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  Buchanan, Mary Estill
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  1980-01-01  
 
NameMary Estill Buchanan
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Boulder, Colorado , United States
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Born November 15, 1934 (89 years)
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Aug 22, 2020 01:00pm
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InfoColorado Secretary of State (1974-1983)

American politician, Secretary of the State of Colorado from 1974-1983. She was a widow at age 22, gave birth to her second child and graduated from Wellesley College in the same 12-month period. With an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1962, shee became a labor-management consultant. She remarried, had four more children and divorced in 1976. Two years prior to her divorce she was elected Colorado's secretary of state. Four years later she was re-elected to a second term. In 1980 the Republican ran against Colorado Senator Gary Hart, a Democrat, for his Senate seat. She lost by a narrow margin.


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  08/09/1988 CO District 2 - R Primary Lost 46.51% (-6.99%)
  11/04/1980 CO US Senate Lost 48.68% (-1.64%)
  09/09/1980 CO US Senate - R Primary Won 30.84% (+0.73%)
  11/07/1978 CO Secretary of State Won 67.10% (+35.75%)
  09/12/1978 CO Secretary of State - R Primary Won 71.64% (+43.27%)
  11/05/1974 CO Secretary of State Won 50.77% (+4.47%)
  09/10/1974 CO Secretary of State - R Primary Won 62.54% (+25.09%)
  03/21/1974 CO Secretary of State - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/08/1970 University of Colorado Regent - At-Large - R Primary Lost 21.98% (-9.05%)
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