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Commissioner James 'Jim' L. Riesberg

Full Name: James 'Jim' L. Riesberg
Office: Insurance Commissioner (CO), Democratic
First Elected: 06/27/2011
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sharron; 2 Children: Dorie, Paul
Birth Date: 04/04/1942
Birth Place: Denver, CO
Home City: Greeley, CO
Religion: Lutheran

Recent Key Votes

HB 1319 - Congressional Redistricting
Legislation (Nay)

May 10, 2011

HB 1005 - Repeals Taxes on Agricultural Products
Legislation (Nay)

May 9, 2011 - Repeals provision of HB 10-1195 designed to increase state revenue and to hire additional state employees (Secs. 1-3): Also repeals the tax exemptions ...

HB 1273 - State Health Care Enactment
Legislation (Nay)

May 4, 2011 - -Requires the state and any other signatory states to seek both joint and separate approval from the U.S. Congress to maintain state regulation of health ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2011 Colorado AFL-CIO Lifetime 87%
2011 Colorado AFL-CIO Positions 88%
2011 Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Positions 91%
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Campaign Finances

Top industry Public Sector Unions ($17,725.00)
Source FollowTheMoney.org
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

James Riesberg refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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View James 'Jim' L. Riesberg's Colorado State Legislative Election 2006 National Political Awareness Test
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