Pueblo is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County,Colorado,United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census,making Pueblo the ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo,CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Robert Louis Beauprez is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Colorado.
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.
Colorado State University Pueblo is a public university in Pueblo,Colorado,United States. It is part of the Colorado State University System and a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
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.
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.
Joseph Bernard Rogers was an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Republican Party and unsuccessfully mounted congressional campaigns in 1996 and 2002.
Theodore Lawrence Strickland was an American politician who served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1973 to 1975 under Governor John D. Vanderhoof. Strickland served in both houses of the Colorado General Assembly and was President of the Colorado Senate.
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.
Michael Christopher Johnston is an American educator and politician serving as the 46th and current mayor of Denver,Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party,he won the 2023 Denver mayoral election,defeating Kelly Brough in the June 6 runoff 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.
Leroy Garcia is an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 3rd district,from 2019 to 2022,as a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the president of the state senate from 2019 until his 2022 resignation to join the department of defense,and previously served as the Minority Leader from 2018 to 2019. Before his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 46th district from 2013 to 2015,and on the city council in Pueblo,Colorado.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 4,2014. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Colorado's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 24,2014.
Joseph D. Neguse is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district is based in Boulder and includes many of Denver's northwestern suburbs,as well as Fort Collins. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a regent of the University of Colorado from 2008 to 2015. Neguse is the first Eritrean-American elected to the United States Congress and Colorado's first Eritrean-American member of Congress. Neguse has served as House assistant Democratic leader since 2024.
Kayvan Khalatbari is an Iranian-American entrepreneur;he was a mayoral candidate in Denver,Colorado,in 2019.
Donna Lynne is the chief executive officer of Denver Health. She was the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center before joining Denver Health in September 2022. Lynne is a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado,from 2016 to 2019. She also served in a dual capacity as the chief operating officer of the State of Colorado. She was appointed to the position by Colorado governor John Hickenlooper on March 23,2016,and was confirmed by the Colorado House of Representatives and the state Senate on May 4,2016. Lynne replaced the outgoing lieutenant governor,Joseph A. Garcia. Prior to her appointment,Lynne was an executive with Kaiser Permanente.
The 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. The primary election was held on June 26.
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.
Dorothy Ann Ortner Horrell is an American educator,university administrator,and philanthropy administrator. From 2016 to 2020,she held the post of Chancellor of University of Colorado Denver. She was previously president of both Red Rocks Community College and the Colorado Community College System,and president and CEO of the Bonfils–Stanton Foundation. In 2009,she was appointed by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to the Colorado State University Board of Governors,which she also served as chair for a two-year term. Active on the boards of many community organizations,she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2018.
