Fort Collins is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County,Colorado,United States. The city population was 169,810 at the 2020 census,an increase of 17.94% since 2010. Fort Collins is the principal city of the Fort Collins,CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. The city is the fourth most populous city in Colorado. Situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range,Fort Collins is located 56 mi (90 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Fort Collins is a midsize college town,home to Colorado State University and Front Range Community College's Larimer campus.
The Town of Timnath is a Statutory Town located in Larimer County,Colorado,United States. Founded in 1882,Timnath is a small agricultural/farming community located southeast of Fort Collins,Colorado,approximately one-half mile east of the Harmony Road/Interstate 25 interchange,on a small bluff east of the Cache la Poudre River. The surrounding farmlands have been used primarily for potatoes,alfalfa,sugar beets,and cattle. Although the town has remained virtually unchanged in recent decades,the encroaching growth of both Fort Collins to the west and Windsor to the south have placed the town in an area considered favorable to development. The population was 6,487 at the 2020 census. Timnath has been one of the fastest-growing communities in Colorado since 2020,and in 2021 had an estimated population of 7,839.
Wellington is a statutory town in Larimer County,Colorado,United States. The population was 11,047 at the 2020 census.
Marilyn Neoma Musgrave,American politician,is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who served from 2003 to 2009,representing the 4th District of Colorado.
Waverly is a small unincorporated community in rural eastern Larimer County,Colorado,United States.
The Poudre School District (R-1) is a K–12 public school district in Larimer County in northern Colorado. The district operates and manages the public schools in the city of Fort Collins,as well as in the towns of Wellington,Timnath,Loveland and Windsor,and unincorporated communities of Larimer County including Laporte and Livermore. The district is one of the fastest growing in Northern Colorado,adding 400-500 students —about the size of an elementary school —each year.
Robert Warren Schaffer is an American businessman and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Colorado in the 105th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses. Schaffer was co-chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus,and an outspoken leader in promoting American interests and human rights in Eastern Europe.
Angela Veronica "Angie" Paccione is an American politician and former Colorado legislator who was a 2006 Congressional candidate.
Randy Fischer is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. An engineering consultant with a background in natural resources,Fischer was first elected as a Democrat in 2006 to the Colorado House of Representatives,Fischer represented House District 53,which encompasses the western half of Fort Collins,Colorado. In the legislature,Fischer sponsored legislation relating to uranium mining and also focused on water and environmental issues. In the house,he served for a time as Deputy Majority Whip and chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources committees. Term limited,he did not seek re-election in 2014,and his term ended in early January,2015.
John Michael Kefalas is a politician in the U.S. state of Colorado. An educator and lobbyist before first running for the legislature in 2004,Kefalas defeated a Republican incumbent to win election to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006. Kefalas won election to the State Senate in 2012 and represented Senate District 14 until early 2019. In 2018,Kefalas ran for and won a seat on the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners. He resigned his Senate seat,and a vacancy committee nominated Joann Ginal to replace him.
Steve Johnson is an American former politician. He was a county commissioner of Larimer County,Colorado,and a Republican member of the Colorado Senate. From 2003 to 2009,Johnson represented the 15th Senate district,encompassing rural Larimer County and the cities of Loveland and Estes Park. Previously he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1997 through 2002.
Nancy Spence is a former Republican Colorado legislator. First elected to the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education in the 1980s,Spence was elected to three terms in the Colorado House of Representatives,serving from 1999 to 2005,and represented the 27th district of the Colorado Senate from 2005 until 2013.
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.
Lisa Poppaw is a former Fort Collins,Colorado City Council member. She was first elected in the April 2007 municipal election to serve District 2. In April 2011 she was reelected to a second and final four-year term. On April 21,2015,former Fort Collins Mayor Ray Martinez was sworn in to replace Poppaw.
Thomas Michael Bennett is a Republican member-designate of the Illinois Senate from the 53rd district. The 53rd district includes all or portions of Bureau,Ford,Grundy,Iroquois,LaSalle,Marshall,McLean,Peoria,Putnam,Tazewell,Will,and Woodford counties in central Illinois.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 6,2018,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The Republican and Democratic Party primaries in Colorado were held on June 26,2018. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
Rob Woodward is an American restaurateur and politician and a former state senator in the U.S. state of Colorado. In the senate he served on the Senate Statutory Revision Committee,the Legislative Audit Committee,and the Business,Labor,and Technology Committee. Woodward was elected to the Colorado Senate as a Republican in November 2018. He represented Senate District 15 which encompassed most of Larimer County outside of Fort Collins.
Colorado's 14th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Joann Ginal since 2019,following her appointment to succeed fellow Democrat John Kefalas.
Cathy Kipp is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district,which includes Fort Collins,Colorado.
Barbara Jean Kirkmeyer is an American politician serving as a member of the Colorado Senate for District 23,which encompasses parts of Weld and Larimer counties in north-central Colorado. She was the Republican nominee for Colorado's 8th congressional district in the 2022 election.
