Tom Tancredo

Tom Tancredo (born December 20, 1945, Denver, Colorado, U.S.) is an American politician, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2009) and who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. Tancredo earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Colorado in 1968, and he worked as a junior high school civics teacher before entering politics. In 1976 he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives,...