Barbara O'Brien (politician)

Barbara O'Brien
Barbara O'Brien (politician)

Barbara O'Brien
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 9, 2007–
Governor Bill Ritter
Preceded by Jane E. Norton
Born April 18, 1950 (1950-04-18) (age 58)
Brawley, California
Political party Democratic
Spouse Rick O'Brien
Profession Charity President

Barbara O'Brien (Born April 18, 1950 in Brawley, California) is the Lt. Governor of Colorado. A Democrat, she was chosen by Governor Bill Ritter as his running mate in February 2006. They were elected on November 7, 2006, and took office on January 9, 2007. She is the fourth woman to serve as Lt. Governor of Colorado.

Prior to becoming Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, she was a speechwriter and policy advisor for Governor Richard Lamm, she also worked for the University of Colorado at Denver as the director of campus affairs and she later served the university as director of the Institute for International Business. O'Brien finally served as President of the Colorado Children's Campaign from 1990 until February, 2006. She has a doctorate in English from Columbia University.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Jane E. Norton		 Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
January 9, 2007–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
v • d • e
Current Lieutenant Governors (or officials first in line of succession) of U.S. states and territories
AL Folsom, Jr. (D)
AK Parnell (R)
AZ Brewer (R) 1
AR Halter (D)
CA Garamendi (D)
CO O'Brien (D)
CT Fedele (R)
DE Carney, Jr. (D)
FL Kottkamp (R)
GA Cagle (R)
HI Aiona (R)
ID Little (R)*
IL Quinn (D)
IN Skillman (R)
IA Judge (D)
KS Parkinson (D)
KY Mongiardo (D)
LA Landrieu (D)
ME Edmonds (D) 2
MD Brown (D)
MA Murray (D)
MI Cherry (D)
MN Molnau (R)
MS Bryant (R)
MO Kinder (R)
MT Bohlinger (R)
NE Sheehy (R)
NV Krolicki (R)
NH Larsen (D) 2
NJ Codey (D) 2
NM Denish (D)
NY Smith (D) 2
NC Perdue (D)
ND Dalrymple (R)
OH Fisher (D)
OK Askins (D)
OR Bradbury (D) 1
PA Scarnati (R)
RI Roberts (D)
SC Bauer (R)
SD Daugaard (R)
TN Ramsey (R)
TX Dewhurst (R)
UT Herbert (R)
VT Dubie (R)
VA Bolling (R)
WA Owen (D)
WV Tomblin (D) 2
WI Lawton (D)
WY Maxfield (R) 1
DC Gray (D) 2

Territories
AS Sunia (D)
GU Cruz (R)
MP Villagomez (Cov)
PR Bonilla (PPD)1
VI Francis (D)
* presumptive nominee 1 Secretary of State.    2 Senate President (or Chairman of DC Council).    

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