Kenneth Kester
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Kenneth Kester
| image= Senator Ken Kester, January 2007 (cropped).jpg
| caption= Kester in 2007
| state_senate=Colorado
| state=Colorado
| district=2nd
| term_start= January 8, 2003
| term_end= January 12, 2011
| successor= Kevin Grantham
| state_house1=Colorado
| district1=47th
| term_start1=January 6, 1999
| term_end1= January 8, 2003
| birth_date={{birth date|1936|03|16}}
| birth_place=Lamar, Colorado
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|02|17|1936|03|16}}
|death_place = Green Valley, Arizona
| spouse=widowed
| profession=
| party=Republican
|}}
Kenneth Kester (March 16, 1936 – February 17, 2018){{Cite web |url=https://www.chieftain.com/news/region/southern-colorado-lawmaker-kester-passes-away-at/article_de940ccf-c0ff-5783-989c-510dcecb83dc.html |title=Kenneth Kesler-obituary |access-date=2018-02-21 |archive-date=2018-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220213852/https://www.chieftain.com/news/region/southern-colorado-lawmaker-kester-passes-away-at/article_de940ccf-c0ff-5783-989c-510dcecb83dc.html |url-status=dead }} was a Republican member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 2nd district from 2003 to 2011. Previously he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.Ballotpedia. [https://ballotpedia.org/Ken_Kester Ken Kester]. Viewed: 2017-01-28.
He was a General Motors auto dealer for 30 years. He was the father of three sons, Dan, Mike and Ed and a grandfather of two grandchildren.
Legislative career
Kester had the largest district, geographically. Senator Kester previously served as a Bent County Commissioner. He served in the Colorado State House from 1999 to 2003, serving the counties of Baca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, and Huerfano. In 2002 he was elected to represent the people of Senate District 2.
He served on the Agriculture, Natural Resources committee and for a time was the ranking Republican member of the Local Government & Energy committee.
Kester's main focus was on lowering the state income tax, strengthening education and agricultural products and promoting small business.
References
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External links
- [http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/senate/members/sen02.htm Colorado General Assembly - Kenneth Kester] official government website
- [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=16935 Project Vote Smart - Senator Kenneth H. 'Ken' Kester (CO)] profile
- Follow the Money - Kenneth Kester
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20066&c=418256 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20046&c=411158 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20026&c=38455 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20006&c=347594 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=19986&c=347218 1998] campaign contributions
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Category:County commissioners in Colorado
Category:Republican Party Colorado state senators
Category:Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Category:People from Lamar, Colorado
Category:Businesspeople from Colorado
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:20th-century members of the Colorado General Assembly
Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly
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