Question: Facts: - birth name: john wright hickenlooper , jr. - party: democratic - predecessor: bill ritter mary fallin wellington webb - lieutenant: joseph garcia - birth date: 7 february 1952 - order: 42nd governor of colorado - spouse: helen thorpe -lrb- 2000 -- 2012 ; separated -rrb- - office: chairman denver of the national governors association 43rd mayor of - term end: july 25 , 2015 january 11 , 2011 - name: john hickenlooper - website: -lsb- http://www.colorado.gov/governor official website -rsb- - birth place: narberth , pennsylvania , u.s. - successor: gary herbert bill vidal - alma mater: wesleyan university - residence: governor 's mansion - children: ted - term start: january 21 , 2003 11 , 2011 july 13 , 2014 july - image: hickenloopercropped.jpg - religion: quaker Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john hickenlooper .
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john wright hickenlooper , jr. -lrb- born february 7 , 1952 -rrb- is an american democratic party politician and the 42nd and current governor of colorado .hickenlooper has served as governor since 2011 .he serves as a member of the western governors ' association , and is the chairman of the national governors ' association .born in narberth , pennsylvania , hickenlooper is a graduate of wesleyan university .after his career as a geologist , hickenlooper entered a career in business and cofounded the wynkoop brewing company in denver .hickenlooper was elected the 43rd mayor of denver in 2003 , serving two terms until 2011 .after incumbent governor bill ritter announced that he would not seek reelection , hickenlooper announced his intentions to run for the democratic nomination in january 2010 .he won in an uncontested primary and faced constitution party candidate , former representative tom tancredo , and republican businessman dan maes in the general election , which he won with 51 % of the vote .he was re-elected to a second term in 2014 , defeating republican former u.s. representative bob beauprez by 49 % to 46 % .