Don Coram
| Don Coram | |
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| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 6th district | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ellen Roberts |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 58th[1] district | |
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In office January 12, 2011 – January 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Tipton |
| Succeeded by | Marc Catlin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Montrose, Colorado |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Website |
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Don Coram[2] (born in Montrose, Colorado) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 6. Previously, he served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 58 from January 12, 2011 to January 11, 2017.
He Now represents Senate District 6, comprising the counties of: Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel.
Elections
- 2012 Coram ran unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 6,757 votes,[3] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 22,071 votes (62.1%) against Democratic nominee Tammy Theis and Libertarian candidate Jeff Downs.[4]
- 2010 When District 58 Republican Representative Scott Tipton ran for the United States House of Representatives and left the District 58 seat open, Coram was unopposed for the August 10, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 8,701 votes,[5] and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 20,275 votes (64.4%) against Democratic nominee James Perrin.[6]
Appointment to the State Senate
After former State Senator Ellen Roberts resigned at the end of 2016, a vacancy committee elected Coram to fill out her term. He resigned as state representative and was sworn in as a state senator on January 11, 2017.[7]
2017 Legislative Session
2017 was Senator Coram’s first Legislative Session as a senator after being appointed to fill the vacancy in Senate District 6. Senator Coram served TKTKTK years in the House before being elected to serve SD 06. Prior to his time in the Legislature, Senator Coram served on board of the Montrose County School District.
His background in mining and agriculture puts him a unique position to run bills promoting natural resources conservation, agriculture, and wildfire mitigation including Senate Bill 117 [8] which recognizes industrial hemp as an agricultural product, thus allowing water allocated for agricultural purposes to be used for irrigation on fields growing industrial hemp; and Senate Bill 202 [9] that allocates $1.5 million to conserve native species and control non-native species in Colorado, especially in our rivers and other bodies of water.
He also sponsored Senate Bill 278 [10] that prohibits vehicle operators from coal rolling or recklessly blowing black smoke out of their exhaust pipes, endangering families on our roadways.
Senator Coram is a champion of women's health issues and LGBTQ rights, frequently reaching across the aisle to pass bipartisan legislation. In 2017, Senator Coram fought to pass House Bill 1186 which increased access to contraception for many rural women. During his time on the board of the Montrose County School District, Coram championed a program that drastically reduced teen pregnancies and helped many young women out of a cycle of poverty. Senator Coram is a proud supporter of the Colorado Ute, sponsoring SJR 16-024 [11] which honored the contributions of the Colorado Ute and their culture and stood up to the Federal Government on behalf of for the Ute Tribe and everyone who suffered damage after the Gold King Mine Spill. In SJR 17-043 [12] He demanded that the EPA take responsibility for the spill.
References
- ↑ "Don Coram". Denver, Colorado: Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Don Coram's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2012 Republican Party state representatives primary results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2012 General election state representatives results". Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary & 2010 General" (PDF). Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. p. 98. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2010 Primary & 2010 General" (PDF). Denver, Colorado: Secretary of State of Colorado. p. 134. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Alderton, Stephanie. Don Coram will replace Ellen Roberts in Colorado Senate. The Durango Herald, January 7, 2017. Viewed: 2017-01-13.
- ↑ http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-117
- ↑ http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-202
- ↑ http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-278
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly