Terry Considine is the CEO

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 of AIMCO

AIMCO

Aimco is one of the largest owners and operators of apartment communities in the United States, with approximately 870 communities comprising nearly 133,000 units in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.- History :...

, an American real estate investment trust

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 that he helped found through various acquisitions and mergers. He attended Harvard University for his undergraduate degree and later returned to Harvard for law school. He is also a former Republican

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 member of the Colorado

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 state Senate, having served from 1987 until 1992.

Considine was the primary organizer of Coloradans Back in Charge, a grassroots initiative that led to Colorado being the first state to impose term limits on the governor, state legislature and congressional delegation. He left the state Senate early in 1992 to pursue the open seat in the United States Senate

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 created by the decision of Democrat Tim Wirth

Tim Wirth

Timothy Endicott Wirth is a former United States Senator from Colorado. Wirth, a Democrat, was a member of the House from 1975 to 1987 and was elected to the Senate in 1986, serving one term there before stepping down. He was Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs during the Clinton...

 to forgo a bid for a second term. Considine was defeated in the 1992 general election

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 by Democrat

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 Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Benjamin Nighthorse Campbell is an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005 and was during his tenure the only American Indian serving in the U.S. Congress. Campbell was a three term U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn into office as a...

. Campbell later became a Republican while still in office and was re-elected as a Republican in 1998.

Considine is a son-in-law of former Georgia

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 U.S. Representative Howard "Bo" Callaway

Howard Callaway

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 (born 1927). He is married to Betsy Considine and has three children.

He is listed as member of the Leadership Council of the conservative Club for Growth

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 which funds Tea Party

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and other Republican candidates and provides advertising and policy promotions for Republicans without naming a specific candidate through its 527 operations.