John Andrews | |
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![]() Andrews in 2013 | |
President of the Colorado Senate | |
In office January 8, 2003 – January 12, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Stan Matsunaka |
Succeeded by | Joan Fitz-Gerald |
Member of the Colorado Senate from the 27th district | |
In office January 6, 1999 – January 12, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Mike Coffman |
Succeeded by | Nancy Spence |
Personal details | |
Born | Allegan, Michigan, U.S. | May 1, 1944
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Donna |
Children | 3 |
Education | Principia College (BA) |
John Andrews (born May 1, 1944) is an American former Republican politician and conservative activist who served as a Colorado state senator from 1998 to 2005, and Senate President from 2003 to 2005.
Andrews previously served at the national level as a presidential speechwriter for Richard Nixon, making the only public protest resignation from the White House staff during Watergate,[1] and as an education appointee by Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.[2] He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado in 1990,[2] founder and president of the Independence Institute,[3] chairman of the State Policy Network, the director of TCI Cable News, the original host of Backbone Radio, editor of Imprimis at Hillsdale College, and a senior executive with two Christian ministries.[4]
A familiar voice in Colorado TV, radio, and newspaper commentary, he is also the author of Responsibility Reborn: A Citizen's Guide to the Next American Century (2011) and Backbone Colorado USA: Dispatches from the Divide (2015). From 2009 until his retirement in 2015, he was the director of the Centennial Institute, which hosts the Western Conservative Summit.
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