Joe Rogers

Bernard Joseph "Joe" Rogers ( born July 8, 1964 in Omaha, Nebraska; † October 7, 2013 in Denver, Colorado ) was an American politician. Between 1999 and 2003 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Colorado.

Career

Even in his youth drew Joe Rogers with his mother to Colorado, where he studied at Colorado State University. After a subsequent law degree from Arizona State University and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1996 he ran for Congress, but was defeated Democrat Diana DeGette of.

1998 Rogers was elected to the side of Bill Owens as Vice Governor of the State of Colorado. This post he held between 1999 and 2003. Yet he was assistant to the governor. Personal and political disagreements with Owens led in 2002 to his resignation on another candidacy. Instead, he joined unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives. Joe Rogers died on October 7, 2013 in Denver.

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