Owen Hill
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| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 10th district |
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Assumed office January 15, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Cadman |
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| Political party | Republican |
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United States Air Force Academy Pardee RAND Graduate School |
Owen Hill is a state legislator for the U.S. State of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2012, Hill represents Senate District 10, which encompasses Eastern Colorado Springs.
Owen and his wife Emily are the parents of four children. Owen and his family live in Colorado Springs.
In 2010, Owen ran against the incumbent Senate Majority Leader, Democrat John Morse. He lost by 340 votes. As a first time candidate, he earned the second highest vote count in the district for all Republicans on the ballot. In June 2012, he won his primary election for State Senate District 10 by a substantial margin. Hill faced Brandon Hughes in the general election, and won the election with 73.5% of the vote.
After studying Economics at the Air Force Academy, Owen had the opportunity to complete his Ph.D. in Policy Analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School in association with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Following his military service, Owen worked in international finance operations, serving as a Chief Financial Officer for a non-profit organization, and running his own financial consulting company. He managed the budget for Compassion International, a children’s non-profit.
In 2012, Hill ran for the open Senate seat in Senate District 10 to replace Senator Bill Cadman after redistricting. He faced opponent Brandon Hughes of the Libertarian Party and Christopher Mull of the American Constitution Party, and defeated them with a 73.7% of the vote.
Hill was appointed to serve on the Senate Education Committee, Finance Committee, and the Legislative Audit Committee.
During the 2013 Colorado Legislative session, Senator Hill promoted an amendment that would have exempted faith-based organizations from providing benefits to individuals in civil unions, if doing so would violate their freedom of conscience.
Hill ran for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Democrat Mark Udall, Colorado's senior senator and a former member of the United States House of Representatives. On his campaign committee page, Hill asserts that "America needs a vibrant, growing economy, and Mark Udall has no idea how to achieve this." Hill opposes the Affordable Care Act, saying that "the right way to lower healthcare costs is to find cures for Alzheimer's, cancer, and diabetes."
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