Tambor Williams

Tambor Williams
Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
In office
August 2, 2004 – January 9, 2007
GovernorBill Owens
Preceded byRick O'Donnell
Succeeded byD. Rico Munn
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 50th district
In office
January 1997 – August 2, 2004
Preceded byPat Sullivan
Succeeded byPamela Groeger
Personal details
Born (1941-03-28) March 28, 1941 (age 83)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations		Democratic (formerly)
SpouseJim Eckersley
Children2
ResidenceGreeley, Colorado
Alma materQueens College
Western State College of Colorado
University of Colorado Law School

Tambor Williams (born March 28, 1941) is an American politician. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1997 until 2004, and was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 2010.

Biography

Williams was born in Washington, D.C. in 1941. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College in 1962, a Master of Arts from Western State College of Colorado in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School in 1982. Prior to law school, Williams worked as a teacher, school counselor, and university administrator.[1]

Williams registered as a Democrat for a short time, as her partner was running for sheriff as a Democrat.[2]

Williams was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1996, from Weld County. She served until 2004, when she was appointed by Governor Bill Owens as executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.[3][4]

In August 2010, Williams was selected by gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes to be his running mate.[5][6] The ticket finished third in the general election.

Personal life

Williams and her husband, Jim Eckersley, have two children: Jennifer and Bill.[1]

Political positions

Williams identifies as pro-life, supporting abortion only in certain cases; although in 1997 she opposed a bill which would have banned partial-birth abortion in the state of Colorado.[7][8]

Electoral history

Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 1,269 66.0%
Republican Norman G. Johnson 653 34.0%
Total votes 1,922 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 election, 1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 7,659 53.8%
Democratic Jim Riesberg 6,579 46.2%
Total votes 14,238 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 1998[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 1,406 56.9%
Republican Lea Faulkner 1,051 42.6%
Write-in 12 0.5%
Total votes 2,469 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 election, 1998[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 6,046 55.2%
Democratic Warren Lasell 4,850 44.3%
Write-in 49 0.4%
Total votes 10,945 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 765 100.0%
Total votes 765 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 election, 2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 9,566 74.9%
Libertarian Russ J. Haddad 3,208 25.1%
Total votes 12,774 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 Republican primary, 2002[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 2,372 100.0%
Total votes 2,372 100.0%
Colorado House District 50 election, 2002[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tambor Williams 9,370 77.6%
Libertarian Lester W. Edgett 2,712 22.4%
Total votes 12,082 100.0%
Colorado gubernatorial election, 2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Hickenlooper/Joseph García 915,436 51.1%
Constitution Tom Tancredo/Pat Miller 652,376 36.4%
Republican Dan Maes/Tambor Williams 199,792 11.1%
Libertarian Jaimes Brown/Ken Wyble 13,365 0.7%
Independent Jason R. Clark 8,601 0.5%
Independent Paul Fiorino/Heather McKibbin 3,492 0.2%
Write-in 86 <0.1%
Total votes 1,793,148 100.0%

References

  1. ^ a b "Tambor Williams' Biography". Project VoteSmart. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Hope Strogoff, Jody (August 20, 2010). "Maes picks former Democrat, Trial Lawyers Association member for LG". The Colorado Statesman. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  3. ^ "Owens picks Tambor Williams". Denver Business Journal. July 1, 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Birhanemaskel, Millete (July 1, 2004). "Tambor Williams to head regulatory agencies". Greeley Tribune. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Roberts, Michael (August 17, 2010). "Tambor Williams, Dan Maes's new running mate, a longtime insider, not a revolutionary". Westword. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Fender, Jessica (August 17, 2010). "Tambor Williams tapped as Maes running mate". The Denver Post. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  7. ^ Musgrave, Marilyn; Arrington, Barry (October 20, 2010). "Tambor Williams must think voters are pretty stupid". The Denver Post. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  8. ^ Fender, Jessica (August 17, 2010). "GOP's Maes picks ex-legislator Tambor Williams as running mate". The Denver Post. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1996" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1998" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 2000" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  12. ^ a b "State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 2002" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  13. ^ "2010 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
2010 		Succeeded by