Bob Schaffer

{{Short description|American politician (born 1962)}} {{for|people with similar names|Robert Shafer (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Shafer}} {{COI|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bob Schaffer | image = Bob Schaffer Head Shot.jpg | state1 = Colorado | district1 = {{ushr|CO|4|4th}} | term_start1 = January 3, 1997 | term_end1 = January 3, 2003 | predecessor1 = Wayne Allard | successor1 = Marilyn Musgrave | state_senate2 = Colorado | district2 = 14th | term_start2 = 1987 | term_end2 = 1996 | predecessor2 = Jim Beatty | successor2 = Peggy Reeves | birth_name = Robert Warren Schaffer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|24}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Maureen Schaffer | education = University of Dayton (BA) }} '''Robert Warren Schaffer''' (born July 24, 1962) is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado's 4th district from 1997 to 2003. A Republican, Schaffer was co-chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, and an outspoken leader in promoting American interests and human rights in Eastern Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brama.com/news/press/020913schaffer_9-11speech.html|title=Congressman Schaffer Commends Ukraine for 9/11 Support|website=www.brama.com|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref>

Schaffer is currently Headmaster of Liberty Common High School in Fort Collins, Colorado. Under Schaffer's leadership, two classes have broken the state's all-time record composite ACT and SAT scores, respectively.<ref name="coloradoan.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2014/08/14/liberty-common-high-school-breaks-state-act-score-record/14073703 |title=Fort Collins charter school breaks state ACT record |website=Coloradoan.com |date=2014-08-14 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/08/31/liberty-common-charter-school-breaks-colorado-sat-record/1158128002/|title=Fort Collins charter school breaks Colorado's SAT record|work=Coloradoan|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en}}</ref>

In 2004, Schaffer ran in the Republican primary for Colorado's open Senate seat, losing by 20 points. He was the Republican nominee for Colorado's other Senate seat in the 2008 election, losing to Democratic nominee Mark Udall.

==Biography== {{BLP sources section|date=May 2017}}

===Early years=== Schaffer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2011/07_08/2011_07_19_Hughes_FortCollins.htm |title=Fort Collins Catholics React to News Archbishop Chaput May Be Elevated to Cardinal, by Trevor Hughes, The Coloradoan, July 19, 2011 |website=Bishop-accountability.org |date=2011-07-19 |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref> He attended Archbishop Moeller High School.

The son of public-school teachers, Schaffer worked his way through college as a farm hand. In 1984, he graduated from the University of Dayton with a B.A. in Political Science. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate in Management from Colorado Technical University.

==Colorado State Senator== Schaffer served for nine years as a Colorado State Senator in the Colorado General Assembly. Schaffer was only 25 years old in 1987 when he was appointed to finish Colorado State Senator Jim Beatty's term, making Schaffer the youngest to serve in Colorado's Senate. As a Colorado Senator, he was Chairman of the Finance Committee, the State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, and the Local Government Committee. Schaffer also was the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Schaffer was awarded the "National Republican Legislator of the Year for 1995" by the National Republican Legislators Association.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

In 1993, Schaffer made headlines when he removed a display from the Capitol—that was in clear view of visiting children—that contained pamphlets describing "unsafe sexual practices."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/04/news040808_3.htm |title=Durango Herald Online |date=2004-08-08 |access-date=2016-03-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040821092858/http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=%2Fnews%2F04%2Fnews040808_3.htm |archive-date=August 21, 2004 }}</ref>

==U.S. Congressman== Schaffer was first elected to the U.S. Congress in November 1996 representing Colorado's 4th congressional district, succeeding Wayne Allard and Hank Brown.

Schaffer served three terms in Congress, fulfilling the three-term pledge he made during his first Congressional campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2001/11/27/UndefinedSection/Rep-Bob.Schaffer.To.Retire-1698783.shtml |access-date=March 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140010/http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2001/11/27/UndefinedSection/Rep-Bob.Schaffer.To.Retire-1698783.shtml |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |title=Bob Schaffer To Retire}}</ref>

Schaffer upheld his pledge in spite of pleas from national Republicans and President George W. Bush to run for another term.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fortcollinsnow.com/article/20080328/NEWS/999211030 |title=Windsor Colorado Breaking News, Opinion, Sports and Entertainment | MyWindsorNow.com |website=Fortcollinsnow.com |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref> Schaffer led no fewer than four congressional delegations to Ukraine, and offered an ultimately unsuccessful balanced budget resolution and amendment. He was described as fiscally and socially conservative and to the right of the center of the party.<ref name="denverpost.com">{{cite web |last=Mulkern |first=Anne C. |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2008/03/22/schaffer-runs-on-promises-made-good |title=Schaffer runs on promises made good |website=Denverpost.com |date=22 March 2008 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

His education policy work focused on school-choice and local control, and Schaffer was remembered for being able to help his Republican colleagues form their arguments when debating this issue.<ref name="denverpost.com" /> He was succeeded by Marilyn Musgrave in January 2003. His congressional colleagues recount his tenure in congress as an education-policy expert.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Schaffer is of Ukrainian heritage, the son of a Ukrainian immigrant to the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2004/11/go-orange-interview/|title=Go Orange! {{!}} National Review|date=2004-11-30|work=National Review|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}}</ref> He has received multiple recognitions for his advocacy of Ukraine–United States relations, and for defense of Ukraine's territorial integrity under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.<ref name="lib2.colostate.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://lib2.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/manuscripts/mcbs.html|title=Guide to the Papers of Congressman Bob Schaffer|website=lib2.colostate.edu|language=en|others=United States. Congress. House.|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/crec/1997/06/27/CREC-1997-06-27-pt1-PgE1341-5.pdf|title=Congressional Record - Ukrainian Constitution|last=Schaffer|first=Bob|date=June 26, 1997}}</ref> Schaffer was co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1997/279714.shtml|title=House of Representatives forms Congressional Ukrainian Caucus (07/06/97)|website=www.ukrweekly.com|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-date=2008-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905111352/http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1997/279714.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Schaffer served as an election observer in Ukraine during parliamentary election 2002 and presidential election 2004 (“Orange Revolution”).<ref name=":0" />

The American Conservative Union gave him a 100% evaluation in 2001.

==Post-2002 career== {{BLP sources section|date=May 2017}}

===Liberty Common High School=== In 2010, Schaffer was appointed principal of Liberty Common High School, a college-preparatory charter school in the Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado. During his time at Liberty Common, the first four graduating classes posted the highest average composite ACT score in Colorado, with the class of 2015 breaking the state record.<ref name="coloradoan.com"/> In 2017, Schaffer was appointed headmaster of both Liberty Common High School and Liberty Common School, its elementary counterpart.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/01/30/liberty-common-high-school-principal-becomes-headmaster/1078690001/|title=Liberty Common High School principal becomes headmaster|work=Coloradoan|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en}}</ref>

====Controversy==== In May 2019, Liberty Common High School banned four seniors from attending graduation. The seniors had bought condoms and distributed them in lockers across the school; they claimed this action was a statement against Schaffer's criticism of Colorado House Bill 19-1032, which would mandate comprehensive sex education in Colorado schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/4-liberty-common-high-school-senior-girls-banned-from-graduation-after-condom-prank/73-dc7f0fa9-8536-48d6-98f5-9d2ac224d4b8 |title=4 gigh school senior girls banned from graduation after condom prank |date=2019-05-25 |website=9News.com |publisher=9News |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> Schaffer condemned the distribution of condoms as "sexual bullying."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/05/27/eva-peterson-banned-liberty-common-high-school-graduation-condom-prank/ |title=4 Girls Banned From High School Graduation After Condom Prank |date=2019-05-27 |website=CBSLocal.com |publisher= CBS Denver |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> The incident was covered in statewide news and generated minor controversy in the school community. In 2019, Liberty Common High School was granted a waiver from the sex education bill.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/education/2019/09/12/liberty-common-school-colorado-sex-ed-law-fort-collins-charter-school/2303811001/ |title=Liberty Common School granted waiver to new Colorado sex ed law requiring comprehensive curriculum |date=2019-09-12 |website=Coloradoan.com |publisher=Coloradoan |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> ===Energy Industry=== Schaffer was vice-president for business development at Aspect Energy, LLC., where he was involved in a variety of energy, mining and education projects, working primarily in wind energy. He was also a board member on the National Alternative Fuels Foundation,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2008/06/24/corrections-916/ |title=Corrections – The Denver Post |website=Denverpost.com |date=2008-06-24 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> but environmental groups released attack ads during the 2008 U.S. Senate race highlighting Shcaffer's congressional vote which gave $2.5 billion to alternative energy research and a much larger amount to traditional energy research and tax credits.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fender |first=Jessica |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2008/05/21/schaffers-energy-record-focus-of-tv-spots/ |title=Schaffer's energy record focus of TV spots – The Denver Post |website=Denverpost.com |date=2008-05-21 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

===Board Member=== Schaffer served as president of the Parental Alliance for Choice in Education, a non-profit corporation promoting school choice reform in Colorado's public education system, and is active in the state's transformation to a market-driven education system.

====Leadership Program of the Rockies==== Schaffer has been chairman of the Leadership Program of the Rockies, a nonprofit corporation that provides economic education and civic-leadership training in Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcast.leadershipprogram.org/node/234|title=Speaker profile: The Honorable Bob Schaffer {{!}} LPR Podcast Archive|website=podcast.leadershipprogram.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref> Schaffer is a regular columnist for the Fort Collins Coloradoan daily newspaper.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2018/06/17/american-liberty-relies-upon-active-engaged-fathers/701517002/|title=Opinion: American liberty relies upon active, engaged fathers|work=Coloradoan|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en}}</ref> Schaffer was also an opinion columnist for the now-defunct ''Northern Colorado Courier''.

====Colorado League of Charter Schools==== Since 2003, Schaffer has been chairman of Leadership Program of the Rockies, a nonprofit organization providing economic education and civic-leadership training in Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2016/09/08/bob-schaffer-liberty-common-congress-colorado-coloradoan/90002122/|title=Gustus: Welcome new Viewpoints columnist|work=Coloradoan|access-date=2018-06-28|language=en}}</ref>

====Republican National Committee==== In March 2005, Schaffer was elected Republican National Committeeman for Colorado.

====Colorado State Board of Education==== Schaffer was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Colorado State Board of Education by a party vacancy committee, representing a district that is coterminous with the state's Fourth Congressional District. He successfully ran for the seat in 2006, against Democrat Tom Griggs. In January, 2009, Schaffer was made chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education with a unanimous decision of the four Republican and three Democratic board members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2009/01/14/schaffer-to-chair-state-education-board |title=Schaffer to chair state education board – The Denver Post |website=Denverpost.com |date=2009-01-14 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> Fellow board members elected Schaffer to continue his chairmanship in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2011/01/13/2-new-colo-education-board-members-sworn-in |title=2 new Colo. education board members sworn in – The Denver Post |website=Denverpost.com |date=2011-01-13 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

As Chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, Schaffer borrowed ideas from Singapore and Finland when working to create new forward-thinking standards that are both internationally benchmarked and designed to grow students’ strategic thinking capabilities over fact memorization.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2009/12/10/colorados-new-educational-standards-stress-strategic-thinking |title=Colorado's new educational standards stress strategic thinking |website=Denverpost.com |date=2009-12-10 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

Citing the importance of letting parents know if someone proximal to their children has been arrested, Schaffer took a leadership role in the effort to require parent notification if a school employee is arrested or charged with a serious crime. The measure went into effect in April 2011 despite strong opposition from the Colorado Education Association, the state-based teachers' unions.<ref>{{cite web |last=Whaley |first=Monte |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2011/04/19/colorado-school-districts-ordered-to-promptly-tell-parents-of-any-criminal-or-sex-charges-against-employees |title=Colorado school districts ordered to promptly tell parents of any criminal or sex charges against employees |website=Denverpost.com |date=2011-04-19 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2011/07/14/editorial-parents-deserve-to-know |title=Editorial: Parents deserve to know |website=Denverpost.com |date=2011-07-14 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

Schaffer maintained the position throughout the debating of the measure that parents are in the best position to make decisions about their children's safety. He voted against adopting Common Core standards, but the federal standards passed on a 4-3 vote. Adopting the standards were a keystone factor to the Colorado's application for $175 million in Race to the Top funds. In early 2011, Schaffer took heat from Democratic State Board of Education member Mary Johnson. The disagreement was over Schaffer's inviting William Maloney, Colorado education commissioner under both parties from 1997 to 2007, who spoke on “three incontestable realities concerning which America has been in denial for decades,” regarding America's education performance on a global scale, the unsustainable costs of education, and the availability of better models for the path forward.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2011/01/20/andrews-why-unions-fear-school-reform |title=Andrews: Why unions fear school reform |website=Denverpost.com |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

Under Schaffer's chairmanship tenure, unanimous charter school guidelines were adopted. The new concrete rules adopted best practices for charter school authorization.<ref>{{cite web |last=Robles |first=Yesenia |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2012/01/11/colorado-education-board-approves-charter-school-guidelines |title=Colorado education board approves charter-school guidelines |website=Denverpost.com |date=2012-01-11 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

====Other==== He is the Colorado Chairman of the Judicial Confirmation Network.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} In 2006, Schaffer founded Dreamsoft Colorado, LLC,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreamsoft.us/news.html |title=News |website=Dreamsoft.us |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103180912/http://www.dreamsoft.us/news.html |archive-date=2013-01-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a firm that creates high-end interactive websites for business and political clients. He is also the President of AMDG LLC. As a member of the Fort Collins, Colorado community, he owned a small business.<ref name="lib2.colostate.edu"/>

==2004 U.S. Senate race== In 2004, Schaffer contended for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate after incumbent Republican Ben Nighthorse Campbell chose not to run for re-election. Brewing magnate Pete Coors opposed Schaffer. Coors entered the bitter primary battle after Schaffer faced down potential contenders such as David Liniger, founder of ReMax. The nomination battle concluded when Coors won the Republican nomination over Schaffer with 61% of the vote. Coors went on to lose to Democratic nominee Ken Salazar in the 2004 general election.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Joel |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-wrap-12-04-2004/ |title=Washington Wrap |work=CBS News |date=2004-04-12 |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>

==2008 U.S. Senate election== {{main|2008 United States Senate election in Colorado}} thumb|right|250px|Schaffer's Jefferson County field office in 2008 Schaffer was the Republican nominee for the open seat of retiring Senator Wayne Allard. He lost to Mark Udall, the Democratic nominee.

On May 9, 2007, Schaffer filed his official statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission. On May 12, 2007, he made an official announcement in Boulder that he would run for the Senate to a group of over 150 Republicans attending a fundraising event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5535957,00.html |title=Former Rep. Schaffer says he'll run for Allard's seat |access-date=May 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201018/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0%2C2808%2CDRMN_24736_5535957%2C00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>

On September 28, 2008, Udall and Schaffer appeared on Meet the Press's ''Senate Debate'' series, discussing the proposed bailout of the U.S. financial system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129090138/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |title=NBCNews.com Video Player |work=NBC News |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>

===Political opposition=== In 2008, the League of Conservation Voters named Schaffer a member of its "Dirty Dozen" because of an anti-environmental record during his tenure in Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lcv.org/newsroom/press-releases/lcv-names-former-u-s-rep-bob-schaffer-to-2008-dirty-dozen.html |title=LCV Names Former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer to 2008 "Dirty Dozen" |access-date=April 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314005014/http://lcv.org/newsroom/press-releases/lcv-names-former-u-s-rep-bob-schaffer-to-2008-dirty-dozen.html |archive-date=March 14, 2008}}</ref>

In 2001, then-congressman Schaffer voted for President Bush's energy plan that Democrats argued was a $33 billion gift to the oil corporations.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/08/schaffers-thanks-bob-ad-inspires-parody |title='Thanks, Bob' ad spawns spoof |access-date=April 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411213045/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/08/schaffers-thanks-bob-ad-inspires-parody |archive-date=April 11, 2008}}</ref> Republicans argued that the bill would help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alvarez |first=Lizette |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E3DB1638F934A15751C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon= |title=G.O.P. Energy Bill Is Likely to Set Off Fierce Policy Fight – NYTimes.com |location=Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; United States; Alaska |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2001-02-27 |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>

===Endorsements=== * ''Grand Junction Daily Sentinel'' on October 9, 2008 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/10/09/101008_6A_Schaffer_edit.html |title=Schaffer for Senate |access-date=November 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012061628/http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/10/09/101008_6A_Schaffer_edit.html |archive-date=October 12, 2008}}</ref> * ''The Pueblo Chieftain'' on October 17, 2008 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bobschafferforsenate.com/index.php?c=press.open&id=34&p=1 |title=オリジナルTシャツは写真の使い方次第【愛着が湧く洋服を作ろう】 |website=Bobschafferforsenate.com |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126232707/http://www.bobschafferforsenate.com/index.php?c=press.open&id=34&p=1 |archive-date=2008-11-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Link to the Jack Abramoff Scandals== Schaffer was allegedly linked to the Mariana Islands worker abuse scandal by his association with the Traditional Values Coalition. The organization was used by Jack Abramoff to pay for the trip of the then-Congressman to visit the island. The Denver Post reported that the TVC paid the $13,000 travel bill for the trip, organized by Abramoff's lobbying firm.<ref name="Denver2008">{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8906163 |work=Denver Post |first=Michael |last=Riley |title=Schaffer, lobbyist strategies meshed |date=13 April 2008}}</ref> Schaffer criticized the Denver Post's reporting, asserting that he had no contact with the individuals in the report, including Jack Abramoff.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lofholm |first=Nancy |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2008/04/11/schaffer-disgusted-with-articles-exploring-lobbyist-link/ |title=Schaffer 'disgusted' with articles exploring lobbyist link – The Denver Post |website=Denverpost.com |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>

Schaffer claimed that he spoke with local clergy who denied there was a problem of forced abortions in the Northern Marianas,<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite news |last=Hoover |first=Tim |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9007688 |title=Abortion foes assail candidate for Senate |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=2008-04-22 |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref> the only area of the United States where abortion is banned by their local constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://frankenlies.com/truth/saipan-forced.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080820031310/http://frankenlies.com/truth/saipan-forced.htm|archive-date = 2008-08-20|title = Me-Ri - ways to improve your health: Migravent, Nerve Renew & True Botanicals}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnmilaw.org/constitution_article1.htm |title=The Commonwealth Constitution : Article I |access-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611093317/http://www.cnmilaw.org/constitution_article1.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2008}}</ref> After his return from the islands, Schaffer used his position on the Resources Committee to attack reports of abuses on the islands.<ref>{{cite news |last=Riley |first=Michael |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8906163 |title=Schaffer, lobbyist strategies meshed |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=2008-04-13 |access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>

== Federal electoral history == {{Election box begin no change | title= 1996 United States House of Representatives elections<ref>{{cite web|url= http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf|title= 1996 Election Results | website= house.gov}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Bob Schaffer | votes = 137,012 | percentage = 56.14 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Guy Kelley | votes = 92,837 | percentage = 38.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = American Party (1969) | candidate = Wesley Paul "Wes" McKinley | votes = 7,428 | percentage = 3.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Natural Law Party (US) | candidate = Cynthia Parker | votes = 6,790 | percentage = 2.78 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 244,067 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= 1998 United States House of Representatives elections<ref>{{cite web|url= http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf|title= 1998 Election Results | website= house.gov}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Bob Schaffer (Incumbent) | votes = 131,318 | percentage = 59.34 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Susan Kirkpatrick | votes = 89,973 | percentage = 40.66 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 221,291 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= 2000 United States House of Representatives elections<ref>{{cite web|url= http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf|title= 2000 Election Results | website= house.gov}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Bob Schaffer (Incumbent) | votes = 209,078 | percentage = 79.50 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Natural Law Party (US) | candidate = Dan Sewell Ward | votes = 19,721 | percentage = 7.50 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (US) | candidate = Kordon L. Baker | votes = 19,713 | percentage = 7.50 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Constitution Party (US) | candidate = Leslie J. Hanks | votes = 9,955 | percentage = 3.77 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Write-in | candidate = | votes = 4,539 | percentage = 1.73 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 263,006 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = 2004 U.S. Senate Republican Primary results (Colorado)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/2004/Abstract2003-2004.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231054253/http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/ElectionArchives/2004/Abstract2003-2004.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Pete Coors | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 203,157 | percentage = 60.57% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Bob Schaffer | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 132,274 | percentage = 39.43% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 335,431 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title = 2008 United States Senate election in Colorado<ref name="AbstractCO">{{cite web |title=Official Publication of the Abstract of Votes Cast for the 2008 Primary, 2008 General |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/2000-2099/2008AbstractBook.pdf |publisher=State of Colorado}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Mark Udall | votes = 1,231,049 | percentage = 52.80% | change = +7.03% }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Bob Schaffer | votes = 990,784 | percentage = 42.49% | change = -8.20% }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Constitution Party (United States) | candidate = Douglas Campbell | votes = 59,736 | percentage = 2.56% | change = +1.04% }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Green Party (United States) | candidate = Bob Kinsey | votes = 50,008 | percentage = 2.14% | change = N/A }} {{Election box write-in with party link | votes = 135 | percentage = 0.01% | change = N/A }} {{Election box total | votes = 2,331,712 | percentage = 100.00% | change = N/A }} {{Election box gain with party link no swing | winner = Democratic Party (United States) | loser = Republican Party (United States) | swing = }} {{Election box end}}

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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180225142323/http://bobschafferforsenate.com/ Bob Schaffer for U.S. Senate] campaign website * {{CongLinks | congbio=S000112 | votesmart=568 | fec=S4CO00171 | congress= }} * [http://www.scottpolitical.com/ Scott Political], political consulting and ad firm used during his campaign * {{C-SPAN|45441}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929154038/http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Schaffer Profile] at SourceWatch * Colleen M. McCorkell, [http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/manuscripts/mcbs.html Guide to the Papers of Congressman Bob Schaffer] from ''Colorado State University'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040515051353/http://www.artukraine.com/buildukraine/schaffer6.htm Ukraine.Com] * [http://votimus.com/user/Candidate_nonmember.aspx?UID=14057&UT=3 Candidate Bio and Info]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at votimus.com * Kathryn Jean Lopez, [http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/schaffer200411300829.asp Go Orange!] ''National Review'', November 30, 2004, interview about Ukraine elections * AP, [https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-02-co-ussenate-salazar-coors_x.htm Salazar Defeats Coors for Colorado Senate Seat] ''USA Today'', November 2, 2004 * Staff, [http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=purple_people_watch_071404 Purple People Watch] ''American Prospect'', July 14, 2004 * Josh Hardin, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140010/http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2001/11/27/UndefinedSection/Rep-Bob.Schaffer.To.Retire-1698783.shtml Rep. Bob Schaffer to Retire] ''The Rocky Mountain Collegian'', November 27, 2001

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