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{{Infobox Person
|name = Michele Poague
|name-first = Michele
|name-last = Poague
|image = 
|office = [[Libertarian Party of Colorado]]
|title = Vice-Chair
|term-start = September 10, 2018
|term-end = April 28, 2019
|predecessor = Marc Montoni
|successor = [[Eric Mulder]]
|office2 = [[Libertarian Party of Colorado]]
|title2 = Fundraising Director
|term-start2 = 2008
|term-end2 = 2008
|predecessor2 = N/A
|successor2 = Leah Kelley
|birth-date = 
|birth-place = 
|education = Nettleton Business College
|military = 
|occupation = Author, Business Manager
|residence = Aurora, Colorado
|party = [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]]
|website = http://www.michelepoague.com/
}}
'''Michele Poague''' is an author and business manager from Aurora, Colorado. From 2003-2005 and in 2008 she was the Fundraising Director for the [[Libertarian Party of Colorado]], and was also state chair in 1996.<ref>http://www.michelepoague.com/my-story.html</ref>

In 2012 and 2016, Poague ran for the 29th District of the Colorado State Senate as the Libertarian nominee. She would finish third on both ballots.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Michele_Poague</ref>

On March 26, 2018, Poague was nominated at the [[Colorado Convention 2018|2018 Colorado Convention]] to run as [[Scott Helker]]'s Lieutenant Governor in the 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial Election.<ref>http://tracer.sos.colorado.gov/PublicSite/SearchPages/CandidateDetail.aspx?SeqID=40643</ref>

==Organizational Positions==
;[[Libertarian Party]]
*[[National Convention 2018|2018]] National Convention- Colorado Delegation
*[[National Convention 2008|2008]] National Convention- Executive Producer

;[[Libertarian Party of Colorado]]
*'''Vice-Chair''' (December 2018—April 2019)
*'''Fundraising Director''' (2003-2005, 2008)
*1998-2002 Conventions- Executive Producer
*'''Chair''' (1996)<ref>http://www.lpcolorado.org/boardhistory</ref>

;[[Libertarian Party of Arapahoe County]]
*'''2021''' Russell Means Award for Activist of the Year

==2012 Campaign for Colorado Senate District 29==

;Results
{|class="wikitable"
|+2012 Colorado State Senate Election, District 29
! Party !! Name !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| '''Democratic''' || '''Morgan Carroll''' || '''58.8%''' || '''30,149'''
|-
| Republican || Bill D. Ross II || 36.5% || 18,745
|-
| {{party shading/Libertarian}} | Libertarian || {{party shading/Libertarian}} | Michele Poague ||{{party shading/Libertarian}} |  4.7% || {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 2,420
|}

==2016 Campaign for Colorado Senate District 29==

;Results
{|class="wikitable"
|+2016 Colorado State Senate Election, District 29
|-
! Party !! Name !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| '''Democratic''' || '''Rhonda Fields''' || '''54.19%''' || '''30,998'''
|-
| Republican || Sebastian Chunn || 39.34% || 22,503
|-
| {{party shading/Libertarian}} | Libertarian ||{{party shading/Libertarian}} |  Michele Poague ||{{party shading/Libertarian}} |  6.47% || {{party shading/Libertarian}} | 3,698
|}

==2018 Campaign for Colorado Lieutenant Governor==

;Results
{|class = wikitable
|-
|+ 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial Election<ref>https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/91808/Web02-state.220747/#/</ref> 
! Party !! Name/Running Mate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || '''Jared Polis/Diana Primavera''' || '''52.68%''' || '''1,276,421'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || Walker Stapleton/Lang Sias || 43.58% || 1,055,980
|-
| {{Party shading/Libertarian}} | Libertarian || Scott Helker/Michele Poague || 2.73% || 66,155
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #7DF2FA;" | Unity || Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab || 1.02% || 24,619
|-
|}

==2020 Campaign for Colorado Senate District 29==

At the [[Arapahoe County Convention 2019|2019 Libertarian Party of Arapahoe County Annual Meeting]], Poague declared her candidacy for the Colorado Senate's 29th District.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/LPCOArapahoeCo/posts/1901344053305037</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Colorado Party Activists]]
[[Category: Party Activists from the 2010s]]
[[Category: Party Activists from the 2000s]]
[[Category: Party Activists from the 2020s]]
[[Category: State Party Fundraising Directors]]
[[Category: State Party Chairs]]
[[Category: Colorado State Party Fundraising Directors]]
[[Category: Colorado State Party Chairs]]
[[Category: Convention Committee Members]]
[[Category: National Party Convention Committee Members]]
[[Category: Colorado State Party Convention Committee Members]]
[[Category: Candidates for Lieutenant Governor]]
[[Category: Colorado Candidates for Lieutenant Governor]]
[[Category: Candidates for State Senate]]
[[Category: Colorado Candidates for State Senate]]
[[Category: Candidates from the 2010s]]
[[Category: Candidates from the 2020s]]
[[Category: LP Activist Couples]]
[[Category: 2018 National Convention Delegates]]
[[Category: Colorado 2018 National Convention Delegates]]
[[Category: Colorado State Party Vice-Chairs]]
[[Category: State Party Vice-Chairs]]
[[Category: Authors]]
[[Category: Colorado State Party 2021 Convention Delegates]]
[[Category: Colorado State Party 2022 Convention Delegates]]