Greg Brophy

Infobox State Senator
name=Greg Brophy

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state_senate=Colorado
state=Colorado
district=1st
term_start=June 23, 2005cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2006a/csljournals.nsf/(jousen)/6494DC520C2602D0872570F30057B332/$FILE/jour_001.pdf |title=Senate Journal - January 11, 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-02 |format=pdf |work=Colorado General Assembly ]
term_end=
preceded=Mark Hillman
succeeded="Incumbent"
state_house2=Colorado
state2=Colorado
district2=63rd
term_start2=January 8, 2003
term_end2=June 21, 2005cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2006a/csljournals.nsf/(jouhse)/9A3B357999E896E0872570A50056F0A8/$FILE/Jn11.pdf |title=House Journal - January 11, 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-02 |format=pdf |work=Colorado General Assembly ]
preceded2=Brad Young
succeeded2=Cory Gardner
date of birth=birth date and age|1966|09|06
place of birth=Holyoke, Colorado
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=Angela
profession=Farmer
religion=Christian
party=Republican|

Greg Brophy is a Republican member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 1st Senate District since his appointment in June 2005. Previously he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005.

Early career

Born in Holyoke, Colorado and raised on his family's farm near Wray — both small towns in rural northeastern Colorado — Brophy graduated from Wray High School, where he competed the Colorado state championships in wrestling and was a member of the Future Farmers of America. Brophy then attended Colorado State University, where he graduated in 1988 with a degree in animal sciences. [http://www.gregbrophy.net/bio.htm Bio ] ]

After graduating from college, Brophy returned to Wray to work as a professional farm manager with Progressive Agricultural Management, Inc., a position he held until 2000. He also managed his family's farm, growing corn, alfalfa, beans, watermelons and wheat. Brophy is married; he and his wife, Angela, have three children: Megan, Jordan, and David.

Brophy became a board member of the Yuma County Farm Bureau in 1994, and chaired the Colorado Farm Bureau's Young Farmers and Ranchers Board in 1996. From 2000 to 2002, Brophy was an area manager for United States Senator Wayne Allard. [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=30047 Project Vote Smart - Senator Greg Brophy - Biography ] ]

In 2002, Brophy was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican from House District 63, representing a broad section of the Colorado Eastern Plains, including Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Morgan, Washington, and Yuma Counties, as well as portions of rural eastern Adams County. Opposed only by Libertarian Gene Leverett in 2002,cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetc&j.nsf/(jouhse)/F00D9584CB37EC0487256CA80056A1F0/$FILE/Jn08.pdf |title=House Journal - January 8, 2003 |accessdate=2007-12-02 |format=pdf |work=Colorado General Assembly ] he defeated Democrat James Bowen for re-election in 2004 by a 3:1 margin. [http://comaps.org/district63h.html COMaps: State Representative District 63 ] ]

In 2005, Brophy was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Colorado State Senate. He currently represents Senate District 1, which covers a broad section of northeastern Colorado, encompassing Cheyenne, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Prowers, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma counties. Brophy stood for election to a full 4-year Senate term in 2006, again defeating Democrat James Bowen. [http://comaps.org/district01s.html COMaps: State Senate District 1 ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/senate/members/sen01.htm Colorado General Assembly - Greg Brophy] official government website
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=30047 Project Vote Smart - Senator Greg Brophy (CO)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Greg Brophy
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20066&c=418186 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20046&c=411083 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20026&c=33939 2002] campaign contributions