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Jeanne Nicholson

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Jeanne Nicholson
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Prior offices
Colorado State Senate District 16

Education

Bachelor's

University of Colorado

Graduate

University of Colorado, 1990

Personal
Profession
Commissioner
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Jeanne Nicholson (b. September 22, 1943) is a former Democratic member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 16 from 2011 to 2015.

Biography

Nicholson earned her B.S.N. from the University of Colorado in 1965 and her M.S. in Community Health Nursing from the University of Colorado in 1990. Her professional experience includes working for Public Heath Nursing in the following positions: county nurse from 1979 to 1993, program manager from 1993 to 1998, consultant from 1998 to 1999 and clinical instructor in 2000.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Nicholson served on the following committees:

Colorado committee assignments, 2013
Local Government, Chair
Health and Human Services
Legislative Council

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Nicholson served on these committees:

Issues

Jerry's Kids bill

Nicholson sponsored a bill in the 2011 session to give right of way throughout Colorado to police officers and firefighters who approach passing motorists for Jerry's Kids on Labor Day weekend.

Senate bill 270, approved by the Senate Local Government Committee, clarifies when and where public-safety personnel, such as firefighters, can solicit funds from motorists. Local governments would be required to approve permit applications submitted by firefighters to do their fundraising on roadways.

Nicholson contends her bill is really about public safety.

“As long as we can say when and where—this bill protects firefighters and others by law,” said Nicholson. “Because they are professionals, they are aware of the public-safety of the situation.”

The measure overrules local laws and authority in this matter.

Sen. Ellen Roberts said passage of the proposed measure would “open a Pandora’s Box.” Sen. Irene Aguilar, who is also concerned, said she would support SB270 for the time being but would seek additional input.

“I am voting yes because I came in here today saying I would but will need to talk more with (legislative staff),” said Aguilar.

Sen. Bill Cadman opposed the bill and said the measure raised a question of local control—and a constitutional one.

“(SB-270) is a total usurpation of local control. It tries to carve out an exemption from local laws, for a specific group, raising serious constitutional issues,” said Cadman. “It’s a good public service but bad public policy…the ends don’t justify the means.”[1]

Elections

2014

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Colorado State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 31, 2014. Incumbent Jeanne Nicholson was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Tim Neville was unopposed in the Republican primary. Nicholson was defeated by Neville in the general election. As of November 10, unofficial results put Neville ahead of Nicholson by 2,042 votes with all four counties reported.[2][3][4]

Colorado State Senate, District 16, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTim Neville 51.4% 35,631
     Democratic Jeanne Nicholson Incumbent 48.6% 33,734
Total Votes 69,365


2010

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2010

Nicholson ran uncontested in the August 10 primary. She then defeated Timothy J. Leonard (R) in the November 2 general election.

Colorado State Senate, District 16 General election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jeanne Nicholson (D) 30,882
Timothy J. Leonard (R) 30,224

Campaign finance summary


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Jeanne Nicholson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2010Colorado State Senate, District 16Won $127,124 N/A**
2000Colorado State House, District 62Lost $24,880 N/A**
Grand total$152,004 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2014

In 2014, the 69th Colorado General Assembly was in session from January 8 to May 7.

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2013

Personal

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Nicholson and her husband, Craig, have two children.

Recent news

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dan Gibbs (D)
Colorado State Senate District 16
2011–2015
Succeeded by
Tim Neville (R)


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