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{{Infobox_Governor
|name=Bill Owens
|image=Owens.jpg
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|order=40<sup>th</sup>
|office=Governor of Colorado
|term_start=January [[1999]]
|term_end=''present''
|lieutenant= [[Jane E. Norton]]
|predecessor=[[Roy Romer]]
|successor=''incumbent''
|birth_date= [[October 22]], [[1950]]
|birth_place= [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|spouse= [[Frances Owens]]
|profession= [[Teacher]]
|party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|footnotes=
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{{about|the Governor of Colorado|others|[[William Owens]]}}
'''William F. "Bill" Owens''' (born [[October 22]], [[1950]]) is an [[United States|American]] politician and a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He is the 40th and current [[Governor of Colorado]].
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Born in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Texas]] and a practicing [[Catholic]],
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a [[Master's degree]] in public administration from the [[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He is an expert in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] affairs and writes and lectures often on [[Russia]]. He has been married for almost 30 years and has three children. Before his political career, Owens worked for 20 years in the private sector as a consultant with [[Deloitte and Touche]], with the [[Gates Corporation]], and as director of a trade association.
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Owens served as a member of [[Colorado]] state house of representatives from 1982 to 1988 and Colorado state treasurer from 1995 to 1999. Since 1999, he has served as the 40th Governor of Colorado. In the 1998 governor's race, he defeated his [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] opponent, [[Gail Schoettler]], in a very close election (they both received about 49% of the vote). He won the 2002 governor's race by defeating the Democratic candidate, [[Rollie Heath]], 63%-33%, the greatest majority in Colorado history.
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In 2002 he was proclaimed by the ''[[National Review]]'', a conservative political magazine, as the "best governor in the U.S." [http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore100202.asp]
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Following the retirement announcement of [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]] in 2004, Governor Owens briefly considered running for the open seat, but ultimately decided against it. Leading up to the 2004 primary, Owens caused some controversy in the Republican Party by announcing support for [[Bob Schaffer]]'s run to replace Campbell, but then endorsing [[Pete Coors]] when Coors announced his entry into the race.
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Owens has also been mentioned as a potential nominee to the Cabinet of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] in Bush's second term. Owens has said he expects to remain governor, but he also has not categorically ruled out the possibility of accepting a Cabinet nomination. Such a nomination may be less likely after the defeat of Coors in the general election. Owens has described his politics as mostly [[conservatism|conservative]] with some [[libertarianism|libertarian]] influences. He is widely considered to be a possible candidate for [[President of the United States]], or a possible nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] in 2008 or 2012. {{seealso|United States presidential election, 2008}}.
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==External links==
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*[http://www.colorado.gov/governor/ Gov. Bill Owens website]
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*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/gw20031019.shtml Colorado Governor shows us how to run a state]
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3248215.stm Video and transcript of Owens discussing President Bush's policies]
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*Video: [http://www.c-span.org/Search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&BasicQueryText=dean+owens+terrorism Former Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) and Governor Bill Owens (R-CO), debate the USA PATRIOT Act, August 9, 2004] ([http://www.real.com RealPlayer] required)
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*[http://news.scotsman.com/columnists.cfm?id=1242622003 Bill Owens is a superstar, by The Scotman]
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*[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_16_54/ai_90570238 America's Best Governor: For Republicans, a Rocky Mountain high - Bill Owens]
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*[http://www.issues2002.org/Bill_Owens.htm Bill Owens on the issues]
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