Tambor Williams | |
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Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies | |
In office August 2, 2004 –January 9, 2007 | |
Governor | Bill Owens |
Preceded by | Rick O'Donnell |
Succeeded by | D. Rico Munn |
Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 50th district | |
In office January 1997 –August 2,2004 | |
Preceded by | Pat Sullivan |
Succeeded by | Pamela Groeger |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington,D.C. | March 28,1941
Political party | Republican |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (formerly) |
Spouse | Jim Eckersley |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Greeley,Colorado |
Alma mater | Queens College Western State College of Colorado University of Colorado Law School |
Tambor Williams (born March 28,1941) 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.
Williams was born in Washington,D.C. in 1941. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College in 1962,a Master of Arts from Western State College of Colorado in 1971,and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School in 1982. Prior to law school,Williams worked as a teacher,school counselor,and university administrator. [1]
Williams registered as a Democrat for a short time,as her partner was running for sheriff as a Democrat. [2]
Williams was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1996,from Weld County. She served until 2004,when she was appointed by Governor Bill Owens as executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. [3] [4]
In August 2010,Williams was selected by gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes to be his running mate. [5] [6] The ticket finished third in the general election.
Williams and her husband,Jim Eckersley,have two children:Jennifer and Bill. [1]
Williams identifies as pro-life,supporting abortion only in certain cases;although in 1997 she opposed a bill which would have banned partial-birth abortion in the state of Colorado. [7] [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tambor Williams | 1,269 | 66.0% | |
Republican | Norman G. Johnson | 653 | 34.0% | |
Total votes | 1,922 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tambor Williams | 7,659 | 53.8% | |
Democratic | Jim Riesberg | 6,579 | 46.2% | |
Total votes | 14,238 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tambor Williams | 1,406 | 56.9% | |
Republican | Lea Faulkner | 1,051 | 42.6% | |
Write-in | 12 | 0.5% | ||
Total votes | 2,469 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tambor Williams | 6,046 | 55.2% | |
Democratic | Warren Lasell | 4,850 | 44.3% | |
Write-in | 49 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 10,945 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tambor Williams | 765 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 765 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tambor Williams | 9,566 | 74.9% | |
Libertarian | Russ J. Haddad | 3,208 | 25.1% | |
Total votes | 12,774 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tambor Williams | 2,372 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 2,372 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tambor Williams | 9,370 | 77.6% | |
Libertarian | Lester W. Edgett | 2,712 | 22.4% | |
Total votes | 12,082 | 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% |
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