Ted Strickland, former Colorado Senate President.

• Position: PEOPLE & POLITICS - Obituary - Brief article

TED STRICKLAND, FORMER COLORADO SENATE PRESIDENT, lieutenant governor and one of the state's most revered Republicans, died in March at 79. "This is a tremendous loss for Colorado--he served with distinction," said former U.S. Senator Hank Brown, Strickland's running mate in his campaign for governor in 1986. "A lot of people see problems, but Ted also saw solutions." Strickland was elected to the Colorado House in 1968 and the Senate in 1970, where he was president from 1983 to 1992. He served as president of NCSL from 1987 to 1988. Strickland was lieutenant governor from 1973 to 1975, when then-Governor John...