Karen Breslin is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for US Senate from Colorado. She is an attorney, university professor of political science, former policy advisor for the National Park Service’s Intermountain Region and former journalist. As a public interest attorney, Breslin has represented community, environmental and animal-protection organizations seeking to defend the natural world. Breslin holds a B.A. in journalism and political science from Metropolitan State University of Denver, an M.A. in political science from the University of Colorado Denver, and a J.D. from the Sturm College of Law at University of Denver