Tambor Williams

{{Infobox state representative

| name = Tambor Williams

| image =

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| office = Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

| governor = Bill Owens

| term_start = August 2, 2004

| term_end = January 9, 2007

| predecessor = Rick O'Donnell

| successor = D. Rico Munn

| state_house1 = Colorado

| district1 = 50th

| term_start1 = January 1997

| term_end1 = August 2, 2004

| predecessor1 = Pat Sullivan

| successor1 = Pamela Groeger

| prior_term =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|03|28}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C.

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| party = Republican

| otherparty = Democratic (formerly)

| spouse = Jim Eckersley

| children = 2

| residence = Greeley, Colorado

| alma_mater = Queens College
Western State College of Colorado
University of Colorado Law School

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Tambor Williams (born March 28, 1941) is an American politician. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1997 until 2004, and was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 2010.

Biography

Williams was born in Washington, D.C. in 1941. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College in 1962, a Master of Arts from Western State College of Colorado in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School in 1982. Prior to law school, Williams worked as a teacher, school counselor, and university administrator.

Williams registered as a Democrat for a short time, as her partner was running for sheriff as a Democrat.{{cite web|url=https://coloradopolitics.com/992069-maes-picks-former-democrat-trial-lawyers-association-member-lg/|title=Maes picks former Democrat, Trial Lawyers Association member for LG|author=Hope Strogoff, Jody|newspaper=The Colorado Statesman|date=August 20, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}}

Williams was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1996, from Weld County. She served until 2004, when she was appointed by Governor Bill Owens as executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2004/06/28/daily45.html|title=Owens picks Tambor Williams|newspaper=Denver Business Journal|date=July 1, 2004|access-date=January 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/local/tambor-williams-to-head-regulatory-agencies/|title=Tambor Williams to head regulatory agencies|author=Birhanemaskel, Millete|newspaper=Greeley Tribune|date=July 1, 2004|access-date=January 7, 2018}}

In August 2010, Williams was selected by gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes to be his running mate.{{cite web|url=http://www.westword.com/news/denver-real-estate-trends-for-january-2018-9847911|title=Tambor Williams, Dan Maes's new running mate, a longtime insider, not a revolutionary|author=Roberts, Michael|newspaper=Westword|date=August 17, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/08/17/tambor-williams-tapped-as-maes-running-mate/|title=Tambor Williams tapped as Maes running mate|author=Fender, Jessica|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=August 17, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}} The ticket finished third in the general election.

Personal life

Williams and her husband, Jim Eckersley, have two children: Jennifer and Bill.{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12319/tambor-williams|title=Tambor Williams' Biography|publisher=Project VoteSmart|access-date=January 7, 2018}}

Political positions

Williams identifies as pro-life, supporting abortion only in certain cases; although in 1997 she opposed a bill which would have banned partial-birth abortion in the state of Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/10/20/tambor-williams-must-think-voters-are-pretty-stupid/|title=Tambor Williams must think voters are pretty stupid|author1=Musgrave, Marilyn|author2=Arrington, Barry|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=October 20, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/08/17/gops-maes-picks-ex-legislator-tambor-williams-as-running-mate/|title=GOP's Maes picks ex-legislator Tambor Williams as running mate|author=Fender, Jessica|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=August 17, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2018}}

Electoral history

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 1996{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1996AbstractBook.pdf|title=State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1996|publisher=Colorado Secretary of State|access-date=January 7, 2018}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 1,269

|percentage = 66.0%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Norman G. Johnson

|votes = 653

|percentage = 34.0%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 1,922

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 election, 1996}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 7,659

|percentage = 53.8%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Jim Riesberg

|votes = 6,579

|percentage = 46.2%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 14,238

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 1998{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1998AbstractBook.pdf|title=State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1998|publisher=Colorado Secretary of State|access-date=January 7, 2018}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 1,406

|percentage = 56.9%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Lea Faulkner

|votes = 1,051

|percentage = 42.6%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Write-in

|candidate =

|votes = 12

|percentage = 0.5%

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 2,469

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 election, 1998}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 6,046

|percentage = 55.2%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Warren Lasell

|votes = 4,850

|percentage = 44.3%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Write-in

|candidate =

|votes = 49

|percentage = 0.4%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 10,945

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2000AbstractBook.pdf|title=State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 2000|publisher=Colorado Secretary of State|access-date=January 7, 2018}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 765

|percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 765

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 election, 2000}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 9,566

|percentage = 74.9%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Russ J. Haddad

|votes = 3,208

|percentage = 25.1%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 12,774

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 2002{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2002AbstractBook.pdf|title=State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 2002|publisher=Colorado Secretary of State|access-date=January 7, 2018}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 2,372

|percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 2,372

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado House District 50 election, 2002}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tambor Williams

|votes = 9,370

|percentage = 77.6%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Lester W. Edgett

|votes = 2,712

|percentage = 22.4%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 12,082

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=Colorado gubernatorial election, 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2010AbstractBook.pdf|title=2010 Abstract of Votes Cast|publisher=Colorado Secretary of State|access-date=January 6, 2018}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John Hickenlooper/Joseph García

|votes = 915,436

|percentage = 51.1%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = American Constitution Party

|candidate = Tom Tancredo/Pat Miller

|votes = 652,376

|percentage = 36.4%

}}