{{Short description|American politician (1948–2018)}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Steve Hogan | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Steve Hogan.jpg | alt = | caption = Hogan in July 2012 | order = | office = Mayor of Aurora, Colorado | term_start = November 14, 2011 | term_end = May 13, 2018 | predecessor = Ed Tauer | successor = Bob LeGare | constituency = | majority = | order2 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number--> | state_house2 = Colorado | state2 = Colorado | district2 = 40th | term_start2 = January 1975 | term_end2 = January 1977 | predecessor2 = John Fuhr<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=866863|title = Our Campaigns - CO State House 40 Race - Nov 05, 1974}}</ref> | successor2 = Josef “Joe” Winkler III | birth_date = May 31, 1948 | birth_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and given age|2018|05|13 |69|mf=yes}} | death_place = Aurora, Colorado, U.S. | birth_name = Stephen Douglas Hogan | citizenship = | party = Republican | other_party = Democratic (formerly) | spouse = Becky | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = University of Denver (BA)<ref name=ACC/> | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = }}
'''Stephen Douglas Hogan''' (May 31, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Aurora, Colorado, from November 2011 until his death in May 2018. Hogan was a member of the Republican Party, and previously sat on the Colorado House of Representatives between 1975 and 1977.
==Early life and career== Hogan was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 31, 1948. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Denver in 1970. In 1970 and 1971, he went to the University of Nebraska College of Law.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/candidates/steve-hogan/ |title=Steve Hogan - Elections Colorado Candidate Profile: Elections |access-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141606/http://data.denverpost.com/election/candidates/steve-hogan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.auroragov.org/news/what_s_new/city_mourning_loss_of_mayor_hogan City Mourning Loss of Mayor Hogan]</ref>
Specializing in transport management, Hogan was the executive director of the E-470 Public Highway Authority from 1991 to 1998, leaving that year to run the Northwest Parkway Authority until 2008.<ref name=AboutSteve/>
==Political career== [[File:Aurora Community Covenant (8560553390).jpg|thumb|Hogan (second from left) and others sign the Aurora Community Covenant between Aurora and Fort Carson]] Elected in 1974, Hogan was a one-term legislator in the Colorado House of Representatives representing the 40th district, which covered most of the Arapahoe County portion of Aurora.<ref name=AboutSteve>{{cite web|title=About Steve|url=http://stevehoganformayor.com/about/|publisher=Steve Hogan for Mayor|access-date=July 21, 2012|archive-date=February 3, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203031115/http://stevehoganformayor.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At this stage a member of the Democratic Party,<ref name=HoganCS>{{cite news|last=Ernest|first=Luning|title=Hogan takes prize, lands top spot|url=http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/993124-hogan-takes-prize-lands-top-spot|access-date=July 21, 2012|newspaper=The Colorado Statesman|date=4 November 2011|archive-date=January 2, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102095522/http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/993124-hogan-takes-prize-lands-top-spot|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hogan made a run in 1979 for the Aurora City Council, winning in what he described as 'the most competitive council election in decades'.<ref name=AboutSteve/> His victory marked the first of six non-consecutive terms as a councilman (1979–1983, 1985–1997, 2001–2009).<ref name=SHExperience>{{cite web|title=Experience|url=http://stevehoganformayor.com/about/for-aurora/|publisher=Steve Hogan for Mayor|access-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref>
Outside of the city council, Hogan has twice been a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives; the first in 1982, when he was the Democratic nominee in the 6th district against Republican Jack Swigert of Apollo 13 fame, emphasizing his political experience compared to political novice Swigert.<ref name=TCH1982>{{cite news|title=Ex-astronaut out front in race for Congress, against cancer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N3ghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1087,6436706&dq=steve-hogan+congress&hl=en|access-date=July 21, 2012|newspaper=Tri City Herald|date=October 20, 1982|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329023855/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N3ghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1087,6436706&dq=steve-hogan+congress&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> Swigert emerged victorious, but died from cancer before he could assume office, and Hogan once more represented the Democrats in the 1983 special election that followed. He ran on a campaign criticizing the economic and defense policies of President Ronald Reagan, whilst advocating higher taxes to reduce the federal deficit, and lost to Republican state senator Dan Schaefer.<ref name=1983loss>{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Bob|title=Schaefer elected to Congress|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MqheAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h1MNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3241,6381379&dq=steve-hogan+congress&hl=en|access-date=July 21, 2012|newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press|date=March 30, 1983}}</ref>
At some stage becoming a Republican, Hogan made a second run for the Aurora mayoralty (the first being a failed attempt in 1987) in 2011. He took advantage of his image as an adept budget manager, and was described in ''The Denver Post'' as a man with a 'reputation as problem-solver and capable manager' in its endorsement.<ref name=5280fifty>{{cite news|title=The 5280 Fifty: we rank the 50 most powerful people in Denver.|url=http://www.5280.com/magazine/2011/12/5280-fifty?page=0%2C3|access-date=July 21, 2012|newspaper=5280|date=December 2011}}</ref><ref name=TDPendorsement>{{cite news|title=Editorial: Steve Hogan for mayor of Aurora|url=http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_19159737|access-date=July 21, 2012|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> In the 6-person race, Hogan was seen as the establishment candidate, enjoying bipartisan support, including from the local branch of the AFL–CIO, and won the November election with 37% of the vote.<ref name=HoganCS/>
His mayoralty received international attention when twelve people were killed during the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting.<ref>{{cite news|title=Denver shooting an 'intense tragedy'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-18934231|access-date=July 21, 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=July 20, 2012}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== Hogan has been the recipient of several awards, including: the Martin Luther King Jr. Award from the City of Aurora; Outstanding Legislator from the Colorado Chapter of Disabled American Veterans; the Community Leadership Award from the Aurora Chamber of Commerce; and the Circle of Life Award from the Northern Aurora Business Association.<ref name=SHExperience/> An extension of East 6th Avenue from SH 30 to just west of the 6th Parkway/E-470 interchange that opened on September 26, 2019 was named “Stephen D. Hogan Parkway” in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.auroragov.org/business_services/planning/plans_and_studies/transportation_planning/6th_avenue_parkway_extension|title=Stephen D. Hogan Parkway|website=www.auroragov.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== Hogan served on the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and the Aurora Economic Development Council.<ref name=ACC>{{cite web|title=Steve Hogan|url=https://www.auroragov.org/CityHall/MayorandCityCouncil/CouncilMembers/SteveHogan/index.htm|publisher=Aurora City Council|access-date=July 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220131719/https://www.auroragov.org/CityHall/MayorandCityCouncil/CouncilMembers/SteveHogan/index.htm|archive-date=December 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Hogan died of cancer on May 13, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=2018-05-13 |title=Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan dies at 69 after battle with cancer |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/13/steve-hogan-dies-69/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
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