Edie Hooton

Edie Hooton
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 10th district
In office
January 11, 2017 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byDickey Lee Hullinghorst
Succeeded byJunie Joseph
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJim Hooton
OccupationPolitician

Edie Hooton is a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 10, which covered a portion of Boulder County. She was first elected in 2016, succeeding Dickey Lee Hullinghorst.

In her early political career, Hooton worked as an aide to Alaska State Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp and U.S. Senator Mike Gravel. She moved to Boulder County in 1997 and served as President of the Democratic Women of Boulder County before taking office.[1][2]

Hooton serves on the House Energy & Environment Committee, the House Transportation & Local Government Committee, and the Capitol Development Committee.[3]

Elections

Hooton was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016; she won the Democratic primary with 51.24% of the vote against opponent Angelique Espinoza and ran unopposed in the general election.[4]

In 2022, Hooton initially ran for re-election to her District 10 state house seat. She ran unopposed in and won the Democratic primary held on June 28, 2022.[5] However, in an undated statement released about August 1, 2022, Hooton announced she was dropping out of the race, stating "My husband Jim retired three years ago, and I want to spend more time with him and my adult children and pursue personal interests." A vacancy committee selected a replacement candidate for the November general election.[6][7]

Election history

2016

Colorado House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edie Hooton 4,364 51.24
Democratic Angelique Espinoza 4,152 48.76

2018

Colorado House of Representatives, District 10, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edie Hooton 36,310 86.8
Republican Murl Hendrickson IV 4,152 13.2

2020

Colorado House of Representatives, District 10, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edie Hooton 39,269 85.4
Republican Kenneth Stickney 6,733 14.6

2022

Colorado House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edie Hooton 12,451 100.00

References

  1. ^ "About Edie". Edie Hooton - Boulder Democrat for State House. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Edie Hooton: State House, District 10". Daily Camera. October 15, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Representative Edie Hooton". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Edie Hooton". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "Colorado election results: June 28, 2022, 2022 primary election: official results: state Representative - District 10 - Democratic Party". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. July 25, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Hooton, Edie (n.d.). "Passing The Torch" (Press release). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  7. ^ Herrick, John (August 17, 2022). "Boulder Councilmember Junie Joseph is poised to make history with election to state Capitol". The Boulder Reporting Lab. Retrieved August 19, 2022.


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