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The State of Colorado (IPA: /ˌkɑl.ə.ˈɹæd.oʊ/) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western, Southwestern, and Central regions of the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 4,753,377 in 2006, a 10.49% increase since U.S. Census 2000.[3] Denver is the capital as well as the most populous city of Colorado. Citizens of Colorado are known as Coloradans.
Government and Politics
Main article: Law and Government of Colorado
Colorado State Capitol in DenverPresidential elections results Year Republican Democratic
2004 51.69% 1,101,255 47.02% 1,001,732
2000 50.75% 883,745 42.39% 738,227
1996 45.80% 691,848 44.43% 671,152
1992 35.87% 562,850 40.13% 629,681
1988 53.06% 728,177 45.28% 621,453
1984 63.44% 821,818 35.12% 454,974
1980 55.07% 652,264 31.07% 367,973
1976 54.05% 584,367 42.58% 460,353
1972 62.61% 597,198 34.59% 329,980
1968 50.46% 409,345 41.32% 335,174
1964 38.19% 296,767 61.27% 476,024
1960 54.63% 402,242 44.91% 330,629
[edit] State government
Like the majority of states, Colorado's current constitution provides for three branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The governor heads the state's executive branch. The Colorado Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in the state. The state legislative body is the Colorado General Assembly, which is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House has 65 members and the Senate has 35. Currently, Democrats are in control of both chambers of the General Assembly. The 2005 Colorado General Assembly is the first to be controlled by the Democrats in forty years.
The current governor of Colorado is Bill Ritter (D).
Colorado is made up primarily of transplanted citizens, and this is illustrated by the fact that the state has not had a native-born governor since 1975 (when John David Vanderhoof left office) and -- until Bill Ritter's election in November 2006 -- had not elected one since 1958, in the person of Stephen L.R. McNichols. Vanderhoof ascended from the Lieutenant Governorship when John Arthur Love was given a position in Richard Nixon's administration in 1973.) Bill Ritter (D), a humanitarian missionary worker in Africa and former Denver District Attorney, defeated former congressman and banker Bob Beauprez (R) in the 2006 gubernatorial election.
[edit] Federal representation
The two U.S. Senators from Colorado are Wayne Allard (R), and Ken Salazar (D). The state has seven U.S. Congressional districts, based on the 2000 Census.
[edit] Election politics
Colorado is considered a very independent state politically in both state and federal elections. Coloradans elected 17 Democrats and 12 Republicans to the governorship in the last 100 years. In presidential politics, Colorado supported Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992, and the Republican presidential nominee Robert J. Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000. Recently, the state appears to be going more towards the center. George W. Bush won the state's 9 electoral votes in 2004 by a margin of 5 percentage points with 51.7% of the vote, considerably less than the 9% margin Bush won by in 2000. However this can be largely attributed to the 5% of the vote Ralph Nader won in 2000. Nearly all of these votes went to Democrat John Kerry in 2004. [8]. Democrats also gained in every open seat race in the state, picking up a seat in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats are strongest in metropolitan Denver, the college towns of Fort Collins, and Boulder, southern Colorado (including Pueblo), and a few western ski resort counties. Republicans are strongest in the Eastern Plains, Colorado Springs, the Western Slope (including Grand Junction), and some of the Denver suburbs, especially south and west of Denver City-County. The fastest growing parts of the state, particularly Douglas, Elbert, and Weld counties in the Denver metropolitan area, are strongly Republican.
See also: United States presidential election, 2004, in Colorado
See also: Colorado's congressional elections, 2006
See also: Colorado gubernatorial election, 2006
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The State of Colorado (IPA: /ˌkɑl.ə.ˈɹæd.oʊ/) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western, Southwestern, and Central regions of the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 4,753,377 in 2006, a 10.49% increase since U.S. Census 2000.[3] Denver is the capital as well as the most populous city of Colorado. Citizens of Colorado are known as Coloradans.
Government and Politics
Main article: Law and Government of Colorado
Colorado State Capitol in DenverPresidential elections results Year Republican Democratic
2004 51.69% 1,101,255 47.02% 1,001,732
2000 50.75% 883,745 42.39% 738,227
1996 45.80% 691,848 44.43% 671,152
1992 35.87% 562,850 40.13% 629,681
1988 53.06% 728,177 45.28% 621,453
1984 63.44% 821,818 35.12% 454,974
1980 55.07% 652,264 31.07% 367,973
1976 54.05% 584,367 42.58% 460,353
1972 62.61% 597,198 34.59% 329,980
1968 50.46% 409,345 41.32% 335,174
1964 38.19% 296,767 61.27% 476,024
1960 54.63% 402,242 44.91% 330,629
[edit] State government
Like the majority of states, Colorado's current constitution provides for three branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The governor heads the state's executive branch. The Colorado Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in the state. The state legislative body is the Colorado General Assembly, which is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House has 65 members and the Senate has 35. Currently, Democrats are in control of both chambers of the General Assembly. The 2005 Colorado General Assembly is the first to be controlled by the Democrats in forty years.
The current governor of Colorado is Bill Ritter (D).
Colorado is made up primarily of transplanted citizens, and this is illustrated by the fact that the state has not had a native-born governor since 1975 (when John David Vanderhoof left office) and -- until Bill Ritter's election in November 2006 -- had not elected one since 1958, in the person of Stephen L.R. McNichols. Vanderhoof ascended from the Lieutenant Governorship when John Arthur Love was given a position in Richard Nixon's administration in 1973.) Bill Ritter (D), a humanitarian missionary worker in Africa and former Denver District Attorney, defeated former congressman and banker Bob Beauprez (R) in the 2006 gubernatorial election.
[edit] Federal representation
The two U.S. Senators from Colorado are Wayne Allard (R), and Ken Salazar (D). The state has seven U.S. Congressional districts, based on the 2000 Census.
[edit] Election politics
Colorado is considered a very independent state politically in both state and federal elections. Coloradans elected 17 Democrats and 12 Republicans to the governorship in the last 100 years. In presidential politics, Colorado supported Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992, and the Republican presidential nominee Robert J. Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000. Recently, the state appears to be going more towards the center. George W. Bush won the state's 9 electoral votes in 2004 by a margin of 5 percentage points with 51.7% of the vote, considerably less than the 9% margin Bush won by in 2000. However this can be largely attributed to the 5% of the vote Ralph Nader won in 2000. Nearly all of these votes went to Democrat John Kerry in 2004. [8]. Democrats also gained in every open seat race in the state, picking up a seat in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats are strongest in metropolitan Denver, the college towns of Fort Collins, and Boulder, southern Colorado (including Pueblo), and a few western ski resort counties. Republicans are strongest in the Eastern Plains, Colorado Springs, the Western Slope (including Grand Junction), and some of the Denver suburbs, especially south and west of Denver City-County. The fastest growing parts of the state, particularly Douglas, Elbert, and Weld counties in the Denver metropolitan area, are strongly Republican.
See also: United States presidential election, 2004, in Colorado
See also: Colorado's congressional elections, 2006
See also: Colorado gubernatorial election, 2006
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