Lucía Guzmán
Encyclopedia
Lucía Guzmán is a Colorado
state legislator. Appointed to the Colorado Senate in May 2010, Guzmán represents Senate District 34 in Denver
. She was elected to a full four-year term in November 2010.
in 2003. She is a former member of the Denver Public Schools Board, serving from 1999 to 2007. An ordained minister, Guzman was executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches from 1994 to 1999.
announced that he would try to make the primary ballot via the petition route. When Paula Sandoval was elected to Denver city council in May 2010, Guzmán was the only candidate to run to fill the vacancy. A vacancy committee of precinct committee officers of the Democratic party elected her to fill the vacancy by acclamation. She took the oath of office on May 21, 2010.
members of the Colorado General Assembly
, along with senator Pat Steadman
(D–Denver) and representatives Mark Ferrandino
(D–Denver) and Sue Schafer
(D–Wheat Ridge
).
Colorado
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state legislator. Appointed to the Colorado Senate in May 2010, Guzmán represents Senate District 34 in Denver
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
. She was elected to a full four-year term in November 2010.
Political career
Guzmán is executive director of the City and County of Denver's Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations, having been appointed by Mayor John HickenlooperJohn Hickenlooper
John Wright Hickenlooper is an American politician and current Governor of Colorado. A Democrat, he was previously the Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2003 to 2011.-Early life, education and career:...
in 2003. She is a former member of the Denver Public Schools Board, serving from 1999 to 2007. An ordained minister, Guzman was executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches from 1994 to 1999.
2010 appointment
Guzmán announced her candidacy to succeed the term-limited Paula Sandoval in the Colorado Senate in July 2009. She was the sole candidate to be placed on the primary ballot for the seat by the Democratic Party district assembly in April 2010, although state representative Joel JuddJoel Judd
Joel Stanton Judd was a Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2002, Judd represented House District 5, which encompasses downtown Denver, Colorado.-Biography:...
announced that he would try to make the primary ballot via the petition route. When Paula Sandoval was elected to Denver city council in May 2010, Guzmán was the only candidate to run to fill the vacancy. A vacancy committee of precinct committee officers of the Democratic party elected her to fill the vacancy by acclamation. She took the oath of office on May 21, 2010.
2010 election
In the Democratic primary election held on August 10, 2010, Guzmán faced Judd for a four-year senate term and won with 62% of the vote. In the general election which took place on November 2, 2010, she easily outpaced her Republican opponent, taking 78% of the vote.Personal life
Guzmán is a lesbian. She is one of four openly LGBTLGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
members of the Colorado General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado.-Constitutional definition:The Colorado Constitution establishes a system of government based on the separation of powers doctrine with power divided among three "departments": executive, legislative and judicial...
, along with senator Pat Steadman
Pat Steadman
Patrick "Pat" Steadman is a legislator, attorney and former lobbyist from the U.S. state of Colorado. Steadman, a Democrat, was appointed to the Colorado Senate in May 2009 following the resignation of Jennifer Veiga...
(D–Denver) and representatives Mark Ferrandino
Mark Ferrandino
Mark Steven Ferrandino is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and the Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives. Appointed to the legislature in 2007, Ferrandino represents House District 2, encompassing south central Denver...
(D–Denver) and Sue Schafer
Sue Schafer
Sue Schafer is an educator and legislator from the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008, Schafer represents House District 24, which encompasses the cities of Wheat Ridge, Edgewater, and Arvada....
(D–Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
The City of Wheat Ridge is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Wheat Ridge is a western suburb of Denver. The Wheat Ridge Municipal Center is approximately west-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver...
).
External links
- Campaign website
- Legislative homepage
- Live-Audience Debate between SD-34 Candidates Lucia Guzman (D) and Derec Shuler (R) Debate broadcast on "Sengcenter" program of KRCX 93.9 Regis Radio, host Jimmy Sengenberger