Bob Hagedorn

Infobox State Senator
name = Bob Hagedorn

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state_senate=Colorado
state = Colorado
district = 29th
term_start = January 10, 2001
preceded =
succeeded =
office2 = Member of the Colorado House of Representativesfrom the 15th district
term_start2 = January 1993
term_end2 = January 10, 2001cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS2004a/csljournals.nsf/3C2D62D305D3DAB18725698300768538/938CD80DED618BFF87256DDE0054D486/$FILE/Jn07.pdf |title=House Journal - January 7, 2004 |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=pdf |work=Colorado General Assembly ]
predecessor2 =
successor2 = Michael Garcia
date of birth = Bda|1952|02|16
place of birth = Elizabeth City, North Carolina
date of death =
place of death =
spouse = "none"
profession =
religion = Presbyterian
party = Democrat

Bob Hagedorn (born February 16, 1952)is a Colorado legislator. A journalist by training, Hagedorn was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992. After serving eight years in the state house, Hagedorn was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004, representing Senate District 29, which includes central Aurora, Colorado.Cite web| url=http://comaps.org/district29s.html | title=State Senate District 29 | accessdate=2007-11-12 | format=html | work=COMaps ] .

Early career

Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolinacite web |url=http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=2667 |title=Senator Hagedorn |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=html |work=Project Vote Smart] into a military family, Hagedorn's family settled in Aurora, Colorado in 1965 and he attended local schools, graduating from Aurora Central High School in 1970. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1974, and then a master's degree in urban affairs from the University of Colorado at Denver in 1979.cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20041213002503/senbob.com/bio.html |title=About State Senator Bob Hagedorn |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=html |work=Re-elect Bob Hagedorn ]

Hagedorn has worked as a political science instructor at Metropolitan State College of Denver, and served on its faculty from 1990 to 2004. He has also worked in the fields of marketing and public relations, as well as journalism, working as the editor of the "Capitol Hill Neighborhood News". From 1998 to 2004, Hagedorn sat on the Board of Directors of Arapahoe House, a non-profit provider of drug and alcohol treatment services.cite web |url=http://www.knowledgemessenger.com/prod/ViewNewsletter.asp?id=646&App=senbob |title=E-Newsletter #3 |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=html |work=Bob Hagedorn Senate District 29 ]

Legislative career

Hagedorn was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1992 and re-elected three times, including a 1996 re-election after struggling with binge drinking and time in rehab following his mother's cancer diagnosis.cite news |first=Lynn |last=Bartels |title='No turning a blind eye' at Statehouse |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/04/garcias-days-in-politics-over-observers-say/
work=Rocky Mountain News |date=4 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-04 ] During his time in the state house, Hagedorn worked on issues including patient protection legislation, and prevention strategies in the criminal justice system, and was named by the Democratic Leadership Council as one of "100 to Watch" among young Democratic officeholders.cite news |title=100 to Watch: Bob Hagedorn |url=http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=104&subid=210&contentid=1853
work=New Democrat Magazine |date=1 August 2000 |accessdate=2007-11-18 ] Term-limited, Hagedorn went on to serve in the Colorado State Senate, elected in 2000 and 2004 to represent the solidly Democratic district. Hagedorn emphasized health care issues in particular during his Senate tenure and his 2004 re-election campaign.cite web |url=http://www.knowledgemessenger.com/prod/ViewNewsletter.asp?id=420&App=senbob |title=E-Newsletter #1 |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=html |work=Bob Hagedorn Senate District 29 ] cite web |url=http://www.knowledgemessenger.com/prod/ViewNewsletter.asp?id=500&App=senbob |title=E-Newsletter #2 |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=html |work=Bob Hagedorn Senate District 29 ]

In the 2007 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Hagedorn served as chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and as a member of the Senate Transportation Committeecite web |url=http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/Senate/members/Sen29.htm |title=Senator Bob Hagedorn |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=html |work=Colorado General Assembly] In past Senate sessions, Hagedorn has served on the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. During the 2007 session, Hagedorn successfully sponsored legislation to establish a state prescription drug discount program -- the first bill signed into law by Gov. Bill Rittercite news |first=Jeri |last=Clausing |title=Ritter signs his first bill into law |url=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_5165157
work=Denver Post |date=5 February 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-18 ] -- and to declare John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" the second official state song.cite news |first=J.C. |last=O'Connell |title=Aurora legislators give session high marks for local bills |url=http://www.aurorasentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=8&ArticleID=16001
work=Aurora Sentinel |date=9 May 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-18 ]

Hagedorn has been named "Legislator of the Year" by a wide range of groups, including the American Cancer Society in 2000, the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry awarded him in 1995 and 1999 and the Colorado Association of Public Employees in 2004.

References

External links

* [http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/Senate/members/Sen29.htm Legislative web page]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041213000853/senbob.com/index.html 2004 campaign website] (Internet Archive)