Heidi Ganahl
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Heidi Ganahl (Republican Party) was an at-large member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents. She assumed office in 2017. She left office on January 10, 2023.
Ganahl (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Colorado. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Ganahl completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Heidi Ganahl earned a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master's degree in health care administration from the University of Denver. Ganahl's career experience includes founding SheFactor, Camp Bow Wow, and the Bow Wow Buddies Foundation.[1][2]
Political career
Colorado State Board of Regents At-Large (2017-2023)
Ganahl was first elected to the board in 2016 and took office in January 2017. She left office on January 10, 2023.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Colorado gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Colorado
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Colorado on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jared Polis (D) | 58.5 | 1,468,481 | |
Heidi Ganahl (R) | 39.2 | 983,040 | ||
Kevin Ruskusky (L) | 1.2 | 28,939 | ||
Danielle Neuschwanger (American Constitution Party) | 0.9 | 21,623 | ||
Paul Fiorino (Unity Party) | 0.3 | 6,687 | ||
Zachary Varon (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 52 | ||
Paul Willmon (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 |
Total votes: 2,508,830 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bill Stevens (Approval Voting Party)
- Ralph Tingle (Independent)
- Laurie Clark (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Colorado
Incumbent Jared Polis advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Colorado on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jared Polis | 100.0 | 523,481 |
Total votes: 523,481 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dustin Rorex (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Colorado
Heidi Ganahl defeated Greg Lopez in the Republican primary for Governor of Colorado on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Heidi Ganahl | 53.9 | 341,145 | |
Greg Lopez | 46.1 | 292,171 |
Total votes: 633,316 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Rundberg (R)
- Benjamin Huseman (R)
- Jon Gray-Ginsberg (R)
- Jeffrey Fry (R)
- Destinee Workman (R)
- Laurie Clark (R)
- Darryl Gibbs (R)
- Jason Wilkat (R)
- Zachariah Burck (R)
- Jason Lopez (R)
- Danielle Neuschwanger (R)
Approval Voting Party convention
Approval Voting Party convention for Governor of Colorado
Bill Stevens advanced from the Approval Voting Party convention for Governor of Colorado on March 26, 2022.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Bill Stevens (Approval Voting Party) |
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Endorsements
To view Ganahl's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Heidi Ganahl completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ganahl's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|I am best known as the founder of Camp Bow Wow, where I turned a lifelong passion for dogs into the largest pet care franchise in the world after the loss of my first husband at the age of 27. My entrepreneurial spirit helped me pick myself back up and build Camp Bow Wow. It also inspired me to build SheFactor—a digital and live community that aims to empower young women to pursue a life they love.
I have been named one of Fortune magazine’s 10 Most Promising Entrepreneurs, and one of Parade magazine’s top women entrepreneurs in the country. I’m passionate about giving back and in 2013 founded Moms Fight Back, and later the Fight Back Foundation, charities to tackle the most pressing issues facing our kids today.
In addition, I am the only statewide elected Republican, serving on the University of Colorado Board of Regents, overseeing a $5 billion budget and over 30,000 employees.
I am an author, inspirational speaker, community leader and philanthropist. I am married to Jason Ganahl, a BBQ Champ and restaurateur. I have four children – Tori, Hollie, and twins Jack and Jenna ranging in age from 10 to 27, a lab Henry and a grandpup Poppy!
- Let’s make it affordable to live here again! CO has the 2nd highest inflation rate in the nation, over 15% MORE than when Biden took office. Living here in CO you shouldn’t have to choose between buying groceries and gas or getting your kids the school supplies they need. When Polis took office, gas was $2.20. Today, it’s almost twice that much - a side effect of his push to implement the Green New Deal here in CO and put the oil and gas industry out of business. As Governor, I’ll UNLEASH CO’s economy and put more money back into your pocket - by taking our state to 0% income tax, cutting red tape to make housing affordable again and cutting the gas tax in half. I will put our energy workers back to work and be a voice for rural Colorado!
- Let’s make it safe to live in Colorado again! Jared Polis’ soft-on-crime policies are endangering CO communities. We are the 4th worst in the nation for increased crime and thanks to Polis, CO is the most dangerous place in America to be a kid. CO became #1 in auto-thefts, #1 in bank robberies, #1 in cocaine usage, #2 in property crime, #2 in fentanyl deaths and #4 in recidivism. Law enforcement is telling how their hands are tied, they can’t keep anyone in jail, or protect the streets from theft and violent crimes. I will be a law and order governor. I will replace the parole board, stop our sanctuary status, appoint tough judges, declare a state of emergency on fentanyl, keep repeat offenders in jail, and clean up our streets.
- If our kids are not ok, nothing else matters. Our kids are in crisis. We have the 2nd highest drug addiction rate for kids in CO and the 7th highest suicide rate. 60% of our kids can’t read, write or do math at grade level, they are being taught nonsense in the classroom and violence at schools is skyrocketing while SROs are told to stand down. In DPS, only 5% of Black and Hispanic kids are reading at grade level. I will make sure our kids can learn to read and write by 3rd grade with a commonsense curriculum, that is transparent to parents. I’ll make sure parents have the power to raise their kids with the values they are raising them with, and that the funding follows the families if they need to make different choices around school.
I am passionate about preserving the American Dream for our kids and making sure all Coloradans have the opportunity I did to live the American Dream. To address the huge gaps in learning and better partner with parents, we will work to fund the family, not the system. We must ensure transparency in the curriculum and boost fundamentals like reading, writing, and math — which is why I’ve championed several education efforts as both a CU Regent and concerned parent over the past several years. I want to ensure schools are safe places for our children to learn and will encourage school districts to utilize School Resource Officers and/or enhanced security measures. Critical reforms to our family courts and welfare system will help our children thrive — which is why I started my charities, Mom’s Fight Back and Families Fight Back. It’s important to me that we reduce the size of government by removing unneeded regulations and creating policies that encourage job creation — as a small business owner myself, I’ve seen firsthand how government red tape can suffocate our businesses and our state's economy. As I’ve traveled the state, one of the biggest policy issues I’ve been affecting families of Colorado is the issue of fentanyl. We must end Colorado’s status as a sanctuary state to combat the flow of fentanyl. I will treat fentanyl as the poison that it is by re-criminalizing fentanyl possession in any amount.
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Campaign website
Ganahl's campaign website stated the following:
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—Heidi Ganahl's campaign website (2022)[5] |
Noteworthy events
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Ganahl announced on January 3, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19.[6]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ University of Colorado Board of Regents, "Heidi Ganahl," accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ Heidi for Governor, "About," accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ University of Colorado, "Meet the Regents," accessed May 16, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Heidi for Governor, “My Priorities,” accessed June 16, 2022
- ↑ Colorado Politics, "Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl tests positive for COVID-19," January 3, 2022
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