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Ken Salazar

Party: Democrat
Latest Office Sought:: US Senate, CO
State Candidancy or Office Held:: See also: State profile for Ken Salazar

Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (pronounced /ˈsæləzɑr/; born March 2, 1955) is the United States Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977; they were joined by Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) in January 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999 to 2005.

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$10,496,135 Received

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$584,363,610 Allocated

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Fiscal Year	Amount	Description
2008	$138,000,000	RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program Requested by Arlen Specter (D-PA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Gordon H Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Pete V Domenici (R-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Richard G Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), David Vitter (R-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Harry Reid (D-NV), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Mary L Landrieu (D-LA), James Webb (D-VA), Barbara A Mikulski (D-MD), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Orrin G Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John E Sununu (R-NH), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Warner (R-VA), and Obama (D-IL)
2008	$80,000,000	RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program Requested by Arlen Specter (D-PA), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Orrin G Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Obama (D-IL)
2008	$32,485,000	Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) It is also for a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures. Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon H Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Artur Davis (D-AL), Richard G Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Ron Kind (D-WI), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Mary L Landrieu (D-LA), John D Dingell (D-MI), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Dale E Kildee (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Doris O Matsui (D-CA), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Brown, Jerry Moran, Kennedy Hagel, Lott, and Obama
2009	$25,095,000	Center for Civic Education for two programs - We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange - that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Betty Sue Sutton (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Richard G Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V Johnson (R-IL), Susan A Davis (D-CA), Danny K Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Mazie K Hirono (D-HI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Edwin G Perlmutter (D-CO), Bobby L Rush (D-IL), Timothy J Walz (D-MN), James P McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J Kucinich (D-OH), Nancy E Boyda (D-KS), Dale E Kildee (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell Jr (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jon L Kyl (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Castle (R-DE), Ellsworth (D-IN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Hinojosa (D-TX), and Dennis Moore (D-KS)
2009	$24,803,000	Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by John R Kuhl Jr (R-NY), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), George V Voinovich (R-OH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Robert E Andrews (D-NJ), Jim Moran (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John B Larson (D-CT), Alcee L Hastings (D-FL), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), John M Spratt Jr (D-SC), Vernon J Ehlers (R-MI), Rob Wittman (R-VA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert A Brady (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Artur Davis (D-AL), Richard G Lugar (R-IN), Ron Paul (R-TX), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V Johnson (R-IL), Susan A Davis (D-CA), Danny K Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Robert F Bennett (R-UT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elijah E Cummings (D-MD), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Jon Christopher Porter Sr (R-NV), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jerry Weller (R-IL), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Melvin L Watt (D-NC), Nydia M Velazquez (D-NY), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bobby L Rush (D-IL), Timothy J Walz (D-MN), James P McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J Kucinich (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Eni F H Faleomavaega (D-AS), Heath Shuler (D-NC), Nancy E Boyda (D-KS), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sander Levin (D-MI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell Jr (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Orrin G Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Frank R Lautenberg (D-NJ), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ross (D-AR), Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Warner (R-VA), Bono Mack (R-CA), Ellsworth (D-IN), Fortuno (R-PR), Gonzalez (D-TX), Grijalva (D-AZ), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), and Hinojosa (D-TX)
2008	$24,000,000	National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K–16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing. Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon H Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Richard G Lugar (R-IN), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), George Miller (D-CA), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Richard George Renzi (R-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Harry Reid (D-NV), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Mary L Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara A Mikulski (D-MD), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Doris O Matsui (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Obama (D-IL), and Lott (R-MS)
2009	$11,500,000	National Rural Water Association Requested by Arlen Specter (D-PA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon H Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), George V Voinovich (R-OH), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Thune (R-SD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Larry Craig (R-ID), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), John A Barrasso (R-WY), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Richard G Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), John M McHugh (R-NY), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Richard C Shelby (R-AL), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Byron L Dorgan (D-ND), Carl Levin (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Mary L Landrieu (D-LA), James Webb (D-VA), Frank A LoBiondo (R-NJ), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), James M Inhofe (R-OK), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Robert B Aderholt (R-AL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Orrin G Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), John E Sununu (R-NH), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
2008	$10,500,000	MM III Modifications -- ICBM Remote Visual Assessment Requested by Jon Tester (D-MT), Max Baucus (D-MT), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Orrin G Hatch (R-UT)
2009	$10,000,000	MDIOC Modeling and Simulation Requested by Wayne Allard (R-CO), Ken Salazar (D-CO), and Douglas L Lamborn (R-CO)
2008	$10,000,000	RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program Requested by Arlen Specter (D-PA), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Edward M Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Olympia J Snowe (R-ME), Daniel K Akaka (D-HI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R Biden Jr (D-DE), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Orrin G Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E Schumer (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Obama (D-IL)

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