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Owens was elected to statewide office as Colorado State Treasurer in 1994, where he was responsible for managing the state's $ 5 billion in investment funds. He served during this time on the board of Colorado's $ 25 billion pension fund, the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association
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termed "the test of his time." Conflicting budget measures in Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), which caps government spending, and the voter-endorsed Amendment 23, which mandates increases in education funding) combined with a nationwide recession to leave Colorado's budget 17% below 2001
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Owens currently serves as a senior director at the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP where he works on public policy and regulatory issues. He is on a number of public boards including Key Energy (NYSE:KEG); Cloud Peak Energy (NYSE); Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE:BBG), and Federal
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He debated public policy in person including well publicized debates with Democratic Chair Howard Dean on the Patriot Act before the ACLU National Convention in San Francisco; with Dr. Larry Summers at the Aspen Institute; with former Illinois Governor George Ryan on the death penalty at Michigan
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While in the Legislature, Owens was active in tax reform, privatization and school choice initiatives, sponsoring the nation's third charter school law. He served as chair of both the House and Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committees and as Chair of the National Conference of State
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and Coal Seam Fire ravaged much of Western Colorado, Owens made perhaps the first major press faux-pas of his tenure. Responding to a reporter's question following an aerial tour of the fires ("What does it look like up there?"), Owens said "It looks as if all of Colorado is burning today". Many
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where he served as vice president and president of the student body. While at Stephen F. Austin, Owens served as a coordinator of the Students for George Bush in George H.W. Bush's unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate. It was during this campaign that Owens would first meet future President
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Owens angered some conservatives by working with moderate Republican and Democratic legislators to craft and endorse what became known as Referendum C, essentially a 5-year timeout from TABOR's spending restrictions. National conservative leaders such as
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Upon entering office, Owens worked with a legislature controlled by his own Republican party to push through the largest tax cut package in state history, amounting to $ 1 billion in rate cuts to the
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by 8,300 votes (less than one percent of ballots cast). When he was inaugurated on January 12, 1999, Owens became Colorado's first Republican governor in 24 years. His platform was three pronged:
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While it was endorsed by every major newspaper in the state as well as the state Chamber of Commerce, it was nevertheless controversial. Owens served as Vice Chair and Chair of the
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western slope residents blamed Owens for driving away tourists with the press's truncated version of the quote ("All of Colorado is burning").
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Owens served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1982 until 1988, and as a state senator from 1988 to 1994, representing
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Owens married Frances Owens in January 1975, and divorced in 2010. The couple has three children, Monica Owens-Beauprez, Mark, and Brett.
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State University; with ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero on the Patriot Act at Northwestern State University; and with Justice
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T-REX combined new road funding from TRANS to widen and expand Interstate 25 through Denver with $ 460 million-worth of new
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In November 1999, Owens brought his transportation funding initiative to the ballot. Called TRANS, the $ 1.7 billion
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publicly criticized the measure and Owens’ support thereof. Referendum C passed with 52% of the vote in November 2005.
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concept that greatly reduced construction times, T-REX was finished in less than five years, and came in under budget.
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Owens currently works with Renewable Water Resources (RWR), a company proposing the export of water from Colorado's
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levels. A "glitch", as Owens termed it, in TABOR prevented the budget from rebounding once the recession reversed.
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Leading up to the 2004 primary, Owens caused some controversy in the Republican Party by announcing support for
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Owens was elected as the 40th Governor of Colorado in the 1998 governor's race, when he defeated
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transportation dollars on 28 road projects across the state. The keystone project was the
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Following his graduate work, Owens accepted a position in the Washington, D.C., office of
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Owens based his education reforms on expanding and empowering the already-established
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Owens won reelection in the 2002 governor's race by defeating Democratic nominee,
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lines to link downtown Denver with the Denver Tech Center. Through an innovative
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Legislatures (NCSL) Energy Committee, as well as on NCSL's executive committee.
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Owens was a regular participant and panelist at the World Economic Forum in
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In November 2003, Colorado voters rejected Owens’ water storage initiative,
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Video and transcript of Owens discussing President Bush's policies
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Owens was born in Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated from
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when Coors later announced his entry two days later.
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