Phil Weiser
Running on a joint ticket with Lesley Dahlkemper for Lieutenant Governor.
- Current office
- Attorney General of Colorado (since January 2019)
- Occupation
- Attorney General of Colorado
- Lives in
- Denver
What this job does
Colorado's top official. Signs or vetoes bills (and can veto single spending lines), proposes the state budget, names the heads of state agencies with the Senate's OK, and fills openings on Colorado courts from a short list a nominating commission sends. A term is four years, two in a row at most. The lieutenant governor runs on the same ticket and takes over if the governor can't serve. source: ballotpedia.org
Background
- Earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College (1990) and a J.D. from NYU School of Law (1994). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1995-1996). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ Antitrust Division (2009) and Senior Advisor at the National Economic Council (2010). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Was dean of the University of Colorado Law School, 2011-2016, and founded the Silicon Flatirons Center. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected Colorado Attorney General in 2018; re-elected in 2022. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Building 40,000 affordable starter homes. source: coloradopolitics.com
- Supporting K-12 public education. source: coloradopolitics.com
- Addressing youth mental health through ColoradoCorps. source: coloradopolitics.com
- Advancing the rule of law and protecting democracy. source: philforcolorado.com
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