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Michael B. Hancock

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Michael Hancock

City Councilman 2003-Present
• President 2006-2008
• Business, Workforce, & Sustainability
Committee, Co-Chair
• Land Use, Transportation, Infrastructure Committee, Member
• Bond Implementation Committee,
Former Chair
• Economic Development Committee, Former
Vice-Chair
• Finance Committee, Former Member

President, Urban League
Metro Denver 1999-2005

Program Director, Vice-President, Interim President,
Urban League, Metro Denver 1995-1998

Former employee, National Civic League

Former employee, Denver Housing Authority







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Campaign Contributions
Total contributions received as of May 2, 2011:
$797,000

Donors
• Out of more than 1,100 donors, less than 100 are from out of state.
• Approximately 175 Hancock donors have contributed more than $1,000.
• Top donors include numerous Metro Taxi associates, attorneys, real estate developers, and investors as well as the COO of the Denver Broncos, the Chairman and CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and the Colorado Gaming Association. 
• Hancock has not taken out any loans to self-finance his campaign.


Endorsements
• Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter
• Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb
• Former State Representative Wilma Webb
• Former State Senator Paul Sandoval
• Former House Speaker Ruben Valdez
• Former Colorado First Ladies Jeannie Ritter, Frances Owens
• City Councilwoman Carol Boigon
• City Councilman-at-Large Doug Linkhart
• City Councilwoman Peggy Lehman
• City Councilwoman Judy Montero
• City Councilman Charlie Brown
• City Councilman Paul Lopez
• City Councilman-Elect Chris Herndon
• Current, former Denver School Board members Theresa Peña, Mary Seawell, Dr. Sharon Bailey
• Current, former state lawmakers Rhonda Fields, Rosemary Marshall, Gloria Tanner
• Former Denver Councilwomen Happy Haynes, Elbra Wedgeworth
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• Colorado Black Professional Firefighters
• Eritrian Community of Colorado


Education
M.A., Public Administration, University of Colorado, Denver
B.A., Political Science; Minor, Communications, Hastings College, Nebraska

Additional Background
Born in Fort Hood, Texas, Hancock has lived in Denver since he was 10 months old.  He is married and has three children.