Patrick Doyle

A Pittsburgh-based editor and writer.

Category: The West

The Accidental Senator: A Profile of Michael Bennet

I spent around a year hanging out with Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat for Colorado, for the profile that’s now out in the May issue of 5280 Magazine. Bennet’s had a pretty interesting career—before he became a senator, he went to Yale Law, worked in business for billionaire Phil Anschutz, served as chief of staff for then-mayor John Hickenlooper, and then was superintendent of Denver Public Schools. In my time with him, there was one major conclusion to be drawn: He’s a smart, pragmatic guy who is slamming up against the the limits of Congress.

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Dry Times

Colorado has grown rapidly over recent decades, as more and more people crowd into our borders. Our water, unfortunately is a limited resource. And we’re almost out.

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New Frontier

Can the Democrats win Colorado—and the rest of the West—in 2008?

Check out a PDF of the story here. (5280, March 2007)

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