Abel Tapia

Abel J. Tapia


Member of the Colorado Senate from the 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-23) July 23, 1949 Pueblo, Colorado
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Engineer
Religion	Roman Catholic

Abel J. Tapia is a Democratic politician from Colorado. He served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003,^[1] and the Colorado Senate, representing the 3rd District, from 2003 to 2010. Tapia left the Senate when he was appointed director of the Colorado lottery.^[1]

On March 28, 2014 Tapia announced he was launching a campaign for the Colorado's 3rd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives.^[2] He was defeated by republican incumbent Scott Tipton.^[3]

References

Members of the Colorado State Senate

70th General Assembly (2015–2016) President of the Senate: Bill Cadman (R) President pro Tempore: Ellen Roberts (R) Majority Leader: Mark Scheffel (R) Minority Leader: Lucía Guzmán (D)

Jerry Sonnenberg (R) Kevin Grantham (R) Leroy Garcia (D) Mark Scheffel (R) Kerry Donovan (D) Ellen Roberts (R) Ray Scott (R) Randy Baumgardner (R) Kent Lambert (R) Owen Hill (R) Michael Merrifield (D) Bill Cadman (R) John Cooke (R) John Kefalas (D) Kevin Lundberg (R) Tim Neville (R) Matt Jones (D) Rollie Heath (D) Laura J. Woods (R) Cheri Jahn (D) Jessie Ulibarri (D) Andy Kerr (D) Vicki Marble (R) Beth Martinez Humenik (R) Mary Hodge (D) Linda Newell (D) Jack Tate (R) Nancy Todd (D) Morgan Carroll (D) Chris Holbert (R) Pat Steadman (D) Irene Aguilar (D) Michael Johnston (D) Lucía Guzmán (D) Larry Crowder (R)

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