Pat Miller | |
---|---|
Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 27th district | |
In office January 1991 –January 1993 | |
Preceded by | Jim Pierson |
Succeeded by | Jim Pierson |
Personal details | |
Born | Peoria,Illinois | March 20,1947
Political party | Republican |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (formerly) American Constitution (2010) |
Spouse | Richard Lynn Miller |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Erie,Colorado |
Patricia Elaine Miller (born March 20,1947) is an American politician. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican from 1991 until 1993,and was the candidate of the American Constitution Party for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 2010.
Miller was born in 1947 in Peoria,Illinois,and graduated from Lowpoint-Washburn High School in 1965. A former Democrat,she became a Republican after moving to Colorado in 1971 and reading the party platforms. [1] In 1990,Miller was elected to represent the 27th district (which covered parts of Jefferson County) in the Colorado House of Representatives,serving one term before losing reelection in 1992. She ran for Colorado's 2nd congressional district in 1994 and 1996,both times losing to incumbent Democrat David Skaggs. [2]
In 2010,Miller was selected as the Constitution Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. Tom Tancredo had replaced Ben Goss as the party's candidate for governor,although Goss's running mate,Doug Campbell,initially remained on the ticket. Campbell withdrew from the race in order to allow Tancredo to select his own running mate. He announced his selection of Miller on a KHOW talk radio program on August 24,2010. [3] [4] Tancredo and Miller lost the election to Democrats John Hickenlooper and Joseph García.
During the 2012 Republican presidential primaries,Miller supported Rick Santorum,and she served on his campaign's Colorado Steering Committee. [5]
In 2019,Miller announced that she was running for the position of State Representative in Colorado House District 63. She lost the Republican primary to Dan Woog. [6]
In addition to politics,Miller is also an author. As of 2020 [update] ,she has published six works of historical fiction and one mystery novel. In the fall of 2018,Miller's fifth book,Willfully Ignorant,received the second-place Grand Prize in the Xulon Press Christian Author Awards Book Contest. [7]
Miller and her husband,Richard Lynn Miller,have one adopted son and two grandchildren. She resides in Erie,Colorado. [2]
Miller opposes abortion. Between 1998 and 2004,she was director of Citizens for Responsible Government,an anti-abortion organization. In 2007,she co-founded Colorado Citizens for Life. [2]
Miller stated she had a "strong conservative voting record",and opposes gun control. She is also opposed to illegal immigration,saying,"In the line at the grocery store,I hear people complaining about the immigration laws and the drain on taxpayers and the loss of jobs. I feel like we're handing over our country. It's very distressing to me." [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Miller | 2,482 | 56.1% | |
Republican | Bob Dyer | 1,941 | 43.9% | |
Total votes | 4,423 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Miller | 9,156 | 50.2% | |
Democratic | Jim Pierson | 9,098 | 49.8% | |
Total votes | 18,254 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Pierson | 14,988 | 56.1% | |
Republican | Pat Miller | 11,736 | 43.9% | |
Total votes | 26,724 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Miller | 8,197 | 38.1% | |
Republican | Michelle Lawrence | 5,128 | 23.9% | |
Republican | Ted Engel | 4,722 | 22.0% | |
Republican | Sharon Klusman | 3,452 | 16.1% | |
Total votes | 21,499 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | David Skaggs | 105,938 | 56.7% | |
Republican | Pat Miller | 80,723 | 43.2% | |
Write-in | Larry E. Johnson | 44 | <0.1% | |
Total votes | 168,705 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pat Miller | 19,216 | 65.4% | |
Republican | Shannon Robinson | 10,181 | 34.6% | |
Total votes | 29,397 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | David Skaggs | 145,894 | 57.0% | |
Republican | Pat Miller | 97,865 | 38.3% | |
Reform | Larry E. Johnson | 6,304 | 2.5% | |
Libertarian | W. Earl Allen | 5,721 | 2.2% | |
Total votes | 255,784 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Hickenlooper/Joseph García | 915,436 | 51.1% | |
Constitution | Tom Tancredo/Pat Miller | 652,376 | 36.4% | |
Republican | Dan Maes/Tambor Williams | 199,792 | 11.1% | |
Libertarian | Jaimes Brown/Ken Wyble | 13,365 | 0.7% | |
Independent | Jason R. Clark | 8,601 | 0.5% | |
Independent | Paul Fiorino/Heather McKibbin | 3,492 | 0.2% | |
Write-in | 86 | <0.1% | ||
Total votes | 1,793,148 | 100.0% |
Thomas Gerard Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado,who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009 as a Republican. He ran for President of the United States during the 2008 election,and was the Constitution Party's unsuccessful nominee for Governor of Colorado in 2010.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 7,2006,with all seven House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3,2007 to January 3,2009.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 2,2010,alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. In December 2008,President-elect Barack Obama nominated incumbent U.S. Senator Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior. After Salazar resigned from his seat,Democratic governor Bill Ritter appointed Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill the seat.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to the United States presidential election of 2012. The election was the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election and was held on November 6,2012.
Voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in presidential primaries. The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. There were 2,286 delegates chosen,and a candidate needed to accumulate 1,144 delegate votes at the convention to win the nomination. The caucuses allocated delegates to the respective state delegations to the national convention,but the actual election of the delegates were,many times,at a later date. Delegates were elected in different ways that vary from state to state. They could be elected at local conventions,selected from slates submitted by the candidates,selected at committee meetings,or elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.
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.
The 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1998 to select the governor of the state of Colorado. Under newly applicable term limits,incumbent Governor Roy Romer,a Democrat,was unable to seek re-election. Lieutenant Governor Gail Schoettler,ran to succeed Romer,and won the Democratic primary;her running mate,Bernie Buescher,won the lieutenant-gubernatorial primary unopposed. In the Republican primary,Bill Owens,the State Treasurer,and his eventual running mate,Joe Rogers,won their respective primaries by wide margins.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Voters chose 16 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Louisiana voters chose eight electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
The primary election to select the Democratic and Republican candidates had been held on April 24,2012. The 2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Pennsylvania voters chose 20 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan. Pennsylvania's electoral vote number was a reduction from the 2008 delegation,which had 21 electors. This change was due to reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes are allotted on a winner-take-all basis.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan. Romney and Ryan carried the state with 59.59 percent of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 38.00 percent,thus winning the state's six electoral votes.
The 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois,concurrently with the election to Illinois'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.
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.
Lora Lyn Hubbel is an American politician;a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and a former chair of the Minnehaha County Republican Party and the former state chair of the Constitution Party of South Dakota.
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.
The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Illinois,concurrently with the 2018 Illinois general election and other midterm elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term in office,but was defeated by Democratic nominee J. B. Pritzker.
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.
Tambor Williams is an American politician. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1997 until 2004,and was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 2010.
The 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis won re-election to a second term,defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl in a landslide. The primary election was held on June 28.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 8,2022,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Colorado gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,and various state and local elections.