1. Evie Hudak was born on 1951 and is an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 19th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2009 to 2013.
20 Facts About Evie Hudak
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Evie Hudak unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the state house in the 1994 election, but lost to Republican nominee Mark Paschall.
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Evie Hudak was elected and reelected to the state board of education in 2000 and 2006.
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Evie Hudak was elected to the state senate in the 2008 election and her reelection in the 2012 election was attributed to a spoiler candidate.
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Evie Hudak resigned in 2013 rather than face a recall election and was replaced by Rachel Zenzinger.
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Evie Hudak married Edward Hudak, with whom she had one child.
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Evie Hudak has a bachelor of Arts degree in English and education.
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Evie Hudak ran for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 29th district with the Democratic nomination in the 1994 election, but lost to Republican nominee Mark Paschall and placed ahead of independent candidate Joanne Conte.
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Evie Hudak was elected to a seat on the Colorado State Board of Education from the 2nd congressional district with the Democratic nomination in the 2000 election against Republican nominee Ron J Marquez.
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Evie Hudak was reelected without opposition in the 2006 election.
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Angelika Schroeder was selected to replace her on the Board of Election after Evie Hudak was elected to the Colorado Senate in the 2008 election.
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Evie Hudak supported Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries.
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Evie Hudak won the Democratic nomination without opposition and defeated Republican nominee Libby Szabo in the general election.
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Evie Hudak defeated Republican nominee Lang Sias and Libertarian nominee Lloyd A Sweeny in the 2012 election.
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Sweeny was considered a spoiler candidate as Evie Hudak won with a plurality of the vote.
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Evie Hudak stated that she resigned in order for $200,000 to not be spent on a recall election.
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Representative Tracy Kraft-Tharp initially ran to be appointed to replace Evie Hudak, but dropped out and endorsed former Representative Sara Gagliardi.
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Evie Hudak served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for Hillary Clinton from the 7th congressional district during the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.
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Evie Hudak endorsed Andrew Romanoff for the Democratic nomination during the 2020 United States Senate election.
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Evie Hudak sponsored legislation to prohibit leg shackles and waist restraints on women in prison during childbirth.