Nancy Janann Todd (born October 28, 1948) is an American politician and 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 ...

. In the state senate, she represented

District 28 A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

from January 2013 to 2021. Previously, from January 2005 to January 9, 2013, Todd served in the

Colorado House of Representatives The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each distri ...

, representing District 41. In January 2020, Todd was elected President pro tempore of the Colorado Senate, filling a vacancy created when Lois Court resigned from the senate.

Education

Todd earned her BS in

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from the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

and her MA from the

University of Northern Colorado The University of Northern Colorado (UNCO or UNC) is a public university in Greeley, Colorado, United States. It was founded in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado and has a long history in teacher education. The institution has offi ...

Elections

*2012 When Democratic Senator Suzanne Williams retired and left the District 28 seat open, Todd was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 4,973 votes, and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 37,181 votes (58.0%) against Republican nominee John Lyons and

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candidate Robert Harrison. *2004 When Democratic Representative Suzanne Williams ran for Colorado Senate and left the House District 41 seat open, Todd was unopposed for the August 10, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,227 votes, and won the three-way 2004 General election with 16,066 votes (59.3%) against Republican nominee E. C. Gaffney, Jr. and Libertarian candidate Douglas Newmann, who had run for the seat in 2002. *2006 Todd was unopposed for the August 8, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 2,897 votes, and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 12,559 votes (65.0%) against Republican nominee Clyde Robinson, Jr. *2008 Todd was unopposed both for the August 12, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,409 votes, and also the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 23,787 votes. *2010 Todd was unopposed for the August 10, 2010 Democratic Primary, winning with 4,925 votes, and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 13,019 votes (59.9%) against Republican nominee Brad Wagnon. *2016 Todd was opposed in the General Election by Republican candidate James Woodley in the November 8, 2016 Election. Todd won the seat with 55% of the vote.

References

External links

Official page
at the

Colorado General Assembly The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado. It is a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives that was created by the 1876 state constitution. Its statutes are codified in ...

Campaign site
* * 1948 births 21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly 21st-century American women politicians Democratic Party Colorado state senators Living people Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives Politicians from Lawrence, Kansas University of Kansas alumni University of Northern Colorado alumni Women state legislators in Colorado {{Colorado-politician-stub