{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = Millie Hamner | name = Millie Hamner | image = | caption = | state_house = Colorado | state = Colorado | district = 61st | term_start = December 2010 | term_end = January 4, 2019 | predecessor = Christine Scanlan | successor = Julie McCluskie | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Politician, educator | party = Democratic | alma_mater = University of Denver | website = [http://milliehamner.com www.milliehamner.com] }}
'''Millie Hamner''' is an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Colorado State House of Representatives and a former superintendent of schools for Summit County, Colorado.
== Career == In December 2010, Rep. Christine Scanlan resigned from the House District 56 seat to join the administration of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. A committee of HD-56 Democrats selected Hamner to fill the vacancy, and Hamner served the remainder of Scanlan's term.<ref>[http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/992357-hamner-chosen-succeed-scanlan-hd-56 "Hamner chosen to succeed Scanlan in HD 56," ''The Colorado Statesman''; 12/13/2010.]</ref>
After the 2012 redistricting of Colorado legislative boundaries, Hamner ran as a Democrat for the newly-redrawn District 61 seat in the 2012 General Election. Colorado's House District 61 includes Summit, Lake and Pitkin counties and parts of Delta and Gunnison counties. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the November 6 General Election, Hamner defeated Debra Irvine (R), Ellen Temby (L), Kathleen Curry (I) and Robert Petrowsky (C).<ref>[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Millie_Hamner Millie Hamner - Ballotpedia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/district-61/ State House District 61 - Results: Elections: The Denver Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Hamner served as the chair of the House Education Committee and sat on both the Business and Appropriations Committees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2013a/directory.nsf/MemberDetailPage?OpenForm&district=61&chamber=house|title = Representative Millie Hamner - Colorado House District 61}}</ref>
In 2011, she sponsored successful legislation streamlining the license renewal process for teachers, speeding up the Colorado Department of Transportation’s timeline for recommending improvements on the traffic-plagued I-70 Mountain Corridor, creating a biomass fuel program, and making new uses for trees killed in the Western Slope's bark beetle infestation.<ref>[http://milliehamner.com/?page_id=6 "About Millie," www.milliehamner.com.]</ref>
Hamner sponsored the Colorado READ Act, one of Colorado's major education initiatives in 2012. The law expanded early childhood literacy programs.<ref>[http://milliehamner.com/?page_id=6 "About Millie," www.milliehamner.com.]</ref>
In 2013, Hamner sponsored successful legislation improving early childhood development programs, financing the state's school system, and numerous other education-related bills. Hamner carried the Future School Finance Act, redesigning Colorado's school funding formulas, which is subject to voter approval in the November 2013 election. Hamner also passed several natural resource-related bills in 2013.<ref>[http://milliehamner.com/?page_id=8 "Legislation," www.milliehamner.com]</ref>
==Electoral history==
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= Colorado State House District 61 General Election, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/contest/4885|title=2012 Jun 26 - Democratic Primary State Representative - State Representative District 61|website=Colorado Secretary of State|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/contest/5081|title=2012 Nov 6 - General State Representative - State Representative District 61|website=Colorado Secretary of State|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Millie Hamner |votes = 2,277 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 2,277 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Millie Hamner |votes = 19,621 |percentage = 47.40% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = Debra Irvine |votes = 14,124 |percentage = 34.12% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kathleen Curry |votes = 5,732 |percentage = 13.85% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Libertarian Party (US) |candidate = Ellen Temby |votes = 1,132 |percentage = 2.73% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Constitution Party (US) |candidate = Robert E. Petrowsky |votes = 783 |percentage = 1.92% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 41,392 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= Colorado State House District 61 General Election, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/contest/4603|title=2014 Jun 24 - Democratic Primary State Representative - State Representative District 61|website=Colorado Secretary of State|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/contest/4729|title=2014 Nov 4 - General State Representative - State Representative District 61|website=Colorado Secretary of State|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Millie Hamner (incumbent) |votes = 3,113 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 3,113 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Millie Hamner (incumbent) |votes = 17,500 |percentage = 52.28% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = Debra Irvine |votes = 14,455 |percentage = 43.19% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Libertarian Party (US) |candidate = Mac Trench |votes = 1,516 |percentage = 4.53% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 33,471 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= Colorado State House District 61 General Election, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/contest/4116|title=2016 Jun 28 - Democratic Primary State Representative - State Representative District 61|website=Colorado Secretary of State|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalelectiondata.coloradosos.gov/contest/4402|title=2016 Nov 8 - General State Representative - State Representative District 61|website=Colorado Secretary of State|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Millie Hamner (incumbent) |votes = 4,082 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 4,082 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box open primary general election no change}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Millie Hamner (incumbent) |votes = 24,562 |percentage = 56.12% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = Bob Schutt |votes = 19,208 |percentage = 43.88% }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 43,770 |percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
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==External links== * [http://milliehamner.com www.milliehamner.com]
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