Subject: Lieutenant Governor appointment in Colorado
From: "Alice Madden" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:58:41 -0700

Hi John,  

John Stocks suggested I send a little more context re the Lt. Governor
appointment in Colorado.

Gov. Hickenlooper will be choosing his new LG within the next few weeks.
There are many groups urging him to pick a woman and/or a minority.  Yet he
cannot choose someone that has already expressed an interest in running for
Governor in '18.  For example, Ken Salazar is interested in running and
would fight against someone else getting a foot in the door.  

It is no secret that the Governor would happily consider a Cabinet position
in the HRC administration.  That means whoever he picks needs to be capable
of being Governor should John leave.  And this person must be able to be
confirmed by the Repub-led State Senate.

It would help the HRC race to have a hi-level, dynamic / progressive woman
out on the campaign trail.  Sen. Bennet is terrific but to win, he
rightfully needs to race to the middle.  There are a lot of Sanders/O'Malley
supporters who will need to be reinvigorated to support HRC.  I think I am
in a unique position to do that.    

In sum, I offer John a way to check a lot of boxes, build up his progressive
credibility (especially with unions & enviros), and help Hillary in '16.

The reason I am reaching out is that John's typical MO would be to pick
someone non-political and very moderate.  I am sure s/he would be a
perfectly nice person but not a big help to HRC.  A word from you would go a
long way to get me on his short list.  I can do the rest!!

Career recap:  

- Practiced law for 9 yrs.  

- Worked at Univ of Colo School of Law for 2 yrs.  

- Served in State House for 8 yrs / architect of the 2004 Dem 

   state legislative takeover.  House Majority Leader for next 4 yrs.  

- Served as Gov. Ritter's Climate Advisor & Dep. CoS for 2 yrs.   

   Climate Fellow at CAP during this time.  

- Held the Timothy Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development at Univ of Colo
for 2 yrs.  

- Recently returned from a 2-yr stint as DOE's PDAS for IG & Ext Relations.

Thanks John!

Alice

303.589.2560