Wayne Allard

Alan Wayne Allard ( born December 2, 1943 in Fort Collins, Colorado ) is an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Colorado in both chambers of Congress.

Life

Allard studied veterinary medicine at Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in 1968. From 1983 to 1990 he was working as a full vet and took the way two counties, the Larimer County and Weld County, Colorado in the Senate. Allard was then from 1991 to 1997 member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was then elected to the Senate of the United States. In 2002 was his re-election, be was again, albeit scarce, inferior rival Democrat Tom Strickland. In the elections of 2008 Allard no longer went to.

In April 2006, Time magazine awarded him out along with four colleagues with the unflattering title of " America's Five Worst Senators ". The magazine called him the " invisible " and the "least influential senators ." But you kept him credit, he was willing to take on thankless tasks without a murmur; For example, he was responsible for overseeing the work on the new visitor center on Capitol Hill. Positive was also noted that he returned from his office unused funds to the state, not a self-evident among Senators practice.

In January 2008, Allard announced re-election to the Senate to strive for more. The Republican Bob Schaffer ran for the mandate, but was defeated by Democrat Mark Udall, who took Allard's successor on January 3, 2009.