Tom Griggs

Party: Democrat

Education: Bachelor of Arts, theater arts, University of California, Santa Cruz; Master's of Education, secondary teaching, and Master of Arts, ESL, UCLA

Occupation: Associate professor of foundations of education and bilingual ESL education at University of Northern Colorado

Civic experience: Parent representative to the Poudre School District Member Advisory Board
Member, Site-Based Management Team
Volunteer at The Lab School for Creative Learning
Participant, Mayor's Summit on Latino Academic Achievement, established by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
Member, American Educational Research Association
Member and past president, Colorado Association for Bilingual Education
Member, Association of Teacher Educators
Member, National Association for Bilingual Education
Member, Board of Trustees of the Foothills Unitarian Church
Member and past President, Board of the Fort Collins Food Co-op

Personal: Two children, daughter Sara, 14, son Beau, 8

Website: www.knowledgemessenger.com/a/KMTasks/View.aspx?app=tgsbe&id;=107

Bob Schaffer

Party: Republican

Education: Bachelor of Arts, political science, University of Dayton

Occupation: vice-president for business development at Aspect Energy, Inc.

Civic experience: 4th Congressional District, Colorado State Board of Education, 2006-2007
President of the Parental Alliance for Choice in Education
Current Republican National Committeeman for Colorado
Chairman of the Leadership Program of the Rockies
U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th Congressional District, 1997-2003
Nine years in the Colorado Senate
Commissioner of the Eighth Judicial District Nominating Commission
Colorado Chairman of the Judicial Confirmation Network
Second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do

Personal: Wife Maureen; five children

Website: www.bobschaffer.org