Gale Ann Norton is an American politician and attorney who served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served as the 35th Attorney General of Colorado from 1991 to 1999. Norton was the first woman to hold each of those posts.
Alan Wayne Allard is an American veterinarian and politician who served as a United States Representative (1991–1997) and United States Senator (1997–2009) from Colorado,as well as previously a Colorado State Senator (1983–1991). A member of the Republican Party,he did not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2008. Since February 2009,he has worked at The Livingston Group,a Washington,D.C. lobbying firm.
Stephen Scott Emory McInnis is an American politician and lawyer who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. In August 2010,McInnis lost his bid to become the Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado after a plagiarism accusation and apology hurt his standing. In November 2014,McInnis was elected a member of the Mesa County Board of County Commissioners—beginning term in office in January 2015.
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.
Robert Louis Beauprez is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Colorado.
Roy Rudolf Romer is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Colorado from 1987 to 1999,and subsequently as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2000 to 2006.
Kenneth Lee Salazar is an American lawyer,politician,and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Mexico. He previously served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously was a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977;they were joined by Bob Menendez in 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate,he served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999 to 2005.
Peter Hanson Coors is an American businessman and politician. He formerly served as the chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Company and chairman of MillerCoors.
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.
Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) is an American conservative free market public interest law firm based in Lakewood,Colorado. Its lawyers argue cases on property rights and federal land management in the American West,as well as gun rights and other constitutional law cases.
Peter C. Groff is a former member of the Obama administration and a former Colorado legislator and President of the Colorado Senate. An attorney,public servant,and political veteran,Groff was elected as a Democrat to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2000,then re-elected in 2002. In 2003,he was appointed to the Colorado Senate,where he represented Senate District 33,which includes northeastern Denver,Colorado. Groff was the first African-American to serve as Colorado Senate president pro tem and Senate President. In May 2009,he was selected by President Barack Obama to head the faith- based-initiatives center for the U.S. Department of Education.
Troy A. Eid is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney for the District of Colorado from 2006 to 2009. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and University of Denver College of Law,where he teaches civil and criminal law with a focus on energy,natural resources,environmental regulation,and American Indian law.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 2,2004 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. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democratic nominee Ken Salazar won the open seat,defeating Republican nominee Pete Coors.
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.
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.
John Carbone Porfilio is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Jessica Peck is an American attorney,columnist,public policy analyst,and comic. As a conservative Republican,she is best known as the Republican director of the Open Government Institute,a bi-partisan,non-profit election transparency organization. She frequently appears on national cable television shows,and has been featured in a Newsweek cover story and a Washington Post column as a leading voice transforming the partisan nature of America's drug policy debate. Specifically,she has articulated her support of the decriminalization of marijuana. High Times magazine featured Peck as a 2009 "freedom fighter of the month".
Kenneth Robert Buck is an American lawyer and politician who represents Colorado's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. From March 30,2019,to March 27,2021,Buck served as chair of the Colorado Republican Party,having replaced Jeff Hays.
Allison Lynn Hartwell Eid is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She previously served as an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Veronica Sophia Rossman is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
