John hickenlooper family
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By Jane Wallace
“I have a knack for thinking in myriad directions at once…I’d go so far as to say I have a need to think in many different directions at once.”
Gov. Hickenlooper
If Coloradans wanted the kind of governor they could have a beer with, they elected him. In fact, many had already knocked down a few with former three-term governor John Hickenlooper, who was a brewpub owner before he became mayor of Denver at age 50. Even his tongue twister of a name didn’t stop his unlikely ascent up the political ladder. “John Wright Hickenlooper, II. It doesn’t melt on your tongue as much as it gets lodged in the windpipe… Chickenlooper or pooperscooper were the names I’d heard a lot from kids in elementary school, which, if you ask me, are far more inspired than what I get now,” he writes in his autobiography “The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics.”
Hick, as he’s known, now 65, retains the mischievous aura that helped him survive that elementary school. He was undeniably intelligent, he tested well, but his slow reading and writing made him a magnet for the mean
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Hon. John Hickenlooper
Governor, Colorado
Bio Current as of September 5, 2018
John Hickenlooper is a lifetime entrepreneur who ran as a “dark horse” to become Mayor of Denver in 2003. He led the campaign to pass FasTracks, the largest regional transportation initiative in U.S. history, and helped convince the 34 metro mayors (2/3 Republican) to unanimously support and pass the 0.4% sales tax increase at the ballot. He recruited top managers to his cabinet from business and wherever he could find them. In eight years he had streamlined the total workforce by 7%, the first such reduction in Denver’s history. In 2005 TIME Magazine named him as one of the five top big-city mayors in America. He recently added “author” to his resume with the publication of his forthcoming memoir, The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics.
When he was inaugurated Governor of Colorado in 2011, having run on his history of collaboration for community good, he became the first Denver mayor to be elected governor in 150 years. He also became the first geologi
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John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper | |
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Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2021 Serving with Michael Bennet | |
| Preceded by | Cory Gardner |
| In office January 11, 2011 – January 8, 2019 | |
| Lieutenant | Joe García Donna Lynne |
| Preceded by | Bill Ritter |
| Succeeded by | Jared Polis |
| In office July 13, 2014 – July 25, 2015 | |
| Deputy | Gary Herbert |
| Preceded by | Mary Fallin |
| Succeeded by | Gary Herbert |
| In office July 21, 2003 – January 11, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Wellington Webb |
| Succeeded by | Bill Vidal |
| Born | John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. (1952-02-07) February 7, 1952 (age 73) Narberth, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Thorpe (m. ; div. 2015)Robin Pringle (m. ) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Andrew Hickenlooper (great-grandfather) Bourke B. Hickenlooper (great-uncle) George Hickenlooper (cousin) |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA, MS) |
| Website | www.hickenlooper.co
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