Abel Tapia

Abel J. Tapia
Member of the Colorado Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
January 11, 2003 – July 2010
Preceded byBill Thiebaut
Succeeded byAngela Giron
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 46th district
In office
January 13, 1999 – January 11, 2003[1]
Preceded byGilbert E. Romero
Succeeded byDorothy B. Butcher
Personal details
Born (1949-07-23) July 23, 1949 (age 75)
Pueblo, Colorado
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionEngineer
[2]

Abel J. Tapia is an American politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003 and the Colorado Senate from 2003 to 2010.[3] Tapia left the Senate when he was appointed director of the Colorado Lottery.[3]

Career

Prior to his time in the General Assembly, Tapia served as elected member of the District-60 school board and as the President of the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce.

On March 28, 2014, Tapia announced his candidacy for Colorado's 3rd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives.[4] He was defeated by Republican incumbent Scott Tipton.[2]

In 2020, Tapia was a candidate for the Pueblo County Commission, running on a platform of COVID-19 economy recovery, improving Pueblo's existing jail, supporting small businesses.[5] However, he was defeated in the June 2020 primary election by incumbent Garrison Ortiz.[6]

References

  1. ^ Ballotpedia. Abel Tapia. Viewed: 2017-01-29.
  2. ^ a b "Abel J. Tapia (D)". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. n.d. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Colorado Lottery August 2010 Community Update". Colorado Lottery. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  4. ^ Tapia, Abel. "Abel J. Tapia for Congress". Committee to elect Abel J. Tapia. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ^ Abel Tapia for Pueblo. "Abel on the Issues". Abel Tapia for Pueblo Commissioner. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. ^ "Election summary report, closed primary, Pueblo June 30, 2020" (PDF). Pueblo County Clerk. Pueblo County, Colorado. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2021-05-22.