Pat Miller
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 27th district
In office
January 1991 – January 1993
Preceded byJim Pierson
Succeeded byJim Pierson
Personal details
Born (1947-03-20) March 20, 1947 (age 76)
Peoria, Illinois
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations		Democratic (formerly)
American Constitution (2010)
SpouseRichard Lynn Miller
Children1
ResidenceErie, Colorado

Patricia Elaine Miller (born March 20, 1947) is an American politician. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican from 1991 until 1993, and was the candidate of the American Constitution Party for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 2010.

Biography

Miller was born in 1947 in Peoria, Illinois, and graduated from Lowpoint-Washburn High School in 1965. A former Democrat, she became a Republican after moving to Colorado in 1971 and reading the party platforms.[1] In 1990, Miller was elected to represent the 27th district (which covered parts of Jefferson County) in the Colorado House of Representatives, serving one term before losing reelection in 1992. She ran for Colorado's 2nd congressional district in 1994 and 1996, both times losing to incumbent Democrat David Skaggs.[2]

In 2010, Miller was selected as the Constitution Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. Tom Tancredo had replaced Ben Goss as the party's candidate for governor, although Goss's running mate, Doug Campbell, initially remained on the ticket. Campbell withdrew from the race in order to allow Tancredo to select his own running mate. He announced his selection of Miller on a KHOW talk radio program on August 24, 2010.[3][4] Tancredo and Miller lost the election to Democrats John Hickenlooper and Joseph García.

During the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, Miller supported Rick Santorum, and she served on his campaign's Colorado Steering Committee.[5]

In 2019, Miller announced that she was running for the position of State Representative in Colorado House District 63. She lost the Republican primary to Dan Woog.[6]

Personal life

In addition to politics, Miller is also an author. As of 2020, she has published six works of historical fiction and one mystery novel. In the fall of 2018, Miller's fifth book, Willfully Ignorant, received the second-place Grand Prize in the Xulon Press Christian Author Awards Book Contest.[7]

Miller and her husband, Richard Lynn Miller, have one adopted son and two grandchildren. She resides in Erie, Colorado.[2]

Political positions

Miller opposes abortion. Between 1998 and 2004, she was director of Citizens for Responsible Government, an anti-abortion organization. In 2007, she co-founded Colorado Citizens for Life.[2]

Miller stated she had a "strong conservative voting record", and opposes gun control. She is also opposed to illegal immigration, saying, "In the line at the grocery store, I hear people complaining about the immigration laws and the drain on taxpayers and the loss of jobs. I feel like we're handing over our country. It's very distressing to me."[8]

Electoral history

Colorado House District 27 Republican primary, 1990[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Miller 2,482 56.1%
Republican Bob Dyer 1,941 43.9%
Total votes 4,423 100.0%
Colorado House District 27 election, 1990[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Miller 9,156 50.2%
Democratic Jim Pierson 9,098 49.8%
Total votes 18,254 100.0%
Colorado House District 27 election, 1992[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Pierson 14,988 56.1%
Republican Pat Miller 11,736 43.9%
Total votes 26,724 100.0%
Colorado's 2nd congressional district Republican primary, 1994[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Miller 8,197 38.1%
Republican Michelle Lawrence 5,128 23.9%
Republican Ted Engel 4,722 22.0%
Republican Sharon Klusman 3,452 16.1%
Total votes 21,499 100.0%
Colorado's 2nd congressional district election, 1994[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Skaggs 105,938 56.7%
Republican Pat Miller 80,723 43.2%
Write-in Larry E. Johnson 44 <0.1%
Total votes 168,705 100.0%
Colorado's 2nd congressional district Republican primary, 1996[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Miller 19,216 65.4%
Republican Shannon Robinson 10,181 34.6%
Total votes 29,397 100.0%
Colorado's 2nd congressional district election, 1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Skaggs 145,894 57.0%
Republican Pat Miller 97,865 38.3%
Reform Larry E. Johnson 6,304 2.5%
Libertarian W. Earl Allen 5,721 2.2%
Total votes 255,784 100.0%
Colorado gubernatorial election, 2010[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Hickenlooper/Joseph García 915,436 51.1%
Constitution Tom Tancredo/Pat Miller 652,376 36.4%
Republican Dan Maes/Tambor Williams 199,792 11.1%
Libertarian Jaimes Brown/Ken Wyble 13,365 0.7%
Independent Jason R. Clark 8,601 0.5%
Independent Paul Fiorino/Heather McKibbin 3,492 0.2%
Write-in 86 <0.1%
Total votes 1,793,148 100.0%

References

  1. ^ Shapley, Linda (June 15, 2020). "State House District 63 - Republican; Miller, Woog and Seulean". Colorado Politics. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Crummy, Karen (August 24, 2010). "Tancredo picks new running mate". The Denver Post. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "Tancredo picks Pat Miller as running mate". The Gazette. August 24, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Calhoun, Patricia (August 24, 2010). "Tom Tancredo has a new running mate -- Pat Miller, not Michelle Malkin". Westword. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Key People-Former Sen. Rick Santorum". P2012. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "CO State House 63 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Christian Author Awards: Grand Prize Winners Fall 2018". Xulon Press. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  8. ^ Anas, Brittany (August 24, 2010). "Tom Tancredo picks Erie's Pat Miller as Colo. governor running mate". Daily Camera. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1990" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  10. ^ "State of Colorado, Abstract of Votes Cast, 1992" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  11. ^ "CO District 2 - R Primary 1994". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  12. ^ "CO District 2 1994". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  13. ^ "CO District 2 - R Primary 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  14. ^ "CO District 2 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  15. ^ "2010 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
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