Page 1 HOUSE JOURNAL SIXTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE OF COLORADO First Regular Session First Legislative Day Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1 Prayer by James D. Peters, Jr., Retired Pastor, New Hope Baptist 2 Church, Denver. 3 4 The hour of ten o'clock having arrived, the House of Representatives of 5 the Sixty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Colorado, pursuant 6 to law, was called to order by Andrew Romanoff, Speaker of the House 7 of Representatives, Sixty-sixth General Assembly, State of Colorado. 8 9 The Temporary Speaker announced that if there were no objections, 10 Marilyn Eddins would be appointed Temporary Chief Clerk. 11 12 ______________ 13 14 15 STATE OF COLORADO 16 17 Department of 18 State 19 20 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) 21 STATE OF COLORADO ) SS. Certificate 22 23 I, Mike Coffman, Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, do hereby 24 certify that I have canvassed the "Abstract of Votes" submitted in the 25 State of Colorado and do state that, to the best of my knowledge and 26 belief, the attached list represents the votes cast for members of the 27 Colorado State House of Representatives for the Sixty-seventh General 28 Assembly by the qualified electors of the State of Colorado in the 29 November 4, 2008 General Election. 30 31 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 32 the Great Seal of the State of Colorado, at the City of Denver this 16th 33 day of December, 2008. 34 35 (Signed) 36 Mike Coffman 37 Secretary of State 38 39 40 _______________ 41 Page 2 House Journal--1st Day--January 07, 2009 1 November 4, 2008 General Election Final Results 2 3 Candidate Vote Totals Percentage 4 5 St. Rep. District 1 6 Counties: Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson 7 Tom Thomason (REP) 10,234 40.97% 8 Jeanne Labuda (DEM) 14,745 59.03% 9 10 St. Rep. District 2 11 Counties: Denver 12 Thomas C. “Doc” Miller (REP) 3,424 20.22% 13 Mark Ferrandino (DEM) 13,506 79.78% 14 15 St. Rep. District 3 16 Counties: Arapahoe, Denver 17 Paul A. Linton (REP) 11,583 35.03% 18 Anne L. McGihon (DEM) 21,481 64.97% 19 20 St. Rep. District 4 21 Counties: Denver 22 K. Jerry Frangas (DEM) 18,992 81.01% 23 Rick D. Nevin (REP) 4,450 18.98% 24 Malachi “Tiny” Martinez (Write-In) (LIB) 3 0.01% 25 26 St. Rep. District 5 27 Counties: Denver 28 Joel Judd (DEM) 21,493 80.64% 29 J J Swiontek (REP) 5,160 19.36% 30 31 St. Rep. District 6 32 Counties: Arapahoe, Denver 33 Lois Court (DEM) 25,403 67.81% 34 Joshua Sharf (REP) 12,057 32.19% 35 36 St. Rep. District 7 37 Counties: Denver 38 Josh Raines (REP) 6,737 20.86% 39 Terrance D. Carroll (DEM) 25,553 79.14% 40 41 St. Rep. District 8 42 Counties: Denver 43 Beth McCann (DEM) 24,833 100.00% 44 45 St. Rep. District 9 46 Counties: Arapahoe, Denver 47 Joe Miklosi (DEM) 19,722 66.55% 48 James Landauer (REP) 9,915 33.45% 49 50 St. Rep. District 10 51 Counties: Boulder 52 Dorothy Marshall (REP) 8,653 25.41% 53 Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (DEM) 25,400 74.59% 54 55 House Journal-- 1st Day--January 7, 2009 Page 3 1 St. Rep. District 11 2 Counties: Boulder 3 Jack Pommer (DEM) 25,038 62.75% 4 Catherine Jarrett (REP) 14,866 37.25% 5 6 St. Rep. District 12 7 Counties: Boulder 8 Daniel M. Lucas (REP) 10,513 30.97% 9 Paul Weissmann (DEM) 23,432 69.03% 10 11 St. Rep. District 13 12 Counties: Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin 13 Claire Levy (DEM) 30,226 73.93% 14 Robert E. Houdeshell (REP) 10,660 26.07% 15 16 St. Rep. District 14 17 Counties: El Paso 18 Chyrese Exline (DEM) 9,972 28.51% 19 Kent Lambert (REP) 25,004 71.49% 20 21 St. Rep. District 15 22 Counties: El Paso 23 Michelle L. Maksimowicz (DEM) 12,521 33.55% 24 Mark Waller (REP) 24,804 66.45% 25 26 St. Rep. District 16 27 Counties: El Paso 28 Richard M. Flores (DEM) 11,131 41.04% 29 Larry G. Liston (REP) 15,989 58.96% 30 31 St. Rep. District 17 32 Counties: El Paso 33 Dennis Apuan (DEM) 7,778 51.79% 34 Catherine “Kit” Roupe (REP) 7,239 48.21% 35 36 St. Rep. District 18 37 Counties: El Paso 38 Katherine Szot (REP) 9,980 36.68% 39 Michael Merrifield (DEM) 17,231 63.32% 40 41 St. Rep. District 19 42 Counties: El Paso 43 Jimmy Phillips (DEM) 9,239 32.63% 44 Marsha Looper (REP) 19,076 67.37% 45 46 St. Rep. District 20 47 Counties: El Paso 48 Amy Stephens (REP) 38,555 76.10% 49 Jan Hejtmanek (DEM) 12,107 23.90% 50 51 St. Rep. District 21 52 Counties: El Paso, Fremont 53 Bob Gardner (REP) 19,423 58.32% 54 Anna Lord (DEM) 13,882 41.68% 55 Page 4 House Journal--1st Day--January 07, 2009 1 St. Rep. District 22 2 Counties: Jefferson 3 Camille Ryckman(DEM) 15,922 45.45% 4 Ken Summers (REP) 19,107 54.55% 5 6 St. Rep. District 23 7 Counties: Jefferson 8 Gwyn Green (DEM) 18,027 60.70% 9 Mary Lynn Wagner (REP) 11,673 39.30% 10 11 St. Rep. District 24 12 Counties: Jefferson 13 Sue Schafer (DEM) 18,232 62.23% 14 Cheryl Palm (REP) 11,068 37.77% 15 16 St. Rep. District 25 17 Counties: Jefferson 18 Andrew Scripter (DEM) 18,326 42.67% 19 Cheri Gerou (REP) 22,739 52.94% 20 Jack J. Woehr (LIB) 1,886 4.39% 21 22 St. Rep. District 26 23 Counties: Jefferson 24 Ray Warren (REP) 12,226 39.34% 25 Andy Kerr (DEM) 18,850 60.66% 26 27 St. Rep. District 27 28 Counties: Jefferson 29 Sara Gagliardi (DEM) 17,683 50.25% 30 John Bodnar (REP) 16,080 45.70% 31 Amanda Campbell (ACP) 1,425 4.05% 32 33 St. Rep. District 28 34 Counties: Jefferson 35 Jim Kerr (REP) 21,789 58.70% 36 Tom Dittemore (DEM) 15,333 41.30% 37 38 St. Rep. District 29 39 Counties: Jefferson 40 Mary Arnold (REP) 13,692 41.74% 41 Debbie Benefield (DEM) 19,109 58.26% 42 43 St. Rep. District 30 44 Counties: Adams 45 Dave Rose (DEM) 11,504 49.08% 46 Kevin Priola (REP) 11,936 50.92% 47 48 St. Rep. District 31 49 Counties: Adams 50 Holly Hansen (REP) 17,997 43.49% 51 Judy Solano (DEM) 23,388 56.51% 52 53 St. Rep. District 32 54 Counties: Adams 55 Edward Casso (DEM) 20,516 100.00% 56 House Journal-- 1st Day--January 7, 2009 Page 5 1 St. Rep. District 33 2 Counties: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Weld 3 Nick Kliebenstein (REP) 19,949 43.99% 4 Dianne Primavera (DEM) 25,402 56.01% 5 6 St. Rep. District 34 7 Counties: Adams 8 John F. Soper (DEM) 14,927 59.92% 9 Tom Bopp (REP) 8,968 36.00% 10 Tony D’Lallo (GRN) 1,016 4.08% 11 12 St. Rep. District 35 13 Counties: Adams 14 Tracy Gimer (REP) 7,133 33.10% 15 Cherylin Peniston (DEM) 14,420 66.90% 16 17 St. Rep. District 36 18 Counties: Arapahoe 19 Su Ryden (DEM) 16,877 59.69% 20 Kathy Green (REP) 11,397 40.31% 21 22 St. Rep. District 37 23 Counties: Arapahoe 24 Diana Holland (DEM) 17,441 46.07% 25 Spencer Swalm (REP) 19,427 51.32% 26 Brian Olds (ACP) 990 2.62% 27 28 St. Rep. District 38 29 Counties: Arapahoe, Jefferson 30 Dave Kerber (REP) 17,285 45.92% 31 Joe Rice (DEM) 20,357 54.08% 32 33 St. Rep. District 39 34 Counties: Arapahoe 35 David Balmer (REP) 26,156 53.11% 36 Mollie Cullom (DEM) 23,097 46.89% 37 38 39 St. Rep. District 40 40 Counties: Arapahoe, Elbert 41 Karen Wilde (DEM) 17,363 41.70% 42 Cindy Acree (REP) 24,276 58.30% 43 44 45 St. Rep. District 41 46 Counties: Arapahoe 47 Nancy Todd (DEM) 23,785 100.00% 48 49 50 St. Rep. District 42 51 Counties: Arapahoe 52 Karen Middleton (DEM) 11,870 67.94% 53 George P. Carouthers (REP) 4,395 25.15% 54 James Frye (LIB) 1,207 6.91% 55 56 Page 6 House Journal--1st Day--January 07, 2009 1 St. Rep. District 43 2 Counties: Douglas 3 Frank McNulty (REP) 27,366 63.33% 4 John Stevens (DEM) 15,846 36.67% 5 6 St. Rep. District 44 7 Counties: Douglas 8 Shelly Tokerud (DEM) 18,200 35.69% 9 Michael May (REP) 32,798 64.31% 10 11 St. Rep. District 45 12 Counties: Douglas, Teller 13 Holly Gorman (DEM) 18,318 32.75% 14 Carole R. Murray (REP) 37,609 67.25% 15 16 St. Rep. District 46 17 Counties: Pueblo 18 Sal Pace (DEM) 22,810 100.00% 19 20 St. Rep. District 47 21 Counties: Fremont, Pueblo 22 Liane "Buffie" McFadyen (DEM) 21,175 59.54% 23 Troy Sammons (REP) 14,389 40.46% 24 25 St. Rep. District 48 26 Counties: Weld 27 Glenn Vaad (REP) 28,937 59.59% 28 Bill Williams (DEM) 19,625 40.41% 29 30 St.