Mike Foote

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{For|the paleontologist|Michael Foote}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mike Foote

| image = Mike Foote.JPG

| image_size = 225px

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| caption = Foote in 2020

| state_senate= Colorado

| state=Colorado

| district=17th

| term_start= January 4, 2019

| term_end= January 13, 2021

| preceded=Matt Jones

| succeeded=Sonya Jaquez Lewis

| state_house1 = Colorado

| district1 = 12th{{cite web |url= http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou12.htm |title= Mike Foote |publisher= Colorado General Assembly |location= Denver, Colorado |accessdate= January 8, 2014}}

| term_start1 = January 9, 2013

| term_end1 = January 4, 2019

| predecessor1 = Matt Jones

| successor1 = Sonya Jaquez Lewis

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| nationality = American

| party = Democratic

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| alma_mater = Indiana University
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Colorado Law School

| profession = Lawyer

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| website = {{URL|mikefoote.org}}

}}

Mike Foote{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138747 |title= Mike Foote's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 8, 2014}} is an American politician and a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives who represented District 12 from January 9, 2013, to early 2019. In December 2018, Foote, a Democrat, was selected to fill the vacant State Senate District 17 seat after state senator Matt Jones resigned to become Boulder County Commissioner.{{cite news |last=Bear |first=John |date=2018-12-15 |title=Mike Foote to complete Matt Jones' Senate term for eastern Boulder County |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/15/mike-foote-to-complete-matt-jones-senate-term/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=2019-01-05}}

Education

Elections

  • 2012 When incumbent Democratic Representative Matt Jones ran for Colorado Senate and left the District 12 seat open, Foote won the June 26, 2012 Democratic Primary with 3,381 votes (53.7%);{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/democratic/stateReps.html |title= 2012 Democratic Party state representatives primary results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |accessdate= January 8, 2014}} and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 27,114 votes (64.5%) against Republican nominee Russ Lyman and Libertarian candidate Matthew Webber.{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |title= 2012 General election state representatives results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |accessdate= January 8, 2014}}

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