Morgan Carroll

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Morgan Carroll

Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 36th district

Morgan Carroll (born 1971 in Denver, Colorado) is an American politician from Colorado. A Democrat, she is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing the state's 36th district.

She was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2004 and was reelected in 2006.

Carroll is a second generation Colorado native and a small business owner. She is a consumer and civil rights attorney fighting for individual rights in a local mother-daughter law firm.

Carroll has traveled extensively and studied languages, comparative governments and political systems along the way. Her travels include: Ireland, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Greece, (former) Soviet Union Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Egypt, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Rep. Carroll co-founded the International Ethics Society.

Carroll previously studied Kung Fu, dance, auto repair, snowboarding and flute. She performed with the Boulder Performing Arts Company and taught dance. She also taught Hebrew at Har Ha Shem in Boulder. She studied psychology (BA) and political science (Min) and graduated "Outstanding Graduating Senior" of her class. She earned her Juris Doctor degree (JD) - Class President.

In the 2008 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Carroll sits on the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee, and the House Judiciary Committee. ^[1]

In February 2008, Rep. Carroll announced her intention to seek the state senate seat previous sought by Rep. Michael Garcia; Garcia's resignation from the state house amid controversy had left the senate race in the Democratic-leaning district open.^[2]

[edit] References

^ House Committees of Reference (html). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
^ Staff Reports. "Rep. Carroll to run instead of Garcia", Rocky Mountain News, 4 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.

[edit] External links

Representative Morgan Carroll, Colorado House District 36 - campaign site
Rep. Morgan Carroll - general assembly site

Current members of the Colorado House of Representatives
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