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5 unusual facts about Colorado House of Representatives


Aroya, Colorado

Carl "Bev" Bledsoe, Colorado's longest serving Speaker of the State House of Representatives, was born in Aroya in 1923.

Carole Murray

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Murray represents House District 45, which encompasses Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado.

Claire Levy

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006, Levy represented House District 13, which encompasses Clear Creek, Gilpin, and eastern Boulder counties.

MaryAnne Tebedo

From 1982 through 1988 Tebedo served as a Republican in the Colorado House of Representatives, and was elected to the Colorado State Senate in 1988.

Mitchell R. Morrissey

His father was elected in 1958 to the Colorado House of Representatives while still a law student and practiced law in Denver for over fifty years.


United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2006

Emerging from surprisingly narrow wins in this conservative, east Colorado-based district, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave thinly edged out the Democratic nominee, Colorado State Representative Angie Paccione and Reform Party candidate Eric Eidsness, who garnered an impressive 11.28% of the vote.

United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2012

On May 19, 2011, Democratic state representative Sal Pace said he was "likely to put a campaign together", having met with U.S. House minority whip Steny Hoyer.


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Brian DelGrosso

Del Grosso, a small business owner, was appointed by a Republican Party vacancy committee to the Colorado House of Representatives in August 2009 to fill the vacancy caused by Don Marostica's resignation.

Daniel Kagan

Kagan, an attorney, was appointed by a Democratic Party vacancy committee to the Colorado House of Representatives in March 2009 to fill the vacancy caused by Anne McGihon's resignation.

Joann Ginal

Ginal is openly lesbian, and will be one of four LGBT members of the Colorado House of Representatives alongside Mark Ferrandino, Dominick Moreno, Paul Rosenthal and Sue Schafer.

Sturm College of Law

Andrew Romanoff, former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives