Nancy E. Dick was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state government, below only the Governor of Colorado. The lieutenant governor, who acts as governor in his absence and succeeds to the governorship in case of vacancy, is elected on...

. She was a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 and served from 1979 to 1987 under Governor Richard Lamm

Richard Lamm

Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm is an American politician, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado as a Democrat and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996.He is currently the Co-Director...

. She was Colorado's first female lieutenant governor.

She was born July 22, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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. She attended the University of Denver College of Law. She served two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives before being elected lieutenant governor.

She was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 1984, losing in a landslide to incumbent Republican William "Bill" Armstrong.