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Ellen Stuart Roberts (born August 27, 1959 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Roberts )〕) is an attorney and Republican legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. From 2006-2010, Roberts served as the State Representative for House District 59. In 2010, she was elected to Senate District 6 and is the current Senator for that district, which encompasses Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel counties. In 2015, she was elected to serve as the President Pro-Tem for the Colorado State Senate. ==Biography== Born in Hudson, New York,〔 Roberts was raised in Rhinebeck,〔 where she was elected class president in high school. She earned a self-designed undergraduate degree in environmental policy from Cornell University〔 in 1981.〔 During college, she spent a semester as an intern in Washington DC, working for her Congressional representative and for the Republican National Committee.〔 She moved to Colorado upon graduation〔 and worked as a ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park until 1984.〔 In 1982, Roberts married; she and her husband, Rick, have two children: Caitlin and Ben,〔 both of whom have attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. After being hired by a law firm in Granby, Colorado,〔 Roberts returned to school to earn a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1986.〔 She worked as an attorney in private practice in Granby and Hot Sulphur Springs,〔 specializing in estate, probate and business law.〔 A resident of Durango, Colorado since 1989,〔 she joined the Southwest Colorado Bar Association in 1986〔 and served as its president,〔 and as president of the Southwest Colorado Women's Bar Association.〔 As an attorney, Roberts advocated for increased legal services for immigrants and Spanish-speakers in southwestern Colorado〔 〕 Roberts has focused on health care, constitutional reform, judicial, and financial issues in the state legislature, and, despite being in the minority party, has seen almost all legislation she sponsored signed into law. She has also carried legislation to strengthen private property rights surrounding oil and gas drilling, and to create a legislative youth advisory council. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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