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Bob Schaffer - Candidate For United States Senate
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Bob Schaffer
Bob Schaffer first entered politics at the age of 25, when Colorado State Senator Jim Beatty decided to resign one year before his term ended in 1987. Beatty was also the Republican chair in Larimer County, and he appointed Schaffer to serve out the rest of his term. Schaffer served nine years in the legislature and was named the National Republican Legislator of the year in 1995 before winning a US Congressional seat in the 4th district in 1996.
Upon his election to congress, Schaffer pledged to serve just three terms, a pledge that many Republicans in the 1994 and 1996 elections made as part of the Newt Gingrich-led Republican revolution. In 2001, none other than George W. Bush, who met Schaffer up in Estes Park, pleaded with Schaffer to break his pledge, which he did not.
In 2002, Schaffer became vice-president of business development at Aspect Energy. He is also the president of the Parental Alliance for Choice in Education, which promotes school choice in Colorado. School choice and the transformation to a market-driven education system in Colorado are Schaffer's signature issues, and if you watched John McCain's speech at the convention, you know those are two very big issues now in the Republican party.
In 2004, when Ben "Nighthorse" Campbell announced that he would not be running for reelection to the US Senate, Schaffer threw his hat into the ring in the Republican primary against Pete Coors and ReMax founder David Liniger. Coors prevailed with 61 percent of the vote. Schaffer's opponent in 2008, Mark Udall, also briefly ran for that seat on the Democratic side, but he eventually stepped aside for eventual winner Ken Salazar.
Nothing like sloppy seconds, eh Colorado?
In 2006, Schaffer founded Dreamsoft Colorado, a firm that creates websites for businesses.
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