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...this comment by a Colorado state legislator during a debate over drinking and driving that persuaded Kathleen Kelley to enter politics. That very legislator would be her first political opponent...
Just out of college, with a brief speech writing stint for the lieutenant governor's office her only political experience, Kelley launched her candidacy for the state legislature...
...democracy to work you have to take the risk," says Kelley, a fellow at the Institute of Politics this spring. The risk seemed to pay off for Kelley. She defeated a Republican incumbent in the midst of the GOP landslide of 1980 and became at 25 the youngest woman ever elected to the state legislature...
...primary issue in the campaign was a proposal by Exxon to develop the oil deposits in western Colorado and the Rocky Mountains, where more oil is locked up than in the Middle East, Kelley explains...
...Kelley opposed the plan, arguing that it would destroy tourism and agriculture and would "decimate the wildlife population," she explains. With two major ski resorts in her district, Aspen and Vail, the public shared her fears about the plan's effects on the skiing industry...