Democracy in action: Wanda James wins primary for CU Regent seat.
Wanda James is a Denver marijuana business owner and 1986 graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder.University of Colorado Board of Regentswith attorney Johnnie Nguyen, who'd originally had a small edge on election night. As tens of thousands of more votes came in, though, James took over and held on to a slight lead., as well as a marijuana business consulting firm, James was one of the first licensed Black business owners in Colorado's marijuana industry.
Constitutionally charged with general supervision of the University of Colorado and its funding and appropriations, theoversees tuition pricing as well as a $5.5 billion annual budget that covers CU Boulder as well as the University of Colorado Denver, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado.
Nguyen, a second-generation Vietnamese-American, says he's excited to see James"continue to be the inspiration that she has been for so many people of color, including myself." Nguyen says he's going to focus on his legal career and his one-year-old niece for now, and is still unsure about running for office again.
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