Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.)

Has left the race
about this candidate
BORN
December 20, 1945
CURRENT HOME
Denver, Colorado
BIRTHPLACE
Denver, Colorado
EDUCATION
University of Northern Colorado
CURRENT JOB
US Congressman
RESUME HIGHLIGHTS
Headed the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank; founded and still chairs the bipartisan Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, which passed the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act in 2005; member of both the House International Relations and Resources Committees; authored the Sudan Peace Act which was signed in 2002 by President George W. Bush; appointed as Denver regional representative for the Department of Education by Ronald Reagan
ELECTIVE OFFICES
Represented Colorado's 6th Congressional district since 1998
books
"In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's border and Security"
FAMILY
Wife Jackie, two children, five grandchildren
campaign contact
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