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Before becoming Interior Secretary, Norton was senior counsel at Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber, P.C. From 1991 to 1999, Norton served as Attorney General of Colorado.

Prior to her election as Colorado Attorney General, Norton served in Washington, D.C. as Associate Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior, overseeing endangered species and public lands legal issues for the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. She also worked as Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and, from 1979 to 1983, as a Senior Attorney for the Mountain States Legal Foundation. In the late 1970s, she was a member of the Libertarian Party and was nearly selected as its national director in 1980. Norton has been associated with a number of groups in the " wise use" or " free-market environmentalist" movement, such as the Political Economy Research Center , of which she is a fellow.

Norton graduated magna cum laude from the University of DenverThe University of Denver DU , founded in 1864, is an independent university in Denver, Colorado. DU typically enrolls about 9,500 students. In autumn 2003, DU opened a new 63. 5 million USD facility for its College of Law, what was later named the "Frank in 1975 and earned her law degree with honors from the same university in 1978. She is married to John Hughes.

In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, Secretary Norton was mentioned as a possible candidate for the U.S. SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, smaller than the U. House of Representatives. Together, they compose the legislative branch of the United States government. Seal of the Senate Each state elects two senators throu in her home state of Colorado, after the incumbent, Ben Nighthorse CampbellBen Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician. He has been a U. Senator from Colorado since 1993 and is the only Native American presently serving in the U. Campbell was a U. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn in, decided to retire. However, she ultimately decided against it, and the seat was won by Democrat Ken SalazarKen Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American politician, rancher, and enviromentalist from the U. state of Colorado. Salazar, a Democrat, served as state Attorney General before winning a U. Senate seat in the 2004 Senate elections. Salazar was bor. In 1996, she was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, defeated, in part, because she was pro-choice.