Joe Miklosi

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Joe Miklosi
Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives
from the 9th district
In office
January 7, 2009 [1]  –2013 [2]

For the 2009 legislative session, Miklosi was named to seats on the House Judiciary Committee, the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, and the Legislative Audit Committee. [8]

2010 Election

Representative Miklosi defeated Republican challenger Bob Lane by a margin of 61% to 39%. [9]

2010 legislative session

2011 legislative session

2012 legislative session

Representative Miklosi announced he would not stand for re-election in House District 9 and would challenge incumbent Republican congressman Mike Coffman. Miklosi was succeeded by onetime opponent Paul Rosenthal.

2012 congressional election

Miklosi is running for the newly redrawn Colorado's 6th congressional district, currently represented by conservative Republican Mike Coffman. Coffman's old district was won by McCain with 53%. The new district was won by Barack Obama with 54% of the vote (in line with the statewide average). The 6th Congressional district is now considered a swing district.

He got the endorsement from every Democrat currently serving in the Colorado State House of Representatives and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. [10] He was also endorsed by former U.S. Congressman John Salazar, Planned Parenthood, and Colorado AFL-CIO. [11] Miklosi received the endorsement of Democracy for America, and was selected as one of their Dean Dozen.

Endorsements and ratings

Miklosi was endorsed by Democracy For America in December 2011. The group then adopted Miklosi into their "Dean Dozen," a listing of their 12 highest-priority candidates, in August 2012. He was also endorsed by the group's founder, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, at that time. The group has raised Miklosi over $40,000 as of October 2012.

MoveOn.org's Colorado members endorsed Miklosi in July 2012.

The Colorado branch of the AFL-CIO labor union endorsed Miklosi in November 2011. [12]

2012 Congressional election

In the 2012 General Election, Representative Miklosi faced incumbent Republican Coffman. Coffman was reelected by a margin of 48% to 46% with neither candidate receiving a majority. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "House Journal - January 7, 2009" (PDF). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia. Joe Miklosi. Viewed: 2017-01-17.
  3. ↑ "State House District 9". COMaps. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
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  5. ↑ "State of Colorado Elections Database » Candidate: Paul Rosenthal". State of Colorado Elections Database. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. ↑ Norris, Wendy; Bob Spencer (3 November 2008). "State candidate endorsement watch". Colorado Independent. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  7. ↑ State of Colorado House of Representatives. (7 January 2009). House Journal: Sixty-Seventh General Assembly - First Regular Session. Colorado Department of State. https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2009A/csljournals.nsf/cumulative_index_2009.pdf
  8. ↑ "House Democrats Unveil 2009 Committee Chairs & Assignments" (Press release). Colorado House Democrats. 18 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Our Campaigns - CO State House 09 Race - Nov 02, 2010".
  10. ↑ "Competition in the New 6th CD Should be Interesting « CBS Denver". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  11. ↑ http://www.joemiklosi.com/index.php?id=7
  12. ↑ "Stay Away!". National Journal's House Race Hotline. 21 November 2012.
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