a Representative from Colorado. Born in Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Mo. , March 19, 1955. Attended Aurora Central High School, Aurora, Colo. Received graduation equivalency degree through the United States Army. B. A. , University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. , 1979. United States Army, 1972-1974. United States Army Reserve, 1975-1978. United States Marine Corps, 1979-1982. United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1983-1994, 2005-2006. Small business owner. Member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 1989-1994. Member of the Colorado state senate, 1994-1998. Colorado state treasurer, 1999-2007. Colorado secretary of state, 2007-2008. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2019). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Mayor of Aurora, Colo. , 2019-present.
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