Tag: Ben Campbell
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Ben Campbell, former US senator from Colorado and advocate for Native American rights, dies at age 92
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who represented Colorado for two terms beginning in 1993 and was the first Native American elected to the chamber since the 1920s, died Tuesday, his family and close associates confirmed. He was 92. Campbell, a former Democratic state lawmaker from Ignacio, represented the 3rd Congressional District for two terms…
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TRAIL MIX | Ken Salazar’s roots, political rise tell a uniquely Colorado story
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They go way back. On July 28, U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper introduced their predecessor and fellow Democrat Ken Salazar at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Salazar’s nomination to be ambassador to Mexico. During his remarks, Hickenlooper noted that he first…