Cynthia Coffman (politician)

Cynthia Coffman
38th Attorney General of Colorado
In office
January 13, 2015 – January 8, 2019
GovernorJohn Hickenlooper
Preceded byJohn Suthers
Succeeded byPhil Weiser
Personal details
Born
Cynthia S. Honssinger[1]

(1961-08-26) August 26, 1961 (age 63)[2]
Lebanon, Missouri, U.S.[2]
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 2005; div. 2017)
EducationUniversity of Missouri (BA)
Georgia State University (JD)

Cynthia Honssinger Coffman (born August 26, 1961) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Colorado. A Republican, she was elected Attorney General of Colorado in 2014, serving a single term from 2015 to 2019.

Coffman unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of Colorado in 2018.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Association, Colorado Bar (1998). Colorado Lawyer, Volume 27. Colorado Bar Association.
  2. ^ a b Hubbell, Martindale (September 1998). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware (Volume 4 - 1998). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561603244.
  3. ^ Paul, Jesse (November 8, 2017). "Cynthia Coffman is running for governor of Colorado, adding to long list of GOP primary candidates". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Esteban (April 18, 2018). "After state assemblies, here's who's still running for governor of Colorado". Spirited Media. Denverite. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  5. ^ Paul, Jesse (January 8, 2019). "Cynthia Coffman once had a bright political future. Here's what Colorado's GOP attorney general has to say as she leaves office". Civil Media Company. Colorado Sun. Retrieved January 9, 2019.