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The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment. [2] The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Seven people served as governor of Colorado Territory over eight terms ...
In 2018, Polis announced his candidacy for governor of Colorado. [55] He was elected governor with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Walker Stapleton and becoming the first openly gay person elected governor of any state; [56] [57] the first openly gay person to serve as a state governor was Jim McGreevey, the 52nd Governor of New ...
Polis's 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re-elected as the governor of a state. [3] Polis had the best performance for a re-elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002, the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990, and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race.
The House of Representatives has 65 members and the Senate has 35 for a total of 100 legislators in Colorado. [citation needed] The session laws are published in the Session Laws of Colorado. [2] The laws of a general and permanent nature are codified in the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.). [2]
Richard Douglas Lamm (August 3, 1935 – July 29, 2021) was an American politician, writer, and attorney. He served three terms as the 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.
John Evans (March 9, 1814 – July 2, 1897) was an American politician, physician, founder of various hospitals and medical associations, railroad promoter, second governor of the Territory of Colorado, and namesake of Evanston, Illinois; Evans, Colorado; [2] and formerly Mount Evans, Colorado.
William Forrester Owens (born October 22, 1950) is an American former politician who served as the 40th Governor of Colorado, from 1999 to 2007.A member of the Republican Party, he was re-elected in 2002, amassing 62.6% of the vote, the largest Republican share of the vote in state history. [5]
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