Ken Salazar

Democrat  •  Colorado  •  1st Term  •  Sworn In 2005
Current Term 2005 - 2009

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01/18/09
Enter Begich, like a breath of fresh air

... or Interior Secretary-designee Ken Salazar's longtime support for protecting Alaska's wild places. Nope, I'm talking about Sen. Mark Begich. ...

Source: Alaska Dispatch, Alaska
01/18/09
Salazar forwards names of possible nominees for judgeships to new senators

...debate among the three candidates who are running for Denver DA. Beth McCann, Mitch Morrissey, and John Walsh. Outgoing U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar has suggested nine Colorado lawyers to his replacement, Michael Bennet, and to Sen. Mark Udall as possible nom

Source: Denver Post
01/18/09
Kempthorne's legacy may lie in his lesser-known efforts

Kempthorne's first official conversation with Ken Salazar, the Democratic Colorado senator whom Barack Obama has picked for Interior, ...

Source: IdahoStatesman.com, ID
01/18/09
Issues to face

Others, such as designated Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano of Arizona and designated Interior Secretary Ken Salazar of Colorado, are Democrats ...

Source: Arizona Republic, AZ
01/18/09
Obama Era to Begin Tuesday

Obama’s nominations to be Attorney General, Eric Holder, and Colorado Democratic Senator Ken Salazar to be Secretary of the Interior are also drawing a lot ...

Source: Asian Tribune, Thailand
01/18/09
Salazar forwards names of possible nominees for judgeships to new ...

Outgoing US Sen. Ken Salazar has suggested nine Colorado lawyers to his replacement, Michael Bennet, and to Sen. Mark Udall as possible nominees for federal ...

Source: Denver Post, CO
01/18/09
12-year-old thrilled to get tickets

Sen. Ken Salazar’s office told her the names of 10000 people who requested tickets were placed in a drawing for the office’s 200 tickets. ...

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel, CO
01/18/09
What an Obama presidency means for Utah and the West

Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo, has blocked a rush to develop oil shale, which supporters say is a vast source of domestic energy. Salazar and environmentalists ...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, United States
01/18/09
Salazar forwards nine judges' names

By Felisa Cardona Outgoing US Sen. Ken Salazar has suggested the names of nine Colorado lawyers to his replacement and to Sen. ...

Source: Denver Post, CO
01/18/09
Band In To Play In Inauguration Parade

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Co.) said he is proud of the band and he recently wrote a letter to the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee supporting their application to ...

Source: TheDenverChannel.com, CO
01/18/09
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act returns to Senate

By Tonya Bina It’s one of Sen. Mark Udall’s (D-CO) first pieces of legislation in the Senate and Sen. Ken Salazar’s last before heading to the US Department ...

Source: Sky Hi Daily News, CO
01/18/09
Witnesses to history

Perez was told by Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., at the 2006 Greeley Stampede Parade that he had the first “Obama for President” sign that Salazar had seen in ...

Source: Greeley Tribune, Colorado
01/17/09
Flats workers seek to delay health panel's decision

Ken Salazar and Mark Udall, and Reps. Diana DeGette, John Salazar, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, and Betsy Markey. All are Democrats. ...

Source: Rocky Mountain News, CO
01/17/09
Congressman opposes off-reservation Oregon casino

As Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar began confirmation hearings to become Interior secretary, Wu, a Democrat, and environmentalists restated their opposition ...

Source: MSNBC
01/17/09
Shouldn't Senators Be Elected?

In Colorado, the governor plans to appoint Denver School Superintendent Michael Bennet as senator to replace incoming Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. ...

Source: Hartford Courant, United States
01/17/09
Prayer concludes Salazar farewell

WASHINGTON — Urging unification as a nation and reciting a prayer of United Farm Workers Founder Cesar Chavez, US Senator Ken Salazar gave a brief farewell ...

Source: Valley Courier Online, CO
01/17/09
Hello, We Must Be Going

And Mr. Obama’s poaching in the Senate for Cabinet secretaries has removed incumbents Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ken Salazar from their seats in New York ...

Source: New York Times, United States
01/17/09
Bennet's seat in 2010 could be safe because of GOP concerns elsewhere

... could complicate the party’s hope that Michael Bennet, the man selected to replace Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., will be an easy seat to pick off in 2010. ...

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel, CO
01/17/09
The same coal story

Ken Salazar, nominee for secretary of the interior: "Coal is a controversial subject. The fact of the matter is it powers today much of America, ...

Source: Grist Magazine, WA
01/17/09
Heritage emphasized in Salazar's Senate farewell

By ME Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News (Contact) Sen. Ken Salazar at his confirmation hearing Thursday to become Interior secretary in President-elect ...

Source: Rocky Mountain News, CO
01/17/09
Bennet woos, wins most in Grand Junction

Bill Ritter, as he prepared to take his seat in the US Senate when Ken Salazar is confirmed as Interior secretary. Bennet started out telling a ...

Source: The Colorado Statesman, CO
01/17/09
Salazar suggests judicial candidates to senators

Outgoing US Sen. Ken Salazar has suggested the names of nine Colorado lawyers to his replacement and Sen. Mark Udall as possible nominees for federal ...

Source: PolitickerCO, Colorado
01/17/09
Federal report big win for wind farm

Obama's nominee for Interior secretary, US Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., who would have to sign off on the Cape Wind lease, appeared headed for an easy ...

Source: Cape Cod Times, MA
01/16/09
Senate bids a fond adios to Colorado's Ken Salazar

...WASHINGTON — Sen. Ken Salazar bid a soft-spoken farewell to the U.S. Senate, celebrating the family heritage and values that put him on the way to joining President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet as Interior Secretary. In his last, televised address on

01/16/09
Ken Salazar promises reform at Interior Department

...Senate. They called him "brother" and invited him to visit their states. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) even offered to arrange for Salazar to wrestle alligators in the Everglades. "This is on its way to being a full-fledged bouquet-tossing contest," Sen. R

Source: EcoEarth News
01/16/09
Wilderness Society Pres. William H. Meadows Supports Nomination of Ken Salazar

...our natural and social landscape. For our part, The Wilderness Society has developed an excellent working relationship with Sen. Salazar and his office, though we have not always agreed with the positions he has taken on every issue of concern to us. Ne

Source: News Blaze
01/16/09
VIPS head to Washington

The mayor was unsure where the two tickets finally came from because he requested them from the convention committee as well as from Sen. Ken Salazar. ...

Source: Rocky Mountain News, CO
01/16/09
Biden Senate seat filled by longtime aide

Senate turnover will continue when Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet takes over the seat now held by Ken Salazar, who was chosen by Obama ...

Source: WIS, SC
01/16/09
Senate Democratic Leaders Push for Swift Confirmations on Obama ...

“We would like to ascertain whether or not there are any objections to clearing these nominations by unanimous consent,” the majority leader, Senator Harry ...

Source: New York Times, United States
01/16/09
Bennet heads to Senate

...leaving, in some respects," Bennet said. "This has Gov. Bill Ritter on Jan. 3 announced Bennet was his choice to succeed Sen. Ken Salazar, who is being confirmed as Interior Secretary. For most of Colorado, Bennet is an unknown and some believe will b

Source: Denver Post

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