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Edie Hooton
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 10th district
Assumed office
January 11, 2017
Preceded byDickey Lee Hullinghorst
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJim Hooton
OccupationPolitician

Edie Hooton is a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represents District 10, which serves portions of Boulder County. She was elected in 2016, succeeding Dickey Lee Hullinghorst.

In her early political career, Hooton worked as an aide to Alaska State Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp and U.S. Senator Mike Gravel. She moved to Boulder County in 1997 and served as President of the Democratic Women of Boulder County before taking office.[1][2]

Hooton serves on the House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee, the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, and the Statutory Revision Committee.[3]

Elections

Hooton was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016; she won the Democratic primary with 51.24% of the vote against opponent Angelique Espinoza and ran unopposed in the general election.[4]

Election history

2016

Colorado House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edie Hooton 4,364 51.24
Democratic Angelique Espinoza 4,152 48.76

2018

Colorado House of Representatives, District 10, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edie Hooton 36,310 86.8
Republican Murl Hendrickson IV 4,152 13.2

References

  1. ^ "About Edie". Edie Hooton - Boulder Democrat for State House. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Edie Hooton: State House, District 10". Daily Camera. October 15, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Representative Edie Hooton". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Edie Hooton". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 8, 2017.