Linda R. Greenstein is an American attorney and politician who has served since 2010 as a member of the New Jersey Senate representing the 14th legislative district. She previously served in the General Assembly from 2000 to 2010.
Kwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Tracey Robert Mann is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district,popularly known as "the Big First," includes parts of 63 counties in central and western Kansas and is the seventh-largest district in the nation that does not cover an entire state.
Peter C. Groff is a former member of the Obama administration and a former Colorado legislator and President of the Colorado Senate. An attorney,public servant,and political veteran,Groff was elected as a Democrat to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2000,then re-elected in 2002. In 2003,he was appointed to the Colorado Senate,where he represented Senate District 33,which includes northeastern Denver,Colorado. Groff was the first African-American to serve as Colorado Senate president pro tem and Senate President. In May 2009,he was selected by President Barack Obama to head the faith- based-initiatives center for the U.S. Department of Education.
Gail Sheridan Schwartz is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Democrat in 2006,Schwartz represented Senate District 5,which covers a large section of south-central Colorado,ranging from Aspen,and Delta,Colorado through the San Luis Valley to the New Mexico border. Schwartz left office in 2015 after serving two terms and unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in Colorado's 3rd congressional district.
The politics of Colorado,United States,are that of a blue state. Once considered a purple state that used to be somewhat Republican,Colorado has been trending Democratic since the early part of the 21st century due to changing demographics and a rising number of the large unaffiliated bloc of voters leaning Democratic. The growing shift of the state's Republican Party towards social and religious conservatism along with shifting further to the right has also been cited as reasons for the changing voting patterns of Colorado.
Michael C. Johnston is an American educator and politician who served as the Colorado state senator from the 33rd district from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a candidate for governor of Colorado in 2018,losing in the primary to Jared Polis,who went on to win the general election. He was also a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2020,though he withdrew from the race in September 2019.
Patrice M. Arent was a Democratic member of the Utah State House,representing the state's 36th house district through 2020.
Brenda Barton is an American politician and former member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing Arizona's 6th Legislative District. She served as the Chairman of the House Agriculture,Water and Lands Committee from 2012 until giving up her position due to term limits in 2018.
Diane E. Mitsch Bush is an American politician and retired sociology professor who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 and 2020 elections in Colorado's 3rd congressional district,both of which she was defeated in.
Thomas Exum Sr. is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 11,which includes all or parts of Colorado Springs,Cimarron Hills and Stratmoor in El Paso County. Previously,Exum served in the Colorado House of Representatives,representing the 17th district from 2013 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2013.
Elections in Colorado are held to fill various local,state and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time.
Faith Winter is a Democratic Party legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. She represents District 25 in the Colorado State Senate. Her district covers portions of Adams County,the City and County of Broomfield and Weld County,including the communities of Broomfield,Westminster,Northglenn and Shaw Heights. Prior to 2013,she represented District 24. During the 2020 reapportionment process,her residence moved from senate district 24 to senate district 25.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Colorado,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6,2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election,leaving the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide office held by a Republican.
Dafna Michaelson Jenet is a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represents House District 32 and prior to redistricting,District 30,which covered a portion of Adams County including parts of Commerce City,Aurora,Brighton,Henderson,Bennett,Keensburg,Strasburg,and Thornton. She was elected to her seat in 2016,unseating Republican incumbent JoAnn Windholz.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2023.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado was held on November 3,2020,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 1876 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on October 3,1876,to elect the 1st Governor of Colorado after the state was admitted to the union on August 1,1876. Republican John Long Routt,last governor of the Colorado Territory,was elected in a close race against Democratic nominee Bela M. Hughes.
Colorado's 8th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Dylan Roberts since 2023. Prior to redistricting the district was represented by Republicans Bob Rankin and Randy Baumgardner.
