Nancy Elizabeth Hollister is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and,to date,only female governor of Ohio,serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University,and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Regis University is a private Jesuit university in Denver,Colorado.
Jennette B. Bradley is an American politician of the Republican party and served as the 62nd lieutenant governor of Ohio from 2003 to 2005 and Ohio State Treasurer from 2005 to 2007. Bradley was the first African American elected to statewide office in Ohio.
Richard Douglas Lamm was an American politician,writer,and attorney. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado as a Democrat (1975–1987) and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996. Lamm was a Certified Public Accountant and was the Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver.
Gail Schoettler is a retired American politician and businesswoman who served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and 50th Colorado State Treasurer. In the 1998 gubernatorial election,Schoettler was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Colorado,losing to Republican Bill Owens by just 7,783 votes.
Barbara O'Brien was the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is currently serving her second 4-year term as an elected member of the board of Denver Public Schools.
Jane Ellen Norton was the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 election. She lost the nomination to Weld County District Attorney and Tea Party favorite Ken Buck. While in office,Norton was notable for leading a successful effort to outlaw gay marriage in Colorado.
George Leslie Brown was an American politician. He served in the Colorado Senate from 1955 to 1974 and as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1975 to 1979. He was also a senior vice president with Grumman Corporation. During World War II,he served as a Tuskegee Airman. Together with California's Mervyn Dymally,he was one of the first two Black lieutenant-governors since Reconstruction and outside any southern state.
Nancy S. Wyman is an American Democratic Party politician who was the 108th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,from 2011 to 2019. She was state comptroller of Connecticut from 1995 to 2011,and was the first woman elected to that office since it was created in 1786. She served as the Chairwoman of the Connecticut Democratic Party from 2019 to 2020.
In the United States,a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories,functioning as head of government therein. As such,governors are responsible for implementing state laws and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch. As state leaders,governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools,among them executive orders,executive budgets,and legislative proposals and vetoes. Governors carry out their management and leadership responsibilities and objectives with the support and assistance of department and agency heads,many of whom they are empowered to appoint. A majority of governors have the authority to appoint state court judges as well,in most cases from a list of names submitted by a nominations committee.
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick,known professionally as Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick,was an American soprano and presenter. A recipient of two bilateral (double) lung transplants,she spoke and performed frequently at concerts,conferences and events around the United States.
Mary Mullarkey was a chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and the first female Supreme Court chief justice in the state of Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
Nancy E. Rice is the former Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
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 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.
The 1984 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 6,1984. Incumbent Republican William L. Armstrong defeated Democrat nominee Nancy E. Dick with 64.25% of the vote. Armstrong carried all but three counties in the state,and to date is the last Republican Senate candidate to carry normally heavily Democratic Denver.
The governor of Colorado is the head of government of the U.S. state of Colorado. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly,to convene the legislature,and to grant pardons,except in cases of treason or impeachment. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
Lynn Wayne Rogers is an American politician and businessman serving as the Kansas State Treasurer since 2021. He previously served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat,he had previously served on the board of Wichita Public Schools from 2001 to 2017,and in the Kansas Senate representing the 25th district in west Wichita from 2017 to 2019.
Pamela Sue Evette is an American politician and businesswoman and the 93rd lieutenant governor of South Carolina since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was the CEO of Quality Business Solutions in Upstate South Carolina before her election as lieutenant governor. She is the first lieutenant governor to be elected on the same ticket as the governor. She has been in office since January 9,2019,when Henry McMaster began his first elected term as governor.
