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Mount Virtus (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
My post-election commentary on the impact for teachers unions and education reform was published today in the Denver Post. A key section to whet your appetite: Peter Groff’s Democratic peers voted to re-elect him as state Senate president, and Rep. Terrance Carroll was selected to become the new speaker of the House. Supporters of public school parental [...]
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U.S. News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
5. Colorado is poised to become the first in the United States to have black lawmakers leading both of its legislative chambers. Sen. Peter Groff is the Senate president and Rep. Terrance Carroll has been nominated as speaker of the House.
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SquareState.net - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Senate: President: Senator Peter Groff President Pro Tempore: Senator Betty Boyd Senate Majority Leader: Senator Brandon Shaffer Assistant Majority Leader: Senator Lois Tochtrop Caucus Chair: Senator Suzanne Williams Joint Budget Committee: Senator Moe Keller (chair), Senator Abel Tapia House: Speaker of the House, Rep. Terrance Carroll, Denver Majority Leader, Rep. Paul Weissmann, Louisville...
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Mount Virtus (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Colorado soon will have a black Speaker of the House to go along with a black Senate President (Peter Groff). The Denver Post reports today that the Democratic caucus in the state house has thrown its support behind Denver’s Terrance Carroll to replace Andrew Romanoff in one of the state’s highest political positions. Moving beyond [...]
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The Thicket at State Legislatures (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
by Karl Kurtz Colorado Democrats made legislative history today by electing Rep. Terrance Carroll (left) as speaker of the House and re-electing Peter Groff (right) as Senate president. It will be the first time in American history that the presiding...
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ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
As the Rocky Mountain News reports: Democrats today elected Rep. Terrance Carroll of Denver as their speaker after a wild race for the top post in Colorado's House of Representatives. In addition, Senate Democrats re-elected Peter Groff of Denver as their Senate president. That means for the first time that two black men hold the most powerful positions in Colorado's legislature, where...