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Colorado Becomes First State to Elect Both a Black House Speaker & Black Senate President

by: David Sirota

Fri Nov 07, 2008 at 17:30

My state legislator here in Denver, Terrence Carroll, makes history:

Colorado is poised to become the first state in the nation to select black lawmakers to lead both legislative chambers after House Democrats on Thursday nominated Rep. Terrance Carroll as speaker of the House.

It's been a pretty incredible year here in Colorado on race issues. We voted for Barack Obama, became the first state to reject Ward Connerly's anti-affirmative action ballot measure, and now we are the first state in American history with both a black House Speaker and black Senate President. Pretty awesome.

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All the more impressive (0.00 / 0)

Considering the State is less than 5% AA. I guess this really shows how Obama could win in the Mountain West (and maybe even add the Dakotas, Arizona and Montana to the list next time). Those states have a strong Libertarian tilt, but do not have the same racially divisive history as the South or even the upper Midwest/Northeast. Once the Republicans proved that "small government" was always a fake concept and started invading the personal lives of all Americans, those states were willing to move in a new direction.

by: elhuevon @ Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:24:00 AM CST

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