Mike Foote

{{Short description|American politician}} {{For|the paleontologist|Michael Foote}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mike Foote | image = Mike Foote.JPG | image_size = 225px | alt = | caption = Foote in 2020 | state_senate = Colorado | state = Colorado | district = 17th | term_start = January 4, 2019 | term_end = January 13, 2021 | preceded = Matt Jones | succeeded = Sonya Jaquez Lewis | state_house1 = Colorado | district1 = 12th<ref name="CGA">{{cite web |url= http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou12.htm |title= Mike Foote |publisher= Colorado General Assembly |location= Denver, Colorado |accessdate= January 8, 2014}}</ref> | term_start1 = January 9, 2013 | term_end1 = January 4, 2019 | predecessor1 = Matt Jones | successor1 = Sonya Jaquez Lewis | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Indiana University<br />Josef Korbel School of International Studies<br />University of Colorado Law School | profession = Lawyer | website = {{URL|mikefoote.org}} }}

'''Mike Foote'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138747 |title= Mike Foote's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 8, 2014}}</ref> is an American politician and a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives who represented District 12 from January 9, 2013, to early 2019. In December 2018, Foote, a Democrat, was selected to fill the vacant State Senate District 17 seat after state senator Matt Jones resigned to become Boulder County Commissioner.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bear |first=John |date=2018-12-15 |title=Mike Foote to complete Matt Jones' Senate term for eastern Boulder County |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/15/mike-foote-to-complete-matt-jones-senate-term/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

==Education== Foote earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington, his MS from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and his JD from the University of Colorado Law School.

==Elections== *2012 When incumbent Democratic Representative Matt Jones ran for Colorado Senate and left the District 12 seat open, Foote won the June 26, 2012 Democratic Primary with 3,381 votes (53.7%);<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/primary/democratic/stateReps.html |title= 2012 Democratic Party state representatives primary results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |accessdate= January 8, 2014}}</ref> and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 27,114 votes (64.5%) against Republican nominee Russ Lyman and Libertarian candidate Matthew Webber.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/2012/general/representatives.html |title= 2012 General election state representatives results |publisher= Secretary of State of Colorado |location= Denver, Colorado |accessdate= January 8, 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou12.htm Official page] at the Colorado General Assembly *[http://www.mikefoote.org/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=138747 | fec= | congress= }}

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