Bill Ritter

Bill Ritter
41st Governor of Colorado
In office
January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011
LieutenantBarbara O'Brien
Preceded byBill Owens
Succeeded byJohn Hickenlooper
District Attorney of Denver
In office
June 1993 – January 11, 2005
Appointed byRoy Romer
Preceded byNorm Early
Succeeded byMitchell R. Morrissey
Personal details
Born
August William Ritter Jr.

(1956-09-06) September 6, 1956 (age 67)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1983)
Children4
EducationColorado State University, Fort Collins (BA)
University of Colorado, Boulder (JD)
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August William Ritter Jr. (born September 6, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the district attorney for Denver before his election to the governorship in 2006.

Ritter was the first Colorado-born person to be elected as Governor of Colorado since 1975, as well as being the first Democratic officeholder in 50 years to serve with a Democratic majority in the Colorado General Assembly. Ritter did not run for a second term in 2010.[1] Ritter announced that he would not run for a second term due to family reasons. He supported fellow Democrat John Hickenlooper, who was elected to the governorship.

  1. ^ Bartels, Lynn (January 5, 2010). "Sources: Ritter expected to withdraw from governor's race". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

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