Federico Fabian Peña is an American politician and attorney who served as the 12th United States secretary of transportation from 1993 to 1997 and the 8th United States secretary of energy from 1997 to 1998,during the presidency of Bill Clinton. He previously served as the 41st mayor of Denver from 1983 to 1991.
John Wright Hickenlooper,Jr. is an American politician,geologist,and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Colorado since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 42nd governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019 and as the 43rd mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011.
Wellington E. Webb is an American politician. He served in the Colorado House of Representatives and was the first African American mayor of Denver,Colorado,serving from 1991 to 2003. He served as a Democrat.
August William Ritter Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the district attorney for Denver before his election to the governorship in 2006.
Interstate 270 (I-270) is a seven-mile-long (11 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway located in the northeastern part of the Denver metropolitan area in the US state of Colorado. It overlaps U.S. Highway 36 (US 36) for its entire length and is also a part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway,which spans from I-270 and the Capital Beltway in Bethesda,Maryland,to I-80/US 101 in San Francisco,California. The western terminus of I-270 is at the interchange with I-25 and US 36. It heads eastward to an interchange with I-76,where the mileposts reset because of a previous freeway extension. The freeway heads southeast and comes to meet Vasquez Boulevard,where it enters Commerce City. The road crosses Quebec Street before ending at I-70.
The Denver Regional Council of Governments is a nonprofit membership organization of local governments in the Denver region of the US state of Colorado. DRCOG is the designated metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and the Transportation Planning Region (TPR) for the region,as well as the Area Agency on Aging (AAA).
The Transportation Expansion (T-REX) Project was a $1.67 billion project aimed at improving transportation options for commuters in the Denver metro area within the areas of Interstate 25 and 225,which was recognized as the 14th busiest intersection in the United States at the time. The T-REX effort widened major interstates to up to 5 mainline lanes in each direction and added 19 miles (31 km) of double-track light rail throughout the metropolitan area. The T-REX project finished 3.2% under its $1.67 billion budget and 22 months ahead of schedule in 2006.
The Colorado Department of Transportation is the principal department of the Colorado state government that administers state government transportation responsibilities in the state of Colorado. CDOT is responsible for maintaining 9,144 mile highway system,including 3,429 bridges with over 28 billion vehicle miles of travel per year. CDOT's Mission is "To provide the best multi-modal transportation system for Colorado that most effectively moves people,goods,and information." It is governed by the Transportation Commission of Colorado.
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. One-term incumbent Democrat Bill Ritter announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010. Dan Maes,backed by the Tea Party movement,won the Republican nomination in the primary with 50.6% of the vote and a 1.3% margin over rival Scott McInnis. In claiming victory,Maes called on former representative Tom Tancredo,running as the Constitution Party's nominee to "stop your campaign tonight." Denver mayor John Hickenlooper was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Hickenlooper won the race with over 50% of the vote.
Max Tyler is a small business owner and former legislator from Lakewood,Colorado. A Democrat,he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in 2010 after being appointed in May 2009 following the resignation of Gwyn Green and subsequently elected to the post. Term-limited,he completed his final term in January 2017. He represented the 23rd district,which covers half of Golden,Applewood,and Lakewood within Jefferson County. The district boundaries changed with the decennial reapportionment in 2011,and the new House District 23 includes north and west Lakewood.
Boxing for Cuba:An Immigrant’s Story of Despair,Endurance,and Redemption is the memoir of Guillermo (“Bill”) Vicente Vidal published by Ghost Road Press in November 2007. The book documents the Vidal family as they flee from Cuba in the 1960s and eventually establish a home in Colorado. After leaving Cuba in 1961 through Operation Peter Pan,Bill Vidal and his two brothers were taken to an orphanage in Pueblo,Colorado. Vidal served as mayor of the City of Denver,Colorado from January to July,2011.
Joseph A. Garcia is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from January 2011 to May 2016. He is currently the chancellor of the Colorado Community College System.
The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3 and June 7,2011,to elect the Mayor of Denver. It led to a run-off election on June 7,2011,which was won by Michael Hancock.
Allegra "Happy" Haynes is a Denver politician and consultant who formerly served on the Denver City Council and was an aide to two mayors.
Ted Jefferson Trimpa is a Democratic strategist,lobbyist and political consultant based in Denver,Colorado. He is the founder and CEO of Trimpa Group,a consulting firm. He serves or has served as a board member for a number of progressive organizations,including the Democracy Alliance,ProgressNow,Third Way,and the Citizen Engagement Laboratory. Trimpa serves on the board of Tectonic Theater Project,a New York City-based theater group known for The Laramie Project and 33 Variations.
Philip Cole Finegan II is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the District of Colorado from 2021 to 2024. He served as Denver's city attorney and chief of staff to then Denver mayor John Hickenlooper from 2003 through 2006. He was also the regional managing partner of the Americas for Hogan Lovells and managing partner of the law firm's Denver office.
Daniel Brooks Baer is an American politician and former diplomat from Colorado currently serving as Senior Vice President for Policy Research at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Baer served in the Obama administration's State Department,first as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor from 2009 to 2013,and then as United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2013 to 2017. In 2018,Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Baer as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Alice Donnelly Madden is a politician from Colorado and member of the Democratic party. From 2001 to 2009,she served in the Colorado House of Representatives,representing the 10th district around Boulder. From 2005 to 2009,she served as Majority Leader.
Vickie Agler is a consultant and former state legislator who served in Colorado. A Republican,she lived in Littleton,Colorado. A Republican she served in 1991,1993,and 1995.
