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Terrance Carroll
Colorado House of Representatives District 7
Former member
Term in office began 2003
Term in office ended 2011
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Attorney

Terrance Carroll was a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing the 7th District from 2003 to 2011. He served as the Speaker of the House during his last term.

Carroll is an Attorney and has worked as a nonprofit executive and police officer. He is a member of the Colorado State Bar Association, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Denver Bar Association, and Sam Cary Bar Association.^[1]

Issue positions

Carroll did not provide answers to the Colorado State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.^[2]

Committee assignments

• Executive Committee of the Legislative Council (Vice Chair)
• Legislative Council (Vice Chair)

Sponsored legislation

Initiative rights

See also: Changes in 2009 to laws governing the initiative process

Carroll introduced legislation in the Colorado House of Representatives on March 24 that would:

• Require that petition drive management companies who hire paid circulators go through a licensing process.
• Circulators would be required to go through a government-sponsored training procedure before they would be allowed to collect signatures legally.^[3]

Carroll's other sponsored legislation includes:

• HB 09-1276 - Delay Foreclosure Residential Property
• HB 09-1299 - National Popular Vote Agreement
• HB 09-1326 - Integrity Of Citizen-Initiated Petitions
• SB 10-191 - Quality Instruction Through Educator Effectiveness ^[4]

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Elections

2010

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2010

Carroll was ineligible to run for re-election to the 7th District seat due to the term limits of the Colorado House of Representatives.

2008

On November 4, 2008, Carroll won re-election to the 7th District seat in the Colorado House of Representatives, defeating opponent Josh Raines (R).^[5]

Carroll raised $28,727 for his campaign, while Raines raised $7,324.^[6]

Colorado State House, District 7 (2008)
Candidates		Votes
Terrance Carroll (D)		25,553
Josh Raines (R)		6,737

Campaign donors

2008

Below are Carroll's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:^[7]

Contributor	2008 total
Food & Commercial Workers Local 7	$4,000
Apartment Assoc of Metro Denver	$2,125
Cornell Employees PAC Multicandidate	$800
CO Trial Lawyers Assoc	$800
Colorado Concern	$800

External links

• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Project Vote Smart bio
• Campaign Contributions: 2008

References

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Preceded by '	Colorado House District 7 2003–2011	Succeeded by Angela Williams

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