Jeanne Nicholson (born September 22, 1943) is a former
Democratic member of the
Colorado Senate
The Colorado State Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Colorado. It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts, with each district having a population of abou ...
who represented the
16th district from 2011 to 2015, encompassing the city of
Georgetown, Colorado
Georgetown is the List of municipalities in Colorado#Territorial charter municipality, territorial charter municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The town population was ...
.
Political career
Nicholson ran for Colorado State Representative, District 62, in 2000, but was defeated by Republican Glenn Scott.
In 2010, she ran for Colorado State Senate, District 16, defeating Republican Tim Leonard.
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In the 2011 session of the Colorado General Assembly, she vice-chaired the local government committee and was a member of its appropriations, education and judiciary committees.
In 2014, she ran for reelection but was defeated by in Republican Tim Neville.][
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Personal life
Nicolson is a retired public health nurse, having worked nearly 40 years in nursing.[
][
] She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing in 1966, and a Master of Science degree in community health nursing from the University of Colorado
The University of Colorado (CU) is a system of public universities in Colorado. It consists of four institutions: the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the University of Colorado Denver, and the U ...
in 1999. Her master's thesis was "Politicians' Perceptions of Public Health".
References
External links
Jeanne Nicholson's official website
Democratic Party Colorado state senators
1952 births
Living people
University of Colorado alumni
People from Clear Creek County, Colorado
Women state legislators in Colorado
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly
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