1. John Dendahl was an American business executive, Republican politician, and syndicated columnist from New Mexico.
15 Facts About John Dendahl
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John Dendahl was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame and the New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame.
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John Dendahl's parents were John D and Eleanor Dendahl.
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The elder John Dendahl owned a merchant business established in 1901 by his grandfather, Johann, and operated by the family for three generations.
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John Dendahl attended public schools and graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1956.
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John Dendahl attended the University of Colorado in Boulder and graduated in 1961 with bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and business administration.
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John Dendahl was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was the university's Outstanding Senior Athlete in 1960.
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Later, Dendahl was the first chief financial officer of the then-new Santa Fe campus of St John's College.
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In 1983, John Dendahl became general manager of a partnership owning more than 20,000 acres of undeveloped land near Santa Fe.
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John Dendahl served as New Mexico's Secretary of Economic Development and Tourism from 1988 to 1990 a position he was appointed to by Governor Garrey Carruthers.
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In 1994 Dendahl unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor losing to Gary Johnson.
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In late 1994 John Dendahl was elected Chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, a position he held until 2003.
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John Dendahl was the Republican candidate for Governor of New Mexico in the 2006 election.
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John Dendahl became so on June 17,2006, when Dr JR Damron, the unopposed Republican who won the primary election, withdrew from the election due to a lack of funds after strong encouragement to do so by the Republican party chairman Allen Weh.
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John Dendahl was the only person nominated and became the party's general election nominee.