Thomas Stewart Udall is an American diplomat,lawyer,and politician serving as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 2009 to 2021. Udall also served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district from 1999 to 2009 and New Mexico Attorney General from 1991 to 1999. Born in Tucson,Arizona to the Udall family,he is the son of former U.S. Representative and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and the nephew of former U.S. Representative Mo Udall. His cousin is Mark Udall,who concurrently served alongside him in the Senate representing the neighboring state of Colorado.
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale,possession,and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws vary considerably,and are independent of existing federal firearms laws,although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
David B. Kopel is an American author,attorney,gun rights advocate,and contributing editor to several publications.
John P. Morse is an American former politician who was a state senator in the Colorado Senate from 2007 to 2013,serving as president of the senate in 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Morse represented Senate District 11,which encompasses Manitou Springs,Colorado,and eastern Colorado Springs. On April 17,2009,he was selected to become Colorado's next Senate Majority Leader,following the resignation of Senate President Peter Groff and the promotion of previous Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer. On September 10,2013,Morse was recalled from office as a reaction to his involvement in passing gun control laws. He was the first legislator to be successfully recalled in the state's history.
Virginia Burdick is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon,who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate. She represented Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.
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.
Kenneth Robert Buck is an American lawyer and politician who has represented Colorado's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2015. From March 30,2019,to March 27,2021,Buck served as chair of the Colorado Republican Party,having replaced Jeff Hays. Formerly the District Attorney for Weld County,Colorado,Buck ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2010,narrowly losing to Democrat Michael Bennet.
Cory Scott Gardner is an American attorney,lobbyist,and politician who served as a United States senator from Colorado from 2015 to 2021. A Republican,he was the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Colorado enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Colorado since 1972. Same-sex marriage has been recognized since October 2014,and the state enacted civil unions in 2013,which provide some of the rights and benefits of marriage. State law also prohibits discrimination on account of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment,housing and public accommodations and the use of conversion therapy on minors. In July 2020,Colorado became the 11th US state to abolish the gay panic defense.
Tim Neville is a former Republican member of the Colorado Senate from the 16th district. Neville was known for his hardline conservative stances on social issues,education and gun legislation.
Rhonda Marshall Fields is a Democratic politician from Colorado. She represents District 28 in the Colorado Senate. During the 2020 reapportionment process,Buckner's residence moved from senate district 29 to senate district 28. Earlier,she represented District 29 from January 2017 to January 2023. Previously,she served as member of the Colorado State House of Representatives representing District 42 from Aurora,Colorado. She was the first African American woman elected in State House District 42,as well as the first Speaker pro Tempore.
Stephen Fenberg is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 18th district,since 2017,as a member of the Democratic Party. He serves as President of the Senate and served as Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022.
Dafna Michaelson Jenet is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate representing Senate District 21. She previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing House District 32 and,prior to redistricting,District 30,which covered a portion of Adams County including parts of Commerce City,Aurora,Brighton,Henderson,Bennett,Keensburg,Strasburg,and Thornton. She was elected to that seat in 2016,unseating Republican incumbent JoAnn Windholz.
Zellnor Myrie is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he has served in the New York State Senate since 2019,representing the 20th state senate district,which includes parts of Brooklyn.
Kerry Christina Tipper is an American politician and attorney who is a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 28th district in Jefferson County. In May 2022,Denver Mayor Hancock appointed Tipper as Denver Deputy City Attorney.
Dylan Outerbridge Roberts is an American politician and attorney who is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 8,which includes all or part of Clear Creek,Eagle,Garfield,Gilpin,Grand,Jackson,Moffat,Rio Blanco,Routt,and Summit counties,including the communities of Steamboat Springs,Edwards,Craig,Gypsum and Eagle. Previously,from 2017 to 2023,Roberts served in the Colorado House of Representatives and represented the 26th District,which included Eagle and Routt counties. In 2022,Roberts ran for the State Senate and won the race.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on November 3,2020. The office of the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth oversees the election process,including voting and vote counting.
Postal voting played an important role in the 2020 United States elections,with many voters reluctant to vote in person during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The election was won by Joe Biden,the Democratic candidate. The Republican candidate President Donald Trump made numerous false claims of widespread fraud arising from postal voting,despite nearly-universal agreement to the contrary,with overwhelming amounts of supporting evidence,by the mainstream media,fact-checkers,election officials,and the courts.
Colorado Proposition EE was a legislative referendum that appeared on ballots in Colorado in the November 2020 elections. It was a proposal to increase taxes on nicotine products and place a new tax on vaping products.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is a United States federal law,passed during the 117th United States Congress. It implemented several changes to the mental health system,school safety programs,and gun control laws. Gun control laws in the bill include extended background checks for firearm purchasers under the age of 21,clarification of Federal Firearms License requirements,funding for state red flag laws and other crisis intervention programs,further criminalization of arms trafficking and straw purchases,and partial closure of the boyfriend loophole. It was the first federal gun control legislation enacted in 28 years.
