Stephanie Takis

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Stephanie Takis

Member of the Colorado State Senate from the 25th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2001
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 36th district
In office January 1997 – January 10, 2001

Political party	Democratic
Profession	Financial Analyst

Stephanie Takis is a Colorado legislator. Takis was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1996, and served two terms. She was later elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004, representing Senate District 25, which covers eastern Adams County including Brighton, Commerce City, Thornton, and portions of Aurora.^[1]

[edit] Biography

Takis, a financial analyst,^[2] was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1996, defeating Republican Axel Johnson^[3], then re-elected in 1998, defeating Republican Jack Fish and Reform Party candidate Thomas Janich.^[4]

In 2000, Takis was elected to the Colorado State Senate over Republican Bruce Wilcox and Libertarian Ronald Schweizer,^[5], and, in 2004, re-elected, defeating Republican Kevin Blount.^[1]

In the 2007 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Takis sat on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee; she also chaired the Legislative Audit Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee.^[6]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b State Senate District 25 (html). COMaps. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
^ Senator Takis (html). Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
^ http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=478&vmid=114
^ http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=465&vmid=86
^ http://www.leg.state.co.us/2001/inetc&j.nsf/(jousen)/8A229D430C5339A0872569D100012B2A/$FILE/jour_001.pdf
^ Senator Stephanie Takis (html). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.

[edit] External links

Stephanie Takis profile, Colorado General Assembly

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