# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-hefley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:16:17.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-hefley"
name: "Joel Hefley"
slug: "joel-hefley"
description: "Joel Maurice Hefley is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Lynn Hefley, is, like him, a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives. They have three daughters. He was Colorado’s sole congressional dean from 2005 until 2007, previously sharing it with Ben Nighthorse Campbell from 1997 until 2005."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rep_Joel_Hefley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.275558666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hefley"
    title: "Joel Hefley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "چويل هيفلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جول هفلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hefley"
    title: "Joel Hefley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hefley"
    title: "Joel Hefley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hefley"
    title: "Joel Hefley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1485805"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump