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'''Joann Ginal''' is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019.
Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and also lived in Florida and Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Iowa State University, and Colorado State University during which she moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2012, she was elected to the state house to succeed John Kefalas, who had run for a seat in the state senate, and served until she was selected to replace Kefalas in the state senate in 2018.
==Early life and education==
Joann Ginal was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. She lived in Florida and Massachusetts before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, to continue her college education in 1990. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science in biology, Iowa State University with a Master of Science in zoology and parasitology, and Colorado State University with a PhD in reproductive endocrinology. Ginal received a honored certification from the Harvard Kennedy School.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 9, 2020 |title=Colorado election: Q&A with state Senate candidate Joann Ginal |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/10/09/colorado-election-joann-ginal-candidate-senate-district-14-q-a/3630954001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211202073809/https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/10/09/colorado-election-joann-ginal-candidate-senate-district-14-q-a/3630954001/ |archive-date=December 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 2003 |title=Joann Ginal |page=57 |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90123223/fort-collins-coloradoan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206104709/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90123223/fort-collins-coloradoan/ |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She planned to marry her partner after the legalization of same-sex civil unions in Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 13, 2013 |title=Colorado OKs civil unions for gay couples |page=A1 |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90175807/fort-collins-coloradoan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207051326/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90175807/fort-collins-coloradoan/ |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 13, 2013 |title=Unions: 2 Republicans vote for bill |page=7 |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90175802/the-daily-sentinel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207092828/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90175802/the-daily-sentinel/ |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==State legislature== ===Elections===
In 2012, John Kefalas, a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district, chose to run for a seat in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2011 |title=Ginal announces run for House District 52 |page=3 |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90123223/fort-collins-coloradoan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206105310/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90123259/fort-collins-coloradoan/ |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Ginal won the Democratic nomination without opposition and defeated Republican nominee Bob Morain in the general election.<ref name="primary 2012">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/democratic/stateReps.html |title=2012 Primary Election Results - Democratic Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211201073944/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/democratic/stateReps.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name="election 2012">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |title=2012 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211201074009/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref> She defeated Republican nominee Donna Walter in the 2014, 2016, and 2018 elections.<ref name="primary 2014">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/democratic/stateReps.html |title=2014 Primary Election Results - Democratic Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206110046/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/primary/democratic/stateReps.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name="election 2014">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |title=2014 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206110304/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2014/general/representatives.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name="primary 2016">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/democratic/stateRepresentatives.html |title=2016 Primary Election Results - Democratic Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210628000445/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/primary/democratic/stateRepresentatives.html |archive-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="election 2016">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateRepresentatives.html |title=2016 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210627173423/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2016/general/stateRepresentatives.html |archive-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref><ref name="primary 2018">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2018/primary/democratic/stateRepresentatives.html |title=2018 Primary Election Results - Democratic Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210628000727/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2018/primary/democratic/stateRepresentatives.html |archive-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="election 2018">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2018/general/stateRepresentatives.html |title=2018 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210627165455/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2018/general/stateRepresentatives.html |archive-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref>
Senator Kefalas was elected to a seat on the county commission in Larimer County during the 2018 election and resigned from the state senate to take the office. Ginal defeated Representative Jennifer Arndt, William Wright, and Michael Thomas in the vote conducted by the vacancy committee on December 16, 2018.<ref name="selection 2018">{{Cite news |date=December 16, 2018 |title=Rep. Joann Ginal picked to replace Kefalas as Fort Collins' state senator |work=Fort Collins Coloradoan |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/12/16/joann-ginal-replace-john-kefalas-fort-collins-state-senator/2332741002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211202073801/https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/12/16/joann-ginal-replace-john-kefalas-fort-collins-state-senator/2332741002/ |archive-date=December 2, 2021}}</ref> Cathy Kipp, a member of the board of directors for the Poudre School district, was selected to replace Ginal in the state house.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 5, 2019 |title=Replacement selected for exiting Colorado state Sen. Daniel Kagan |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/replacement-selected-for-exiting-colorado-state-sen-daniel-kagan/article_66665ffc-112b-11e9-a44a-b3931b61046c.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206103107/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/replacement-selected-for-exiting-colorado-state-sen-daniel-kagan/article_66665ffc-112b-11e9-a44a-b3931b61046c.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> During the 2020 election she won the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee Hans D. Hochheimer in the general election.<ref name="primary 2020">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/democratic/stateSenate.html |title=2020 Primary Election Results - Democratic Party Ballot |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211126222920/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/primary/democratic/stateSenate.html |archive-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="election 2020">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |title=2020 General Election Results |work=Secretary of State of Colorado |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126223252/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2020/general/stateSenate.html |archive-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref>
===Tenure===
During Ginal's tenure in the state house she served on the Health, Insurance and Environment, Transportation and Energy, and Public Health Care and Human Services committees. She served as chair of the Health, Insurance and Environment committee.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 1, 2016 |title=House Democrats line up committee leadership |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-democrats-line-up-committee-leadership/article_c7fd76c2-07c2-50d3-bc79-e0d0013331a3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205073248/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-democrats-line-up-committee-leadership/article_c7fd76c2-07c2-50d3-bc79-e0d0013331a3.html |archive-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2016 |title=Updated: Legislative committees finalized |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/updated-legislative-committees-finalized/article_90abfb40-9294-5704-b8d3-1855ea0ff236.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205073543/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/updated-legislative-committees-finalized/article_90abfb40-9294-5704-b8d3-1855ea0ff236.html |archive-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref> She was a member of the LGBTQ Caucus in the state house.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 17, 2017 |title='Out Front' LGBTQ lawmakers are showing their pride during PrideFest weekend |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/out-front-lgbtq-lawmakers-are-showing-their-pride-during-pridefest-weekend/article_e2ee6db1-ddde-5e6e-8b10-bf23bd99afbc.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205080142/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/out-front-lgbtq-lawmakers-are-showing-their-pride-during-pridefest-weekend/article_e2ee6db1-ddde-5e6e-8b10-bf23bd99afbc.html |archive-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref> Ginal served on the Local Government, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Health and Human Services committees in the state senate. She served as the chair of the Local Government and vice-chair of the Health and Human Services committee.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 10, 2020 |title=House and Senate Democrats announce new committee assignments for 2021 session; Benavidez named Speaker Pro tem |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/denver-gazette/house-and-senate-democrats-announce-new-committee-assignments-for-2021-session-benavidez-named-speaker-pro/article_bcaa0f5e-3b1c-11eb-a155-232b78e46403.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206104112/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/denver-gazette/house-and-senate-democrats-announce-new-committee-assignments-for-2021-session-benavidez-named-speaker-pro/article_bcaa0f5e-3b1c-11eb-a155-232b78e46403.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 16, 2019 |title=Meet the 2019 General Assembly: Colorado State Senate |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/meet-the-2019-general-assembly-colorado-state-senate/article_a65a5ed9-9990-5f29-8834-bb6375218b79.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206104304/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/meet-the-2019-general-assembly-colorado-state-senate/article_a65a5ed9-9990-5f29-8834-bb6375218b79.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>
==Political positions==
In 2015, Ginal and Representative Lois Court introduced legislation to allow for terminally ill people with less than six months left to live to undergo euthanasia. She stated that she created the legislation because of Brittany Maynard, a brain cancer patient, who moved from California to Oregon to end her life.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 9, 2015 |title=Should terminally ill patients be able to end their own lives? |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/12/16/joann-ginal-replace-john-kefalas-fort-collins-state-senator/2332741002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204060858/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/should-terminally-ill-patients-be-able-to-end-their-own-lives/article_b6b091e9-5a9a-5c1a-82b2-adb2514a7f65.html |archive-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 9, 2015 |title=Strode: Life or death: A right to choose? |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/strode-life-or-death-a-right-to-choose/article_e53086ef-dfcf-581e-b1bb-1a066b0b4d80.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204064857/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/strode-life-or-death-a-right-to-choose/article_e53086ef-dfcf-581e-b1bb-1a066b0b4d80.html |archive-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> Their legislation failed in the state house, but Proposition 106, which allowed for assisted suicide, was passed with 64.9% of the popular vote in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 25, 2016 |title=The Hot Sheet, February 25, 2016 |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/the-hot-sheet-february-25-2016/article_d55d060c-0640-5ada-8c22-51c6da8a6139.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204065317/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/hot-sheet/the-hot-sheet-february-25-2016/article_d55d060c-0640-5ada-8c22-51c6da8a6139.html |archive-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 1, 2016 |title=Colorado Proposition 106, Medical Aid in Dying, Results: Approved |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/colorado-ballot-measure-106-medical-aid-in-dying |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204065717/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/colorado-ballot-measure-106-medical-aid-in-dying |archive-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref>
Ginal introduced legislation in 2016, to make rolling coal a Class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense and the legislation was signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper on June 5, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 19, 2016 |title=House Dems seek to stop up soot-spewing 'coal rollers' |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-dems-seek-to-stop-up-soot-spewing-coal-rollers/article_c74c1d9f-8355-5840-aa45-5952b2a78336.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205074002/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/house-dems-seek-to-stop-up-soot-spewing-coal-rollers/article_c74c1d9f-8355-5840-aa45-5952b2a78336.html |archive-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 2017 |title=Governor signs dozens of Colorado bills into law |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/governor-signs-dozens-of-colorado-bills-into-law/article_a5e54621-9260-58bf-8ae2-9415dd4f4762.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205075944/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/governor-signs-dozens-of-colorado-bills-into-law/article_a5e54621-9260-58bf-8ae2-9415dd4f4762.html |archive-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref> Ginal was among thirty-seven legislators who endorsed a letter in 2018, calling for Planned Parenthood to allow for their workers to form a union.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 13, 2018 |title=Lawmakers back Denver Planned Parenthood workers' union cause |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/lawmakers-back-denver-planned-parenthood-workers-union-cause/article_5f4df23c-d39a-5e9c-a840-615bfc46a422.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211123022921/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/lawmakers-back-denver-planned-parenthood-workers-union-cause/article_5f4df23c-d39a-5e9c-a840-615bfc46a422.html |archive-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref> She sponsored legislation to allow people in Colorado to import prescription drugs from Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Bills on drug imports, public health option move through Colorado legislative committees |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/bills-on-drug-imports-public-health-option-move-through-colorado-legislative-committees/article_eb973068-236c-11e9-9e76-2f347ef0d143.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206103427/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/bills-on-drug-imports-public-health-option-move-through-colorado-legislative-committees/article_eb973068-236c-11e9-9e76-2f347ef0d143.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> In 2019, she and Representative Alex Valdez were recognized as the best legislators by the Colorado Voters for Animals, an animal rights organization.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 28, 2019 |title=Lawmakers Ginal, Valdez honored by animal rights group |work=Colorado Politics |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/lawmakers-ginal-valdez-honored-by-animal-rights-group/article_34a16d92-f783-11e9-8d0e-43ef582f59e4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206103740/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/lawmakers-ginal-valdez-honored-by-animal-rights-group/article_34a16d92-f783-11e9-8d0e-43ef582f59e4.html |archive-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>
In 2023, she was the only member of her caucus to vote against a major land use reform bill in the Colorado Senate that would have upzoned neighborhoods and enabled more housing construction in Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Sweeping land use proposal backed by Polis dies in last hours of legislative session |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/08/land-use-colorado-legislature-polis-local-control |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2012 Colorado House of Representatives 52nd district election<ref name="primary 2012" /><ref name="election 2012" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal |votes = 2,953 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 2,953 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal |votes = 24,841 |percentage = 56.10% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Bob Morain |votes = 19,442 |percentage = 43.90% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 44,283 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2014 Colorado House of Representatives 52nd district election<ref name="primary 2014" /><ref name="election 2014" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 3,498 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 3,498 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 19,403 |percentage = 55.16% |change = -0.94% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Donna Walter |votes = 15,774 |percentage = 44.84% |change = +0.94% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 35,177 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2016 Colorado House of Representatives 52nd district election<ref name="primary 2016" /><ref name="election 2016" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 4,341 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 4,341 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 25,876 |percentage = 54.70% |change = -0.46% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Donna Walter |votes = 21,428 |percentage = 45.30% |change = +0.46% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 47,304 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2018 Colorado House of Representatives 52nd district election<ref name="primary 2018" /><ref name="election 2018" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 11,684 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 11,684 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 29,708 |percentage = 64.13% |change = +9.43% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Donna Walter |votes = 16,614 |percentage = 35.87% |change = -9.43% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 46,322 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title = 2018 Colorado Senate 14th district Democratic selection<ref name="selection 2018" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal |votes = 45 |percentage = 50.56% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Jennifer Arndt |votes = 42 |percentage = 48.31% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = William Wright |votes = 2 |percentage = 2.25% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Michael Thomas |votes = 0 |percentage = 0.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 89 |percentage = 100.00% |change = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title = 2020 Colorado Senate 14th district election<ref name="primary 2020" /><ref name="election 2020" />}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 29,452 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 29,452 |percentage = 100.00% }}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joann Ginal (incumbent) |votes = 63,409 |percentage = 66.65% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Hans D. Hochheimer |votes = 31,724 |percentage = 33.35% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 95,133 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Joann_Ginal Ballotpedia: Joann Ginal] * [https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/joann-ginal Legislative website]
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