Senate District #7

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State Senators

Total of 35 Colorado state senators Elected from single member districts

Serve four year terms

Can serve a maximum of eight years Two full terms

Steve King Claudette Konola

51 years oldBorn in MichiganGrand Junction

resident for 33 years

Has 3 high school age sons

Married for 20 years

58 years oldBorn in S. Dakota to

a family of minersDenver resident for

17 yearsWestern Colorado

resident for past 30 years

Biographies and Personal Information

Steve King Claudette Konola

Mesa State College graduate

Earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology

Minor in political science

University of Colorado graduate

Earned a bachelor’s degree in finance

Education

Steve King Claudette Konola

State representative for past 4 years

Previously worked 28 years with GJPD and MCSO Currently active

between sessions

30 years of financing experience

Large scale lending to companies with $100 million+ annual revenues

Worked with nonprofits lending to small businesses

Never held a public office

Previous Service

CLAUDETTE KONOLA

Platform Issues

Education

Primary and secondary education must have funding priority

Budget cutbacks at schools must not cut teachers

Keep Colorado’s universities public

Good education is essential to job creation

Find an alternate way of testing besides CSAP style testing

Jobs

Most new jobs are created by entrepreneurs

Small business is the backbone of our economy

Tweak existing lending programs to make them more accessible to small business

Financial Reform

Wants to reform how Colorado’s unemployment benefits are funded Currently through a large New York bank

Lower principal on small business loans but raise interest rates Easier to start up

STEVE KING

Platform Issues

Jobs

Cut taxes to encourage growth of small business

Eliminate many regulations on new businesses

Eliminate redundant regulations on companies in the oil and gas industry Bring more of them back to Colorado

Public Safety

Make people convicted of felonies submit to DNA collection In case of repeat offenses, they are easier to identify

Require all businesses to offer some form of personal defense training

2nd Amendment Rights

Will fight against anything that infringes on right to bear arms

Believes guns should be allowed on all college campuses

Eliminate certain criteria for obtaining a concealed carry permit

Research Done By: Austin Dougless

Haley Hrncir

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