Lois Tochtrop

Colorado Springs Republican Sen. Dave Schultheis has announced he will not seek re-election in 2010. The staunch conservative posted a blog with the news at his website Monday night and emailed a statement to the Colorado Springs Gazette. He made no apologies for his often controversial positions and rigid approach to policy.
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A routine bill updating communicable disease laws unanimously passed a Colorado House committee Monday, punctuated by a rhetorical poke in the eye by an AIDS activist over a morality firestorm ignited in the Senate. Yet it was the testimony of a humble Denver nurse that brought down the house.

Democrats were outraged Wednesday morning when Republican state Sen. Dave Schultheis said he planned to vote against a bill to require HIV tests for pregnant women because the disease “stems from sexual promiscuity” and he didn’t think the Legislature should “remove the negative consequences that take place from poor behavior and unacceptable behavior.” The Colorado Springs lawmaker then proceeded to cast the lone vote against SB-179, which passed 32-1 and moves on to the House.

UPDATE: Schultheis restates his opposition to the bill by claiming HIV babies are punishment for promiscuous moms.

Don’t pick a fight with  state Sen. Lois Tochtrop (D-Thornton). Not only has the legislator won awards for her superior handgun skills, she’s also received freebies for them.

That’s according to the most recent disclosure forms filed with the Secretary of State’s office, which show that the Golden-based “free-market think thank” Independence Institute paid for Sen. [...]

Lois Tochtrop can keep her title. The Democratic senator from Thornton was crowned Queen of the Co-Sponsors after our midterm report card, and she ended the session as the primary co-sponsor of 29 House bills, more than any other senator. It’s an astounding number considering that only 15 of 35 senators co-sponsored more than 10 [...]

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Earlier in the week Sen. Lois Tochtrop, D-Thornton, announced plans to discard a bill that would have required auto-insurance policies to have $50,000 in additional medical coverage for drivers.

Tochtrop was the sponsor of the measure and said she would later submit a more water downed version of [...]