1. Marilyn Musgrave served as the Region Two representative for the Republican Steering Committee.
40 Facts About Marilyn Musgrave
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Marilyn Musgrave was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Colorado.
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Marilyn Musgrave was involved in the Fort Morgan Right To Life chapter, at one time serving as its president.
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Marilyn Musgrave was then elected to the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1992, and served there until after her successful 1998 campaign for a Colorado State Senate seat.
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In 2002, Marilyn Musgrave ran for the Fourth Congressional District seat being vacated by Bob Schaffer.
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Marilyn Musgrave is a devout Pentecostal, and was one of three Pentecostals serving in the 110th Congress.
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Marilyn Musgrave was one of the most conservative members of the state legislature, often sparring with more socially moderate and liberal legislators.
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Marilyn Musgrave staunchly opposed granting civil unions and marriage for same-sex couples.
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In 2002, after Congressman Bob Schaffer retired, Marilyn Musgrave ran for and won the Republican nomination to succeed him.
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Marilyn Musgrave received a big boost in the primary when she gained the endorsements of Schaffer and former Senator William Armstrong.
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Marilyn Musgrave had been favored most of the way due to her large campaign war chest and the district's traditional Republican lean.
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Marilyn Musgrave claimed that Musgrave neglected the 4th's needs and provided poor constituent services.
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Marilyn Musgrave won most of the counties in this large and mostly rural district by margins of 2-to-1 or more.
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Marilyn Musgrave lost the district's share of Boulder County, including Longmont.
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The ads featured an actress dressed up like Marilyn Musgrave picking a corpse's pocket and stealing from a soldier in combat.
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Marilyn Musgrave lost Larimer County by an even larger margin than in 2004.
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Marilyn Musgrave ran for a fourth term in the 2008 election, held on November 4,2008.
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Marilyn Musgrave's opponent was Betsy Markey, the regional director for Senator Ken Salazar in the 4th.
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Marilyn Musgrave lost Weld County by 5,700 votes after having carried it in her previous bids, sealing her defeat.
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Marilyn Musgrave has taken trips sponsored by The Heritage Foundation and Club for Growth.
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Marilyn Musgrave sponsored of the unsuccessful Federal Marriage Amendment in the 108th and 109th Congresses, originally drafted by the Alliance for Marriage.
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Marilyn Musgrave is an original cosponsor of the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.
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Marilyn Musgrave received the support of the Susan B Anthony List as a candidate and now works for the organization.
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Marilyn Musgrave opposes public funding for embryonic stem cell research on abortion-related grounds, and was a vocal proponent of the 2005 congressional intervention into the Terri Schiavo case:.
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In 2003, a Marilyn Musgrave submitted an amendment to the Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act, which would have prevented distribution of contraception to runaway teen.
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Marilyn Musgrave strongly opposes gun control and successfully passed an amendment prohibiting the enforcement of a federal requirement to sell trigger locks with all handguns.
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Marilyn Musgrave is the founder of the 2nd Amendment Caucus and is working to protect gun manufacturers and dealers from certain types of lawsuits.
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Marilyn Musgrave is a close ally of the Gun Owners of America.
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Marilyn Musgrave advocates changing the laws to lend more support to families who home-school their children.
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Marilyn Musgrave is closely linked to the Home School Legal Defense Association.
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Marilyn Musgrave is one of the staunchest proponents of national Right to Work legislation, and was a cosponsor of The National Right to Work Act.
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Marilyn Musgrave was heavily targeted by labor unions in the 2006 election.
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Marilyn Musgrave is a strong supporter of income tax cuts, and supports making the 2001 federal tax cuts permanent.
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In June 2006, Marilyn Musgrave sponsored a resolution in Congress to declare 2007 as "National Year of the Bible".
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In June 2005, Musgrave cited Coral Ridge Ministries founder D James Kennedy, a minister, evangelist and Christian social conservative leader, as one of her inspirations to enter politics:.
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In March 2007, Musgrave joined the Congressional Prayer Caucus, which is chaired by J Randy Forbes.
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In May 2007, Marilyn Musgrave participated in a "Bible Reading Marathon" event on the West Front of the US Capitol.
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Marilyn Musgrave is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker.
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In June 2008, Marilyn Musgrave voted with the House Democrats and a minority of Republicans to save energy though the use of public transportation.
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The Center for Christian Statesmanship, founded by D James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Ministries, awarded Musgrave the "Distinguished Christian Statesman Award" in 2005.