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Dickey Lee Hullinghorst is a state representative-elect in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008, Hullinghorst represents House District 10, which encompasses central eastern Boulder and northeastern Boulder County, Colorado.^[1]

1 Biography
2 2008 campaign
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Hullinghorst holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Wyoming and has completed graduate work in public policy at the University of Colorado, Denver. She has worked as a computer programmer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC, as legislative affairs director for the Colorado Open Space Council, and as senior vice president for Herrick S. Roth Associates, a Denver public policy consulting firm.^[2]

Starting in 1985, Hullinghorst worked as Intergovernmental Relations Director for Boulder County, Colorado. She spearheaded the 2003 creation of the "Boulder County Countywide Coordinated Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement," or "Super IGA," governing Boulder County development and land-preservation policies over a two-decade timeframe.^[3] In recognition of this work, she received the Metro Vision First Place Award from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) intergovernmental cooperation award. She also received the Local Government Collaboration Gold Award for work on an IGA targeting Colorado Highway 42 revitalization.^[2] Additionally, Hullinghorst's position entailed lobbying the state legislature on behalf of Boulder County. Hullinghorst retired in December 2007 upon announcing her campaign for the state legislature.^[3]

She has served on a number of local boards and commissions, including Boulder County's Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee, Healthy Communities Steering Committee, Resource Conservation Advisory Board, and Mental Health Center Board, as well as the city of Boulder's Blue Ribbon Commission on Revenue Stability. Hullinghorst received gubernatorial appointments to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board, the Front range Project Steering Committee, and the Metropolitan Water Roundtable. She helped found the Colorado Open Lands Board, and served on the boards of EcoCycle, Political Action for Conservation, and PLAN Boulder County.^[2]

A veteran of Democratic Party politics, Hullinghorst was a delegate to the 1976 Democratic National Convention and has served in a number of roles with the Boulder County Democratic Party, as a precinct committeeperson, member of the central and executive committees, finance chair, GOTV co-chair, county vice-chair, and county chair. She has also served on the executive committee of the Colorado Democratic Party.^[2]

Hullinghorst currently lives in Gunbarrel, Colorado.^[4] Her husband, Bob Hullinghorst, has been elected Boulder County Treasurer; they have one daughter, Lara.^[5]