Tom Tancredo - Tom Tancredo, a lifelong Coloradan and native of Denver, represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional district. The Littleton-based district stretches across Douglas County, much of Jefferson County, Evergreen in the mountains, and portions of Park County in the west. To the east, the district encompasses parts of Arapahoe County and Elbert County.
Tom is a school teacher by trade; and taught for several years at Drake Junior High before serving in the Colorado Legislature and in the Department of Education for former presidents Reagan and Bush. He also headed up the Independence Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Golden, prior to being elected to Congress in 1998.
He is a member of both the House International Relations and Resources Committees. He is also the chairman of the 104-member bipartisan House Immigration Reform Caucus. In addition, Tom is a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Canadian-American Parliamentary Assembly.
Tom and his wife Jackie have been married since 1977. They have two children; and five grandchildren. When Tom is not in Washington, you can usually find him either trap, skeet, and clay pigeon shooting, or with his grandsons, building trains, racing cars, riding bikes, or playing ball.
Tom is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.
Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo discusses and signs his timely book In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security.
Tancredo has been one of the only consistent voices in our government warning Americans of the dangers of failing to secure our borders and fix the nation's immigration system. In Mortal Danger outlines his prescription for beginning to repair the damage- Tattered Cover
Tom Tancredo, a lifelong Coloradan and native of Denver, represents Colorado's 6th Congressional district. The Littleton-based district stretches across Douglas County, much of Jefferson County, Evergreen in the mountains, and portions of Park County in the west. To the east, the district encompasses parts of Arapahoe County and Elbert County.
I'd known Tancredo by reputation only, and I have to say that he doesn't seem nearly as crazy here as I'd expected him to be. He's not even vaguely frothing at the mouth. Although, you know, that whole suggesting that we bomb Mecca in response to a hypothetical nuclear terrorist attack (here's a link to that, by the way)...yeah, that was kind of insane. But here he comes off as a fairly well-spoken guy, if still a little too hardline for my tastes.