James Woodley
James Woodley (Republican Party) ran for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 27. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on June 30, 2020.
Woodley was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 28 of the Colorado State Senate.
Elections
2020
See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Colorado State Senate District 27
Chris Kolker defeated Suzanne Staiert in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 27 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Kolker (D)  | 55.3 | 51,005 |
 | Suzanne Staiert (R) | 44.7 | 41,222 | |
| Total votes: 92,227 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 27
Chris Kolker advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 27 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Kolker | 100.0 | 26,173 |
| Total votes: 26,173 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 27
Suzanne Staiert advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 27 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suzanne Staiert | 100.0 | 14,638 |
| Total votes: 14,638 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Woodley (R)
2016
- See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Colorado State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 4, 2016.[1]
Incumbent Nancy Todd defeated James Woodley in the Colorado State Senate District 28 general election.[2][3]
| Colorado State Senate, District 28 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Nancy Todd Incumbent |
55.73% | 39,143 | |
| Republican | James Woodley | 44.27% | 31,096 | |
| Total Votes | 70,239 | |||
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Nancy Todd ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 28 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Colorado State Senate, District 28 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Nancy Todd Incumbent (unopposed) | |
James Woodley ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 28 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Colorado State Senate, District 28 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | James Woodley (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Woodley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Woodley's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Economy James is pro-business and pro-jobs. Restrictions and regulations should be loosened to allow business to flourish and increase jobs, while at the same time common sense should dictate to protect our environment and workers. James believes the entrepreneurial spirit is the American way. Starting a business should be simple and not a hassle. Education James believes education is important to our children and our future. Too many of our politicians say they are for education but only do the bidding of unions who are out to protect adults and not the children they are entrusted with. James believes education is about the children and every child should be given the opportunity to thrive. This can only happen if parents have a choice on what’s best for their child. James supports giving parents the choice of schools, creating more Charter Schools, and providing vouchers so parents can spend their tax dollars where it makes sense. Schools should be controlled at a local level, and unions should not get in the way of how teachers are evaluated. Veterans Having served in the Infantry and in the American Legion, veterans and their issues are near and dear to James’ heart. Veterans should always be a priority to our elected officials. Only 1% of the population volunteers for military service yet 11% of our homeless are veterans, veterans consistently have difficulty with the Veteran Administration, and 1 veteran commits suicide every day due to PTSD. We have the ability to house, feed, and provide needed counselling or all veterans in need. Simple changes in legislation can provide comfort and pain relief to veterans with war wounds or PTSD. ort 2nd Amendment James is a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment and will do everything he can to protect it. In recent years we’ve seen legislation that attacks our rights to protect ourselves. James supports reversing these legislative actions. US Term Limits We have wisely imposed term limits here in Colorado over a decade ago. It is time we place term limits on Congress. Our founding Fathers never meant for politics to be a lifelong career. America and its States were to have citizen statesmen. Let’s return to having more statesmen and less politicians. In 1992 the people of Colorado passed law to term limit it’s congressional leaders, however Congress took us to the Supreme Court of the US which ruled States could not pass legislation term limiting congressional offices.[6] |
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| —James Woodley[7] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "General election candidates," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 14, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed May 3, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "June 28, 2016 Primary Election," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ James Woodley, "Issues," accessed October 6, 2016
