Bill Cadman

Infobox State Representative
name=Bill Cadman

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state_senate=Colorado
state=Colorado
district=10th
term_start=December 11, 2007
preceded=Ron May
succeeded=Incumbent
office2 = Member of the Colorado House of Representativesfrom the 15th district
term_start2 = January 10 2001
term_end2 = December 10, 2007
predecessor2 = Ron May
successor2 = Douglas Bruce
date of birth=October 4, 1960
place of birth=Hollywood, Maryland
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spouse=Lisa
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party=Republican|

Bill Lee Cadman (born October 4, 1960) is a Colorado legislator. First elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 200, Cadman was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Colorado State Senate in 2007. He currently represents Senate District 10, which covers eastern Colorado Springs, Colorado and rural eastern El Paso County. [http://comaps.org/district10s.html COMaps: State Senate District 10 ] ]

Biography

Born in Hollywood, Maryland, Cadman earned a bachelor's degree from California State University in 1989 before settling in Colorado. Cadman worked as the office manager for U.S. Representative Joel Hefley from 1994 to 2000. From 1996 to 1998, Cadman was a board member of the Colorado Republican Party. Cadman is married; he and his wife, Lisa, have two children, Austin and Alex. [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=MCO55731 Project Vote Smart - Senator Bill L. Cadman - Biography ] ]

In 2000, he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, representing House District 15, which covered eastern Colorado Springs, Colorado. [http://comaps.org/district15h.html COMaps: State Representative District 15 ] ] Cadman rose to become House Majority Whip during the 2003-2004 session.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetdir.nsf/675eb075f82b631e0725664800599ae4/ef6748c6451fcc4287256af00077bd4f?OpenDocument] . Cadman won re-election to four terms in the house, defeating a series of Democratic opponents (Steven Bell in 2000, Charley Johnson in 2002, Bill Martin in 2004, and Allison Hunter in 2006), each time claiming more than 65% of the vote. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20001108/ai_n9977604 GOP does well in House/ Cloer takes17th; Dean, King, Schultheis also | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs) | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] [http://comaps.org/district15h.html COMaps: State Representative District 15 ] ] During his time in the majority, Cadman sponsored legislation on the subjects of immigration, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20070122/ai_n17151762 Local delegation's take on agenda varied | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs) | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] , eviction practices, [http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7540 Colorado Springs Independent : Local News : Local News : Power Play ] ] , and domestic violence laws. [http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A9656 Colorado Springs Independent : Opinions : Newsbriefs : News Briefs ] ] .

After Democrats took control of the legislature in 2004, Cadman served as Minority Caucus Chair. In 2005, Cadman was a vocal opponent of Colorado's 2006 indoor smoking ban.cite news |first=Carlyn |last=Mitchell |title=House Oks indoor smoking ban |url=http://www2.gazette.com/display.php?id=1314584&secid=1
work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=11 February 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-03 ] .

In the current 2007 legislative session, Cadman sat on the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, and on the legislature's Joint Computer Management Committee.cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/directory.nsf/HouCommWp?OpenView |title=House Committees of Reference |accessdate=2007-12-11 |format=html |work=Colorado General Assembly]

Term-limited in the state house, Cadman filed to run for the Colorado Senate in the 2008 legislative elections, seeking the seat held by Senator Ron May, who was himself term-limited. Upon May's resignation in October 2007, Cadman soughtcite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Bruce will reveal plans 2 weeks early |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/bruce_28707___article.html/republican_colorado.html
work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=20 October 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-03 ] and unanimously won a vacancy appointment to May's seat in the Colorado Senate.cite news |first=R. Scott |last=Rappold |title=Cadman appointed to senate seat |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/cadman_29318___article.html/senate_term.html
work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=4 November 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-03 ] He resigned from the state house on December 10, 2007, and was sworn in to the state senate on December 11. He faces opposition in the 2008 elections from Democrat Diane Whitley. [http://www.gazette.com/articles/whitley_30758___article.html/seat_writer.html Headlines: Ranchland News writer wants state senate seat | whitley, seat, writer - Gazette.com ] ]

Cadman has announced plans to introduce legislation in the state senate to restrict the state of Colorado's eminent domain powers, which he claims impedes oil and mineral development, and to streamline the automobile registration process by allowing multiple-year registration.cite news |first=Julia C. |last=Martinez |title=Governor's mansion decked out |url=http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_7618780
work=Denver Post |date=2 December 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-03 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/house/members/hou15.htm Legislative web page]