Angie Paccione

Angie Paccione was a Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 4th Congressional District (map) of Colorado. She was seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.).

Bio
Born in 1960 in the South Bronx, Paccione graduated from Stanford University in 1983. Upon graduation, she played basketball professionally for several years before retiring to become a counselor at a center for at risk youth and eventually a high school teacher. In 1998, she earned her PhD in education from Colorado State University. In 2002, Paccione was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives from Colorado's House District 53, representing western Fort Collins; in her second term, she rose to become Majority Caucus Chair after Democrats gained control of the assembly in 2004.

2006 elections
In September 2005, Paccione announced her intention to challenge incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave for Colorado's 4th district Congressional seat. Paccione has attacked Musgrave for having "a very singular focus on this [gay marriage], and that’s been all that she does". Paccione has used Musgrave's opposition to gay marriage as a means to tie Musgrave to "a massive failure of leadership ... on the federal level".

Paccione has focused a lot of her attention on making Colorado a hub of alternative energy technologies. She has been endorsed by the Denver Post over Musgrave.

Paccione lost the election in 2006 and Musgrave retained her seat. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006)

2008 elections
Paccione was seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) in the 2008 congressional elections.

Committees
Paccione will be assigned committees if and when she is elected to Congress.

Contact
Email: info AT angie2006.com Phone: (970) 224-9370 Mail: P.O. Box 1292 Fort Collins, CO 80522

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:Colorado and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Colorado’s 4th Congressional District
 * Angie Paccione for Congress, official campaign site.

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Non-Prophet
 * Colorado Pols: Politics, News, and Inside Information

External articles

 * Greg Giroux, "Musgrave’s Priorities at Issue in Increasingly Close Colo. 4 Race," CQ Politics, September 28, 2006.
 * Greg Giroux, "The CQPolitics Interview: Angie Paccione (Colo. 4)," CQ Politics, September 28, 2006.
 * "Paccione's winning energy," Denver Post, October 27, 2006.