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First Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R97@0661.01 CJ

STATE OF COLORADO




BY REPRESENTATIVE Lamborn;

also SENATOR J. Johnson.


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-1014

WHEREAS, Jim Nicholson, an Englewood businessman, was recently elected chairman of the Republican National Committee; and

WHEREAS, Governor Roy Romer was recently elected general chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and

WHEREAS, For the first time in history, two Coloradans will simultaneously lead the nation's two largest and oldest political parties; and

WHEREAS, Both of these political parties play significant roles in the political and economic lives of the citizens of Colorado, with the Republican party currently having 843,815 registered voters in Colorado and the Democratic party currently having 737,227 registered voters in Colorado; and

WHEREAS, The state of Colorado will gain in national stature from having two effective spokesmen from this state leading their respective National Committees; and

WHEREAS, These positions are national party posts that require competent leaders who are willing and able to work in a bipartisan manner in order to overcome the challenges of partisan gridlock; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

That we, the members of the General Assembly, hereby congratulate Jim Nicholson on being elected chairman of the Republican National Committee and Governor Roy Romer on being elected general chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Be It Further Resolved, That we, the members of the General Assembly, hereby encourage Jim Nicholson and Governor Roy Romer to work together as part of a bipartisan effort to resolve and address the important issues they will be facing.

Be It Further Resolved, That the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Senate offer their support to Jim Nicholson and Governor Roy Romer in carrying out their duties.

Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to

Jim Nicholson and Governor Roy Romer.