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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • JD, University of Akron Law School, 1971-1975
  • Attended, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
  • BA, English/Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1966-1970

Professional Experience

  • JD, University of Akron Law School, 1971-1975
  • Attended, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
  • BA, English/Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1966-1970
  • Instructor, Law, Webster University
  • Ski Instructor, Monarch Ski Corporation
  • Co-Owner, Soda Straw Restaurant
  • Real Estate, Trans Western Properties
  • Attorney, Sole Practitioner, 1986-2009
  • Campaign Manager/Treasurer, Ken Barela for House District 19 Campaign, 2004
  • Attorney, Hill Corrigan Morgan and Krall, 1982-1986
  • Personnel Services Director, Holly Sugar Corporation, 1976-1982
  • Personnel Manager, Superior’s Meats, 1970-1975

Political Experience

  • JD, University of Akron Law School, 1971-1975
  • Attended, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
  • BA, English/Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1966-1970
  • Instructor, Law, Webster University
  • Ski Instructor, Monarch Ski Corporation
  • Co-Owner, Soda Straw Restaurant
  • Real Estate, Trans Western Properties
  • Attorney, Sole Practitioner, 1986-2009
  • Campaign Manager/Treasurer, Ken Barela for House District 19 Campaign, 2004
  • Attorney, Hill Corrigan Morgan and Krall, 1982-1986
  • Personnel Services Director, Holly Sugar Corporation, 1976-1982
  • Personnel Manager, Superior’s Meats, 1970-1975
  • Senator, Colorado State Senate, District 11, 2019-present
  • Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 18, 2011-2019
  • Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 11, 2018
  • Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 12, 2008

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Education Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Member, Legal Services Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Former Member, Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Vice Chair, Finance Committee

Chair, Joint Committee on Legal Services

Vice Chair, Joint Review Committee on Wildfire Matters

Chair, Judiciary Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, University of Akron Law School, 1971-1975
  • Attended, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1971
  • BA, English/Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1966-1970
  • Instructor, Law, Webster University
  • Ski Instructor, Monarch Ski Corporation
  • Co-Owner, Soda Straw Restaurant
  • Real Estate, Trans Western Properties
  • Attorney, Sole Practitioner, 1986-2009
  • Campaign Manager/Treasurer, Ken Barela for House District 19 Campaign, 2004
  • Attorney, Hill Corrigan Morgan and Krall, 1982-1986
  • Personnel Services Director, Holly Sugar Corporation, 1976-1982
  • Personnel Manager, Superior’s Meats, 1970-1975
  • Senator, Colorado State Senate, District 11, 2019-present
  • Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 18, 2011-2019
  • Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 11, 2018
  • Candidate, Colorado State Senate, District 12, 2008
  • Member, Amigos de SER
  • Member, Citizens Goals for Colorado Springs
  • Soccer Coach, Colorado Springs Park and Recreation
  • Member, Colorado Springs Private Industry Council
  • Member, Colorado State Bar Associations
  • Member, Consumer Credit Counseling Service
  • Member, El Paso County Bar Association
  • Metro Director, National Alliance of Business
  • Member, Silver Key Senior Services
  • Legislation Chair, United States of America Taekwondo Union
  • Member, Board of Directors, Manitou Springs Restorative Justice Council, 2006-2008
  • Member, Board of Directors, Pikes Peak Restorative Justice Council, 2008
  • Board Member, Pikes Peak Mental Health, 2007-2008
  • Vice Chair, Youth Transformation Center, 2006-2008
  • Board Member/President, Workout, Limited, 1977-2007
  • Volunteer Coordinator, John Morse for Senate Campaign, 2004

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Presidential Community Service Award; Omicron Delta Kappa, academic & leadership; Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honorary; Bancroft Whitney American Jurisprudence Award; Pikes Peak Marathon finisher; Tae-Kwon-Do Black Belt

Priority Issues:

- Public Education

  • - Healthcare
  • - Environment
  • - Restorative Justice
  • Spouse's Occupation:

    Chair, Pikes Peak Restorative Justice Council

  • Former Special Education Teacher
  • Special Education Teacher

    Policy Positions

    Colorado State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test

    Abortion

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

    1. Abortions should always be illegal.
    - No Answer

    2. Abortions should always be legal.
    - X

    3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
    - No Answer

    4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
    - No Answer

    5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
    - No Answer

    6. Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
    - No Answer

    7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
    - No Answer

    8. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Budget and Tax

    State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

    1. Education (Higher)
    - Slightly Increase

    2. Education (K-12)
    - Greatly Increase

    3. Emergency preparedness
    - Maintain Status

    4. Environment
    - Slightly Increase

    5. Health care
    - Greatly Increase

    6. Law enforcement
    - Maintain Status

    7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
    - Maintain Status

    8. Welfare
    - Slightly Increase

    9. Other or expanded categories
    - No Answer

    State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

    1. Alcohol taxes
    - Greatly Increase

    2. Cigarette taxes
    - Greatly Increase

    3. Corporate taxes
    - Slightly Increase

    4. Gasoline taxes
    - Slightly Increase

    5. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
    - Slightly Decrease

    6. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
    - Slightly Increase

    7. Sales taxes
    - Maintain Status

    8. Vehicle taxes
    - Maintain Status

    9. Other or expanded categories
    - No Answer

    10. Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
    - Yes

    11. Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
    - No Answer

    12. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
    - No Answer

    13. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Campaign Finance and Government Reform

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

    1. Do you support the current limit of terms for Colorado governors?
    - No

    2. Do you support the current limit of terms for Colorado state senators and representatives?
    - No

    Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

    1. Individual
    - Yes

    2. PAC
    - Yes

    3. Corporate
    - Yes

    4. Political Parties
    - Yes

    5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
    - Yes

    6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
    - Yes

    7. Should Colorado participate in the federal REAL ID program?
    - No

    Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

    1. Other or expanded principles
    - f) as I understand it.

    Crime

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

    1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
    - No Answer

    2. Support the death penalty in Colorado.
    - No Answer

    3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
    - X

    4. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
    - X

    5. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
    - No Answer

    6. Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
    - No Answer

    7. Support hate crime legislation.
    - X

    8. Other or expanded principles
    - Expand restorative justice programs, particularly for juveniles.

    Education

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

    1. Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
    - X

    2. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
    - No Answer

    3. Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
    - X

    4. Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
    - No Answer

    5. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
    - No Answer

    6. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
    - No Answer

    7. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
    - X

    8. Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
    - No Answer

    9. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
    - X

    10. Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Colorado to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
    - X

    11. Other or expanded principles
    - h) school merit pay.

    Employment

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

    1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
    - X

    2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
    - X

    3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
    - X

    4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
    - X

    5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
    - X

    6. Increase the state minimum wage.
    - X

    7. Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
    - X

    8. Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
    - X

    9. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
    - X

    10. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
    - X

    11. Prohibit union membership and dues being a condition of employment (right-to-work laws).
    - No Answer

    12. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Environment and Energy

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

    1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
    - X

    2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
    - X

    3. Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
    - X

    4. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
    - X

    5. Support funding for improvements to Colorado's power generating and transmission facilities.
    - X

    6. Support funding for open space preservation.
    - X

    7. Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
    - X

    8. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
    - X

    9. Other or expanded principles
    - Comprehensive energy plan to reduce reliance on foreign oil & carbon fuels and increase incentives for alternate renewable energy.

    Gun

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

    1. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
    - Yes

    2. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
    - No Answer

    3. Should a license be required for gun possession?
    - Yes

    4. Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
    - Yes

    5. Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
    - Yes

    6. Other or expanded principles
    - I support the constitutional rt to guns and want to see enforcement of existing laws.

    Health

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

    1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
    - X

    2. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
    - No Answer

    3. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
    - X

    4. Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
    - X

    5. Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
    - X

    6. Legalize physician assisted suicide in Colorado.
    - X

    7. Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
    - X

    8. Other or expanded principles
    - I support expanded access to comprehensive and affordable care, single payer should be seriously considered.

    Social

    Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

    1. Should Colorado recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
    - Yes

    2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
    - Yes

    3. Should Colorado provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
    - Yes

    4. Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
    - Undecided

    5. Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
    - No Answer

    6. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
    - No

    7. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
    - Undecided

    8. Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
    - No Answer

    9. Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
    - Yes

    10. Should Colorado continue affirmative action programs?
    - Yes

    11. Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
    - Yes

    12. Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
    - Yes

    13. Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
    - Undecided

    14. Other or expanded principles
    - No Answer

    Legislative Priorities

    1. Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
    - I want to ensure that our children and grandchildren have the same opportunities to live and thrive in this magnificent Colorado environment as I did. To that end, I will work to provide 21st Century educational opportunities which requires reducing the drop out rates and closing the achievement gap, increasing the availability of affordable and comprehensive health care and encouraging Colorado's emergence as the alternative renewable energy center of the US to create high paying jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil and carbon energy sources.

    Events

    2020

    Jun. 24
    Jun. 20
    Fair Tax Colorado Virtual Town Hall

    Sat 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT

    https://www.facebook.com/RepCathyKipp/

    Apr. 28
    Virtual Town Hall w/ Sen Lee, Rep Exum, & Rep Snyder

    Tue 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MDT

    Representative Marc Snyder Denver, CO