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Rollie Heath

American politician (born 1937)

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American politician (born 1937)

Field	Value
name	Rollie Heath
image	Rollie Heath.jpeg
office1	Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate
term_start1	October 9, 2013
term_end1	January 7, 2015
predecessor1	Morgan Carroll
successor1	Mark Scheffel
state_senate2	Colorado
district2	18th
term_start2	January 7, 2009
term_end2	January 11, 2017
predecessor2	Ron Tupa
successor2	Steve Fenberg
birth_date
birth_place	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
party	Democratic
spouse
education	University of Wisconsin, Madison (BS, JD)
website

Stratton Rollins Heath Jr. (born December 28, 1937) is an American politician and former state legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado who previously served as the Colorado State Senate Assistant Minority Leader. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Democrat in 2008, Heath represented Senate District 18, which encompasses Boulder, Colorado and portions of Boulder County. Heath served as State Senate Majority Caucus Leader from October 2013 to 2014. Prior to winning elective office, Heath was the founding chairman of ProgressNow, a progressive advocacy organization. Term limited, he did not run for re-election in the 2016 elections, so his term ended in January 2017. Heath is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder.

Political career

Heath was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2002. He lost to incumbent Republican governor Bill Owens.

Legislative career

2008 election

Heath faced University of Colorado Regent Cindy Carlisle in the August 12, 2008, 18th District Democratic primary, defeating her 56% to 44%.

Heath was unopposed in the November 2008 general election. Heath's candidacy was endorsed by the Denver Post and the Boulder Daily Camera.

Colorado General Assembly

For the 2009 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Heath was named to seats on the Senate Business, Labor, and Technology Committee, the Senate Education Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee.

In November 2008, Heath was named to a special legislative Committee on Job Creation and Economic Growth, tasked with developing recommendations on bolstering Colorado's economy before the 2009 legislative session. Heath has sponsored legislation to re-instate the Colorado Credit Reserve program to assist small businesses in obtaining loans, and in 2008 announced plans to sponsor legislation to provide matching funds to startup companies in the "clean energy" field.

On October 9, 2013, Heath was elected as Majority Leader of the Colorado State Senate after the preceding Majority Leader Morgan Carroll was elected to replace recalled Colorado State Senator John Morse as president of the Colorado Senate.

References

"State Senate District 18". COMaps.
(August 8, 2011). "Happy 50th Anniversary, Josie & Rollie!". Colorado Statesman.
Ballotpedia. [https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_State_Senate_elections,_2016 Retiring incumbents]. Viewed: 2016-01-13.
(2002-11-06). "The 2002 Elections: West; Colorado". The New York Times.
Norris, Wendy. (3 November 2008). "State candidate endorsement watch". Colorado Independent.
Jensen, Erika. (13 November 2008). "Senate Democrats Announce Committee Assignments". The Cherry Creek News.
Mook, Bob. (13 January 2009). "Bill to boost small-business loans reaches Senate". Denver Business Journal.
Sealover, Ed. (30 December 2008). "Jobs will be legislature's job No. 1". Rocky Mountain News.
Ivan Moreno. (October 9, 2013). "Rollie Heath named Colorado Senate majority leader". dailycamera.com.

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