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Rollie Heath

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Rollie Heath
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Prior offices
Colorado State Senate District 18

Education

Bachelor's

University of Wisconsin

Law

University of Wisconsin, 1961

Personal
Religion
Unitarian
Profession
Teacher
Contact

Stratton Rollins "Rollie" Heath, Jr. (b. December 28, 1937) is a former Democratic member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 18 from 2009 to 2017.

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

Heath served as State Senate Assistant Minority Leader and was State Senate Majority Caucus Leader from October 2013 to 2014.

Biography

Heath earned his B.S. in business administration from the University of Wisconsin in 1959 and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1961. His professional experience includes working as president of the International Corporation and Building Materials Corporation, director and vice president of ARMCO Steel from 1970 to 1973, senior vice president of Johns Manville Corporation from 1973 to 1990, the owner/founder of Ponderosa Industries from 1988 to 2001, and a teacher of "Humanizing the Negotiating Process" at Leeds School of Business. He served as lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and the United States Army Reserve from 1961 to 1983.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

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

Issues

Tax increases for education

In early August, Senator Heath submitted signatures for an initiative to increase taxes in Colorado for education funding. The measure would increase the sales tax from 2.9% to 3% for the next five years, and it would also increase the income tax to 5% from 4.63% for five years. The increases would generate an estimated $3 billion in revenue for education.[1]

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.[2] Incumbent Rollie Heath (D) did not seek re-election.

Stephen Fenberg defeated M. Peter Spraitz in the Colorado State Senate District 18 general election.[3][4]

Colorado State Senate, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Fenberg 79.61% 67,799
     Republican M. Peter Spraitz 20.39% 17,370
Total Votes 85,169
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

Stephen Fenberg ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 18 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Colorado State Senate, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Stephen Fenberg  (unopposed)


M. Peter Spraitz ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 18 Republican primary.[5][6]

Colorado State Senate, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png M. Peter Spraitz  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2012

Heath won re-election in the 2012 election for Colorado State Senate District 18. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2012. He defeated Barry Thoma (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]

Colorado State Senate, District 18, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRollie Heath Incumbent 78.3% 66,619
     Republican Barry P. Thoma 21.7% 18,427
Total Votes 85,046

2008

See also: Colorado State Senate elections 2008

On November 4, 2008, Heath was elected to the 18th District Seat in the Colorado State Senate, running unopposed in the general election.[8]

Heath raised $102,062 for his campaign.[9]

Campaign finance summary


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Rollie Heath campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2008Colorado State Senate, District 18Won $102,062 N/A**
2002Colorado Lieutenant GovernorLost $1,062,231 N/A**
Grand total$1,164,293 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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2017

In 2017, the 71st Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 11 through May 10. There was also a special session from October 2-3.

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2016


2015


2014


2013

Personal

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Heath and his wife, Josie, have three children.

Recent news

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See also

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Ron Tupa (D)
Colorado State Senate - District 18
2009–2017
Succeeded by
Stephen Fenberg (D)


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