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Mark Scheffel

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Mark Scheffel
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Prior offices
Colorado State Senate District 4

Education

Bachelor's

University of Denver

Graduate

New York University School of Law, 1998

Law

University of Illinois-Chicago, John Marshall Law School, 1987

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Mark Scheffel is a former Republican member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 4 from 2009 to 2017. He served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2017.

Scheffel did not seek re-election to the Colorado State Senate in 2016 because he was term-limited.

Scheffel is a former District Captain/Chairman for the Douglas County Republican Party. He has also been a Precinct Person for the Douglas County Republican Party.

Biography

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Scheffel earned his B.S. in Finance from the University of Denver in 1982, his J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1987 and his L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1998. His professional experience includes working as an attorney for the following: the Colorado Supreme Court in 1988, the United States Tax Court in 1989, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in 1990, the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in 1990, the United States District Columbia Court of Appeals in 1991 and the United States Supreme Court in 1992. He has worked for Reid and Scheffel, Professional Corporation since 1993.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Scheffel served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Scheffel served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

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 Mark Scheffel (R) did not seek re-election.

Jim Smallwood defeated Christina Riegel in the Colorado State Senate District 4 general election.[2][3]

Colorado State Senate, District 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Smallwood 69.39% 62,981
     Democratic Christina Riegel 30.61% 27,779
Total Votes 90,760
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


Christina Riegel defeated James Clark Huff in the Colorado State Senate District 4 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Colorado State Senate, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Christina Riegel 65.87% 2,876
     Democratic James Clark Huff 34.13% 1,490
Total Votes 4,366


Jim Smallwood defeated Jess Loban and Benjamin Lyng in the Colorado State Senate District 4 Republican primary.[4][5]

Colorado State Senate, District 4 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Smallwood 39.06% 5,878
     Republican Jess Loban 22.38% 3,368
     Republican Benjamin Lyng 38.56% 5,803
Total Votes 15,049

2012

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2012

Scheffel won re-election in the 2012 election for Colorado State Senate District 4. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 26, 2012. He defeated Holly Gorman (D) and Chris Grundemann (L) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6]

Colorado State Senate, District 4, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Scheffel Incumbent 63.9% 50,173
     Democratic Holly Gorman 31.8% 24,968
     Libertarian Chris Grundemann 4.4% 3,437
Total Votes 78,578

2008

On November 4, 2008, Scheffel was elected to the 4th District Seat in the Colorado State Senate, defeating opponent Joseph R. Alsup (D).[7]

Scheffel raised $33,131 for his campaign, while Alsup raised $7,522.[8]

Colorado State Senate, District 4 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Mark Scheffel (R) 63,944
Joseph R. Alsup (D) 29,417

Campaign finance summary


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Mark Scheffel campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Colorado State Senate, District 4Won $43,194 N/A**
2008Colorado State Senate, District 4Won $33,131 N/A**
Grand total$76,325 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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2020

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Tom Wiens (R)
Colorado State Senate - District 4
2009–2017
Succeeded by
Jim Smallwood (R)


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