Walker Stapleton traded companies, until assuming office in 2011. Stapleton was a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow. Walker Stapleton Walker Stapleton (born April 15, 1974) is an American politician who is serving his second term as Colorado's State Treasurer. He was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Stapleton was the Republican nominee for the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election, which he lost to Democrat Jared Polis. Stapleton's family has been active in Colorado since the early 1900s. Walker was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, attending the private Brunswick School. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, and
Frank Stapleton for the quiet and reserved Stapleton. Stapleton was committed to international football insisting that an "international release clause" be inserted to all of his contracts so that he could be released to play in international games for Ireland. Stapleton played a significant role in Ireland's attempt to qualify for the World Cup in Spain in 1982. Goals against Cyprus, the Netherlands and France for Stapleton in the qualifying matches were not enough as Ireland were denied a place at the World Cup by a superior French goal difference. Stapleton was made captain of the national team for the qualifying campaign