Biography
A Senator and a Representative from Colorado. Born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. , July 18, 1950. Graduated from Canyon del Oro High School, Tucson, Ariz. , 1968. B. A. , Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. , 1972. Field coordinator, Morris K. Udall for President, 1974. Executive director, Colorado Outward Bound School, 1985-1995. Member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 1996-1998. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2009). Not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2008, and served from January 3, 2009, to January 3, 2015. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2014.