{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joyce Foster | image = Joyce Foster.jpeg | state_senate = Colorado | state = Colorado | district = 35th | term_start = January 7, 2009<ref name="sen09">{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2009A/csljournals.nsf/(jousen)/906887938E8C0C3E87257537007D93CF/$FILE/jour_001.pdf |title=Senate Journal - January 7, 2009 |accessdate=2009-01-09 |work=Colorado General Assembly }}</ref> | term_end = January 9, 2013 | preceded = Ken Gordon | succeeded = Larry Crowder | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|13}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | profession = | party = Democratic }}
'''Joyce Foster''' (born February 13, 1944<ref name="meatl">{{cite news |first=Joanne |last=Davidson |title=Mani Meatloaves make for a great birthday and contest entry |url=http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_11521094 |work=Denver Post |date=23 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-19 }}</ref>) is a former state legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Democrat in 2008, Foster represented Senate District 35, which encompassed southeastern Denver, Colorado.<ref name="map">{{cite web |url=http://comaps.org/district35s.html |title=State Senate District 35 |accessdate=2008-11-09 |work=COMaps |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211110432/http://comaps.org/district35s.html |archivedate=2009-02-11 }}</ref>
==Legislative career==
===2008 election===
Joyce Foster defeated State Representative Alice Borodkin in the contested Democratic primary in August, taking 71 percent of votes cast.<ref name="prim08">{{cite web|url=http://rs.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=syj1hm55hso5ty55pcuhyprg&ControlID=a61fb386-685c-4a0c-a691-71334ad539d8&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=ClientControllerdnn_ctr370_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&EnableFindNext=False&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 Primary Election |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }} {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Foster faced Republican Bob Lane in the November 2008 general election. Foster's candidacy was endorsed by the ''Denver Post'',<ref name="dpsen">{{cite news |author=Editorial Board |title=The Post's picks for state Senate |url=http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_10681469 |work=Denver Post |date=23 October 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-09 }} </ref> and she won the race with 68 percent of the vote.<ref name="gen08">{{cite web|url=http://coreports.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=jexpso55dlbays450fyzrmb4&ControlID=3a1b317069f040849b2b689d78addfc9&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=dnn_ctr376_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&SearchStartPage=0&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 General Election |accessdate=2008-12-04 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }} {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===2009 legislative session=== For the 2009 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Foster was named to seats on the Senate Business Committee and the Senate Local Government and Energy Committee, where she will serve as vice-chair.<ref name="sendem09">{{cite news|first=Erika |last=Jensen |title=Senate Democrats Announce Committee Assignments |url=http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/3530/2/ |work=The Cherry Creek News |date=13 November 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109013850/http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/3530/2/ |archivedate=January 9, 2009}}</ref>
During the 2009 session, Foster introduced legislation to require the Colorado Division of Wildlife to place a higher priority on predator control, after increasing numbers of coyote attacks south of Denver.<ref name="coyote">{{cite news |first=Lance |last=Hernandez |title=Coyotes Attacking, Killing South Metro Pets |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18451401/detail.html |work=TheDenverChannel.com |date=9 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-01-12}}</ref> The bill, however, was killed in committee due to concerns over its vagueness.<ref name="toovague">{{cite news |first=Lynn |last=Bartels |title=Coyote control bill too vague |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/15/coyote-control-bill-too-vague/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=15 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref> Foster also introduced a resolution in support of the nation of Israel that was criticized by peace activists as reflecting a one-sided perspective on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.<ref name="israel">{{cite news |first=Burt |last=Hubbard |title=Protest planned as Senate takes up pro-Israel resolution |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/02/protest-planned-as-senate-takes-up-pro-israel/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2 February 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref>
In May 2010 it was alleged that Sen. Foster had introduced an amendment to a bill concerning the registered sex offenders. Multiple news media have reported that Julian Newman, Sen. Foster's brother-in-law, was involved with a consensual adult 21+ relationship with a client he was paid to treat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23587565/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521053434/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23587565/detail.html |archive-date=2010-05-21 |title=Lawmaker Who Proposed Sex Offender Bill Under Scrutiny - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver}}</ref>
==Retirement== The 2011 reapportionment process that followed the 2010 census resulted in Foster's home being included in the same senate district as Pat Steadman's. Both Steadman and Foster are Democratic incumbents. Foster announced that she would defer to Steadman and not seek reelection in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/993188-open-season-open-seats-2012-legislative-races|title=Open season on open seats for 2012 legislative races|work=The Colorado Statesman|date=December 9, 2011|first=Ernest|last=Luning}}</ref>
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