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NAME: Cory Gardner
PARTY: Republican
AGE: 35; born Aug. 22, 1974, in Yuma, Colo.
EDUCATION: B.A., political science, Colorado State University, 1997; Law degree, University of Colorado, 2001
CAREER: National Corn Growers’ Association in Washington, communications director, 2001-2002; legal counsel and legislative director for Colorado Republican Sen. Wayne Allard, 2002-2005. Appointed to the Colorado House in 2005; elected in his own right 2006. Currently House Republican Whip while running Farmers’ Implement Co. with his father.
FAMILY: Wife: Jaime, one daughter.
