Background
Born in North Carolina, he is the son of the state"s former Attorney General, Malcolm Buie Seawell.
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Born in North Carolina, he is the son of the state"s former Attorney General, Malcolm Buie Seawell.
He is also an attorney, and former Colorado Democratic Party chairman After earning a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver, Seawell practiced law in Colorado. He served Colorado Governor Richard Lamm as Director of the Colorado Office of Energy Conservation and later as Legislative Liaison.
He unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Party nomination for the United States Senate in 1989-1990.
Seawell worked at the University of Colorado at Denver from 1993 to 1995. He joined the Daniels Business College at the University of Denver in 1995.
In 2003, he was honored with the university’s "Distinguished Teacher of the Year" Award. Buie"s daughter, Mary Seawell, was elected to the Denver School Board in 2009.
Seawell served as chairman of the state"s Democratic Party from 1985 to 1989, during which time he dramatically increased the party budget.
