Stephen Scott Emory McInnis 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 the Republican 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.
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.
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.
The Colorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. Shad Murib serves as its chair.
Thomas Lee Strickland is an American lawyer who was formerly chief of staff to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks in the Interior Department. Strickland served as United States Attorney for Colorado and was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate for Colorado in 1996 and 2002. He joined WilmerHale as a partner in September,2011.
Morgan Lenore Carroll is an American politician from Colorado and was the Chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party. A Democrat,Carroll represented Colorado House District 36 in the city of Aurora from 2004 to 2008,and she represented the state's 29th Senate district from 2009 to 2017. Carroll served as President of the Colorado State Senate from 2013 to 2014 and as minority leader in 2015. Carroll stepped down as minority leader in July 2015 to unsuccessfully run against incumbent Republican Mike Coffman for Colorado's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Michael Farrand Bennet is an American attorney,businessman,and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado,a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,he was appointed to the seat when Senator Ken Salazar became Secretary of the Interior. Bennet previously worked as a managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company,chief of staff to Denver mayor John Hickenlooper,and superintendent of Denver Public Schools.
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.
Hogan Lovells is an American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington,DC. The firm was formed in 2010 by the merger of the American law firm Hogan &Hartson and the British law firm Lovells. As of 2024,the firm employed about 2,800 lawyers,making it the sixth largest law firm in the world.
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.
Mitchell Richard "Mitch" Morrissey is a former District Attorney of Colorado's Second Judicial District in Denver,Colorado.
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.
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.
Brian Boatright is an American lawyer and judge,who served as the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from January 1,2021 to July 26,2024. He previously served as a judge on the Colorado District Court from 1999 to 2011.
On December 14,1993,four employees were shot and killed,and a fifth employee was seriously injured at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora,Colorado,United States. The perpetrator,19-year-old Nathan Dunlap,a former employee of the restaurant,was frustrated about being fired five months prior to the shooting and sought revenge by committing the attack. He fled the scene of the shooting with stolen money and restaurant items. At the time,the Chuck E. Cheese Massacre was the deadliest mass shooting in Colorado,being surpassed by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.
Regina Marie Rodriguez is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
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.
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 at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide offices held by Republicans.
John F. Walsh is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado from 2010 to 2016. Walsh was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 14,2010,and sworn in on August 16,2010. When he stepped down in 2016,Walsh was the longest-serving U.S. attorney in Colorado history.
Charlotte Noelle Sweeney is an American lawyer from Colorado who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
