstream Republican positions and sponsored relatively little legislation. She did not stand for re-election in 2008 but remains involved in Colorado Republican Party politics. Born in Kress, Texas, Garza-Hicks became involved in politics after a conversation with former state representative Barbara Phillips. An active member of the El Paso County, Colorado Republican Party, Garza-Hicks belongs to the El Paso County Republican Women's Club, the Pikes
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Chris Holbert


Chris Holbert (born February 6, 1961) is an American politician serving as Republican minority leader of the Colorado Senate. He represents the 30th District since January 6, 2015. Formerly he represented the 44th District in Colorado's House of Representatives. He was elected in November 2016 by the Senate Republican Caucus to the position of Senate Majority Leader, the Second highest position in the Colorado Senate. Prior to seeking elected office, Chris’ career centered on trade association management with focus on executive leadership, marketing, communications, and
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1892 United States presidential election in Colorado


The 1892 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Colorado voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Colorado was won by the Populist nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. Colorado was one of a
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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


Incumbent Democratic Congressman John Salazar, the brother of Senator Ken Salazar, won a second term in this conservative, west Colorado district over Republican nominee and Colorado State Representative Scott Tipton and Libertarian nomine Bert Sargent. Emerging from surprisingly narrow wins in this conservative, east Colorado-based district, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave thinly edged out the Democratic nominee, Colorado State Representative Angie Paccione and Reform Party candidate Eric Eidsness, who garnered an impressive 11.28% of the vote. Incumbent Republican Congressman Joel Hefley declined to seek an eleventh term,
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2014 Iowa elections


and former gubernatorial aide Brad Anderson are running. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 1983, is running for re-election to a ninth term in office. The Republican nominee is Sam Clovis, a radio host who finished second in the Senate primary, before being nominated as the Republican candidate for treasurer. Incumbent Republican State Auditor Mary Mosiman, who was appointed to the position in 2013 after incumbent State Auditor David A. Vaudt resigned, is running for election to a first full term in
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Cynthia Coffman (politician)


Cynthia H. Coffman is an American attorney and politician from the state of Colorado. A Republican, she was the elected Attorney General of Colorado in 2014, serving a single term from 2015 to 2019. Coffman unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of Colorado in 2018. Coffman graduated from the University of Missouri and received her law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law. She began working in the office of the Georgia Attorney General in 1993. In 1996, she became a lawyer for the 1996 Summer Olympics, held
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Cynthia Coffman (politician)


roll back the Clean Power Plan. Coffman also led the state's lawsuit against Boulder County over that county's drilling moratorium. In 2018, instead of seeking reelection as Attorney General, Coffman chose to run for governor of Colorado. She failed to win the Republican nomination, and was succeeded as attorney general by Democrat Phil Weiser who beat Republican George Brauchler for the post. Coffman's term ended on January 9, 2019. She married Mike Coffman, who represents in the United States House of Representatives in 2005. The couple
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Spencer Swalm


Spencer Swalm is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. First elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Swalm represented House District 37, which encompasses the most of the city of Centennial, Colorado. Term limited, he did not run for re-election in 2014, so his term ended in January, 2015. Born in Colorado, Swalm attended Colorado College before transferring to the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating with a bachelor's degree in history in 1975. He then earned
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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


The 4th district is located in Eastern Colorado and includes numerous sparsely populated counties. The incumbent is Republican Ken Buck, who has represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 64% of the vote in 2016. The 5th district is located in Central Colorado and includes Fremont, El Paso, Teller and Chaffee counties and the city of Colorado Springs. The incumbent is Republican Doug Lamborn, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected to a sixth term with 62
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1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina


district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. Incumbent Republican Congressman Albert Watson of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1963, chose to run for Governor instead of re-election. Floyd Spence, a Republican state senator who had unsuccessfully run for the seat in the 1962 elections, defeated Democratic challenger Heyward McDonald. Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1951, defeated Republican challenger Grady Ballard. Incumbent Democratic Congressman James R. Mann of
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2008 United States presidential election in Colorado


gay rights, and gun control. Colorado had traditionally voted Republican, turning red in every presidential election since 1952, with the exception of 1964 and 1992. Colorado supported George W. Bush in both 2000 and again in 2004, although by a margin of less than 5%. In addition, Republicans had mostly held control of the state legislature and most statewide offices since the 1960s. On the other hand, the Governor's Mansion had been held by Democrats for 22 out of the previous 30 years. Traditionally, Democratic strength
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68th Colorado General Assembly


The Sixty-eighth Colorado General Assembly was the meeting of the legislative branch of the State of Colorado, from January 12, 2011 until January 9, 2013. In the 2010 midterm elections, the Republican Party won a slim majority in the Colorado House of Representatives, while the Democratic Party kept their majority in the Colorado Senate. Republican victories in the 2010 midterm elections resulted in a one-seat majority in the Colorado House. Three centrist Democrats from swing districts, Joe Rice, Sara Gagliardi, and Dianne Primavera who had
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2019 Colorado Springs elections


The 2019 Colorado Springs Elections will be held in 2 segments in 2019. The Tuesday, April 2, 2019 election includes Mayor of Colorado Springs, 3 Colorado Springs City Council at-large positions and 1 Colorado Springs Ballot Issue. The election on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, will include 4 Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education seats. Republican incumbent mayor John Suthers is running for re-election to Mayor of Colorado Springs. All Candidates are confirmed on the Colorado Springs City Clerk website. RESULT: John Suthers
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


attacks and lies." Freshman Republican incumbent Doug Lamborn (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee Hal Bidlack (campaign website), a Clinton administration National Security Council official, and Independent Rich Hand (campaign website), running as a write-in candidate. The district is based in heavily Republican Colorado Springs. "CQ Politics" forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'. Lamborn got bad press when two constituents accused him of making a threatening phone call in response to a critical letter they wrote. He won against
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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado


-elected with 68% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+18. Kathleen Cunningham and investment consultant Martin Walsh are running for the Republican nomination. The 2nd district is located in North Central Colorado and includes Larimer, Grand, Boulder, Gilpin, Summit, Eagle, Clear Creek and Jefferson counties. The incumbent is Democrat Jared Polis, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+8. The
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Bo Callaway


victory in Colorado of the Reagan/Bush ticket. From 1981 to 1987, Callaway served as the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party and as head of the political action committee GOPAC. Callaway's son-in-law, Terry Considine, also a Republican, is a former Colorado State Senator who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 1992, losing to Democratic (later Republican) U.S. Representative Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Callaway died at an assisted living facility in Columbus, Georgia, on March 15, 2014, of complications of
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Bill Owens (Colorado politician)


1998 governor's race, when he defeated Democratic opponent Gail Schoettler by 8,300 votes (less than one percent of ballots cast). When he was inaugurated on January 12, 1999, Owens became Colorado's first Republican governor in 24 years. His platform was three pronged: cut taxes, repair Colorado's aging infrastructure, and continue school accountability reforms. Upon entering office, Owens worked with a legislature controlled by his own Republican party to push through the largest tax relief package in state history, amounting to $1 billion in
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Cheri Gerou


Cheri Rodgers Gerou (born March 2, 1956 in Casper, Wyoming) is an American architect and former politician, who served as a Republican in the General Assembly of the U.S. state of Colorado. First elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Gerou represented House District 25, which encompasses western Jefferson County, Colorado. She currently serves as the Director of Capital Assets at the University of Colorado. Born and raised in Wyoming, Gerou moved to Colorado in 1975. She earned a bachelor's degree
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2012 Kansas elections


, in the Democratic primary. Dennis Hawver is running as a Libertarian. Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder, who has represented the 3rd district since 2011, is running for re-election. No Democrats are challenging Yoder. Joel Balam, a college professor, is running as a Libertarian. Republican incumbent Mike Pompeo, who has represented the 4th district since 2011, is running for re-election. Robert Tillman, a retired court officer who ran in the Democratic primary for the seat in 2010, sought and received the Democratic nomination
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2014 Indiana elections


grandchildren. He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The Libertarian nominee was Mike Jasper, an accountant and financial adviser. Incumbent Republican State Auditor Suzanne Crouch was appointed to the office in 2014 to replace Republican Dwayne Sawyer, who had resigned for unexplained personal reasons just three months after replacing the term-limited Tim Berry, who had resigned to become Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party. Crouch is running for election to a first full term in office. She was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The Democratic nominee was retired Certified
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2012 United States presidential election in Colorado


The 2012 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Colorado voters chose 9 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Obama and Biden carried Colorado with 51.5% of the popular vote to Romney's
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Shri Thanedar


investigating Thanedar's history. Thanedar had not held elective office before running for Governor of Michigan in 2017, so he did not have an official record as a Democrat. Campaign finance records show that Thanedar made 18 donations to Democratic campaigns and 1 donation to a Republican campaign prior to running for office. However, that one Republican donation, $2,300 to the Republican presidential campaign of John McCain, led to controversy that Thanedar may not be as progressive as he claimed. Political strategists who met with Thanedar before his 2018 campaign also
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2006 South Carolina state elections


as the only Republican running for office who was willing to be seen campaigning with the president. Eckstrom eventually won reelection. Republican Primary The crowded Republican primary was dominated by Floyd's campaign from the start. Floyd was able to gain the endorsements of the governor, both Senators, Republican Congressmen and state legislators early in the race, when it was presumed that she would be running against incumbent Inez Tenenbaum. When Tenenbaum announced she would not be running, more serious candidates began eyeing the race, and Bob Staton eventually became the
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Shelby County Republican Party (Alabama)


. The Shelby County Republican Party is one of the 67 county affiliates of the Alabama Republican Party. The county party organization is governed by the Shelby County Republican Executive Committee. Its members are selected in the Republican Primary election once every four years, coinciding with the election of constitutional officers and legislators, with the most recent election cycle being in 2010. The Shelby County Republican Executive Committee is responsible for electing the County Chairman and all other officers, including Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer, who run the day-
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan


Republican and was defeated by Walberg in the Republican primary in 2006, and had been recruited by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has decided not to run. Former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer, who represented the 7th district from 2009 until 2011, no longer lives within its boundaries and will not run. Mike Stahly, a former member of the Potterville City Council, and Dan Davis, businessman and former police officer, challenged Walberg in the Republican primary. Republican Mike Rogers, who has represented the 8th district since 2001, sought
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2015 Mississippi elections


a full term in office. Sam Britton and State Senator Tony Smith are running for the Republican nomination. State Senator Philip Moran and Hancock County Supervisor Steve Seymour ruled out running and 2011 candidate Travis Rose chose not to run again. Thomas Blanton was a potential Democratic candidate but he did not file and neither did any other Democrat. Incumbent Republican Mike Tagert, who won a special election in 2011 following the death of Democratic Commissioner Bill Minor, is running for re-election to a second full term in office. He is
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History of Colorado


a mineral rich area of the Rocky Mountains. Statehood was regarded as fairly imminent, as during the run-up to the 1864 presidential election the Republican–controlled Congress was actually eager to get two more Republican senators and three more electoral votes for President Lincoln's re-election bid. Territorial Governor John Evans persuaded Congress to adopt an enabling act, but a majority of the 6,192 Coloradoans who voted, in a population of around 35,000, turned down the first attempt at a state constitution and the second attempt at statehood.
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2016 United States presidential election in Missouri


candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: The Missouri primary ran on March 15, 2016, alongside those of the Republican, Democratic, and Constitution parties. 40% of the electorate voted to stand uncommitted to any candidate. Austin Petersen, running in his home state, finished second, with 29% of the statewide vote, which was double that of Steve Kerbel from Colorado, who finished third, with 14%. Petersen comfortably won the support of voters in the state's capital, Jefferson City, and its
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Scott McInnis


Stephen Scott Emory McInnis (born May 9, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. In August 2010, McInnis lost his bid to become Republic nominee for Governor of Colorado after a plagiarism accusation and apology hurt his standing. In November 2014, McInnis was elected a member of the Mesa County Board of County Commissioners—beginning term in office in January 2015. The McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, is
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John Morse (American politician)


money to pay for over $500 in expenses surrounding a trip to a college football game. Newsome, who faced a challenger in the Republican primary for the district attorney's position, denied wrongdoing and alleged that Morse's accusations were "politics of personal destruction." Both the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Colorado Attorney General's office launched investigations into Newsome's conduct. During the 2008 election, Morse was an outspoken critic of El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Bob Balink, whom he accused of implementing a "12-point strategy
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Colorado Republican Party


The Colorado Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. The party's headquarters is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The state party chair is U.S. Representative Ken Buck. The Colorado Republican Party follows many of the traditional views of the Republican Party and prides itself in applying the U.S. Constitution to the state of Colorado. The party believes in the right to life, including unborn babies. They believe in personal responsibility thus, government should have a limited role in people's lives.
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J. Quigg Newton


became mayor in 1923. He was reelected in 1951, but declined to run for a third term in 1955. After leaving office as Mayor, and spending time as a vice-president of the Ford Foundation, he was president of the University of Colorado from 1956 to 1963. He served on the Republican National Committee. He was president of the Commonwealth Fund in New York from 1963 to 1976, and then spent time in California. He returned to practice law at Davis Graham & Stubbs from 1981 to his death in
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Electoral history of the Tea Party movement


candidate to be elected into office is believed to be Dean Murray, a Long Island businessman, who won a special election for a New York State Assembly seat in February 2010. According to a calculation on an NBC blog, 32% of the candidates that were backed by the Tea Party, or identified themselves as a Tea Party member, won the election. In the primaries for Colorado, Nevada and Delaware the Tea-party backed Senate Republican nominees defeated "establishment" Republicans that had been expected to win their respective Senate
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Harold Alexander (Florida politician)


deserving party members. However, a new breed of Republicans began to appear in Florida as early as the 1950s; these Republicans were interested in recruiting and registering voters, campaigning against Democrats, and winning elected offices. Such a figure was William C. Cramer, a native of Denver, Colorado, who moved to St. Petersburg as a youth with his parents. In 1950, the World War II veteran was elected to the Florida House of Representatives from St. Petersburg. After a loss for the United States House of Representatives in 1952
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Shane Sandridge


Shane Sandridge is a state representative from El Paso County, Colorado. A Republican, Sandridge represents Colorado House of Representatives District 14, which encompasses northern El Paso County, including much of the city of Colorado Springs. A vacancy committee originally appointed Sandridge to the State House after his predecessor resigned to take a job in the federal government. He was sworn into office in January 2018. Sandridge stood for election to the office in the November 2018 general elections. He defeated his Democratic opponent, winning 68.47% of the vote.
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Janice Rich


Janice Rich is a state representative from Grand Junction, Colorado. A Republican, Rich represents Colorado House of Representatives District 55, which includes the communities of Clifton, Fruitvale, Grand Junction, Orchard Mesa, and Redlands on Colorado's Western Slope. A certified professional legal secretary, Rich worked for over twenty years as a legal secretary and as a court clerk prior to holding her first elected office. For a time, she also owned and operated a secretarial and business support service. Rich held two elected offices prior to being
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Peggy Littleton


was written to appear as a reduction. Upon assuming office in 2011, Littleton fought to put the question to voters again with less confusing language. Voters in 2011 restored the limitation of two terms. Littleton taught at Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy and Colorado Springs Christian Schools. Littleton was appointed director of Colorado GEAR UP grant, which was administered by the office of Republican Gov. Bill Owens. Colorado GEAR UP is the state's program to prepare low-income and first generation students for college. As an educational consultant, Littleton has
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Ron May (Colorado legislator)


Ronny J. "Ron" May (born September 16, 1934) is a former Colorado legislator. An Air Force veteran, May was elected to the Colorado Springs city council, then to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 1992. Serving eight years in the state house, May was then elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004. After serving for over two decades in elected office, May, noted for his work on technology issues, retired from government in 2007 to become a fellow with
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2014 South Carolina elections


Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is running for re-election to a second term in office. Brian Adams ran against Loftis, Jr. in the Republican primary. No Democrat filed to run for the office. Loftis won re-election. Incumbent Republican Richard Eckstrom is running for re-election to a fourth term in office. He was being challenged in the Republican primary by Robert D. Shelley, but Shelley withdrew. Kyle Herbert is running for the Democrats. Eckstrom won re-election. Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Education Mick
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2014 Oklahoma state elections


a second term in office. Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Ken A. Miller is running unopposed for re-election to a second term in office. Incumbent Republican State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones is running unopposed for re-election to a second term in office. Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi is running for re-election to a second term in office. Barresi's term has been a controversial one and she was challenged in the Republican primary by businesswoman, former public school teacher and former State Board of Education member
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