State Rep. Tim Dore, right, and his wife, Kelly, now an Elbert County commissioner, with their four children, left to right, Andrew, Aiden, Alyssa and Jack. (Photo from Tim Dore)
State Rep. Tim Dore missed out on Tuesday’s inaugural ceremonies, but the Elizabeth Republican had a good reason: he was watching his wife Kelly getting sworn in as an Elbert County commissioner.
Otherwise, Dore joked, he would have been at the inaugural with “bells and whistles on” to watch Democrats John Hickenlooper and Joe Garcia take the oaths of office for governor and lieutenant governor.
The Dores have four children, ranging in age from 14 to 6, who also were present. The Dore children have had in their parents’ campaigns.
The Dores join other Colorado political couples where both the husband and the wife have been elected to office. State Rep. Perry Buck, R-Windsor, is married to new Congressman Ken Buck. Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst’s husband Bob just left office as the Boulder County treasurer. And Cynthia Coffman, who took the oath Tuesday as Colorado attorney general, is married to Congressman Mike Coffman.
