Stephanie Takis Explained

Stephanie Takis
State Senate:Colorado
District:25th
Term Start:January 10, 2001
Term End:January 7, 2009
Preceded:Bob Martinez
Succeeded:Mary Hodge
State House1:Colorado
District1:36th
Term Start1:January 1997
Term End1:January 10, 2001
Predecessor1:Don Armstrong
Successor1:Mary Hodge
Death Date:August 5, 2014
Death Place:Aurora, Colorado
Profession:Financial Analyst
Party:Democrat

Stephanie Takis was a Colorado legislator. She was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1996, and served two terms. She was later elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004, representing Senate District 25, which covers eastern Adams County including Brighton, Commerce City, Thornton, and portions of Aurora.[1]

Biography

Takis was a financial analyst,[2] and was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1996, defeating Republican Axel Johnson,[3] then re-elected in 1998, defeating Republican Jack Fish and Reform Party candidate Thomas Janich.[4]

In 2000, Takis was elected to the Colorado State Senate over Republican Bruce Wilcox and Libertarian Ronald Schweizer,[5] and, in 2004, re-elected, defeating Republican Kevin Blount.[1]

In the 2007 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Takis sat on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee; she also chaired the Legislative Audit Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee.[6]

Takis ran a sanctuary for Mouse-eared bats, which had one of the most successful breeding programs in Colorado.

She died on August 5, 2014.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Senate District 25 . 2007-11-19 . COMaps . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080304221156/http://www.comaps.org/district25s.html . 2008-03-04 .
  2. Web site: Senator Takis . 2007-11-19 . Project Vote Smart .
  3. http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=478&vmid=114 Colorado Secretary of State
  4. http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=465&vmid=86 Colorado Secretary of State
  5. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2001/inetc&j.nsf/(jousen)/8A229D430C5339A0872569D100012B2A/$FILE/jour_001.pdf
  6. Web site: Senator Stephanie Takis . 2007-11-19 . Colorado General Assembly . https://web.archive.org/web/20080623010236/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/senate/members/sen25.htm . 2008-06-23 . dead.
  7. Bartels, Lynn. Former Sen. Stephanie Takis: You didn't mess with this Adams County woman, The Denver Post, August 18, 2014. Viewed: 2017-02-02.