Fort Collins is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County,Colorado,United States. The city population was 169,810 at the 2020 census,an increase of 17.94% since 2010. Fort Collins is the principal city of the Fort Collins,CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. The city is the fourth most populous city in Colorado. Situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range,Fort Collins is located 56 mi (90 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
The Poudre School District (R-1) is a preK–12 public school district in Larimer County in northern Colorado. The district operates and manages the public schools in the city of Fort Collins,as well as in the towns of Wellington,Timnath,parts of Loveland and Windsor,and unincorporated communities of Larimer County including Laporte,Red Feather Lakes,Stove Prairie,and Livermore. The district is the eighth largest in the state and enrollment has been falling or relatively flat since 2020.
Robert Warren Schaffer is an American businessman and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Colorado in the 105th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses. Schaffer was co-chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus,and an outspoken leader in promoting American interests and human rights in Eastern Europe.
Poudre High School is located in Fort Collins,Colorado,United States. It is one of four comprehensive public senior high schools in the Poudre School District,established in 1963. The school serves approximately 1,900 students with the most northwestern part of Fort Collins and outlying communities as its boundary.
Fort Collins High School is located at 3400 Lambkin Way,Fort Collins,Colorado,United States. It is one of six comprehensive public senior high schools in the Poudre School District. The school colors are purple and gold,and its mascot is the Lambkin. The school serves approximately 1,859 students and has a staff of about 130.
Randy Fischer is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. An engineering consultant with a background in natural resources,Fischer was first elected as a Democrat in 2006 to the Colorado House of Representatives,Fischer represented House District 53,which encompasses the western half of Fort Collins,Colorado. In the legislature,Fischer sponsored legislation relating to uranium mining and also focused on water and environmental issues. In the house,he served for a time as Deputy Majority Whip and chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources committees. Term limited,he did not seek re-election in 2014,and his term ended in early January,2015.
John Michael Kefalas is a politician in the U.S. state of Colorado. An educator and lobbyist before first running for the legislature in 2004,Kefalas defeated a Republican incumbent to win election to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006. Kefalas won election to the State Senate in 2012 and represented Senate District 14 until early 2019. In 2018,Kefalas ran for and won a seat on the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners. He resigned his Senate seat,and a vacancy committee nominated Joann Ginal to replace him.
Robert Bacon is a retired educator and Democratic politician from Fort Collins,Colorado. Bacon served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate,representing the 14th district from 2005 to 2013. Bacon also served in the Colorado State House from 1997 to 2003. Prior to that,he was elected twice to the Poudre School District Board of Education,serving from 1991 to 1999. Bacon Elementary School is named in his honor.
James Paul Johnson was an American politician,lawyer and jurist from Colorado. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1973 to 1981.
Karen Middleton is an American politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008 and 2008 to 2011.
Evie Hudak is an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 19th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2009 to 2013. Prior to her tenure in the state senate she served on the Colorado State Board of Education from the 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2009.
The Poudre River Public Library District was established in 2006 by citizen vote,with the established Fort Collins Public Library as its foundation. It serves more than 177,000 people across northern Larimer County,Colorado including Fort Collins and Timnath.
Joann Ginal is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019,as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019.
Kathleen Collins Becker is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 13th district from 2013 to 2021,as Majority Leader from 2017 to 2019,and as Speaker from 2019 to 2021,as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to her tenure in the state legislature,she served on the city council in Boulder,Colorado.
Joseph D. Neguse is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district is based in Boulder and includes many of Denver's northwestern suburbs,as well as Fort Collins. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a regent of the University of Colorado from 2008 to 2015. Neguse is the first Eritrean-American elected to the United States Congress and Colorado's first black member of Congress. Neguse has served as House assistant Democratic leader since 2024.
Jennifer James "Jeni" Arndt is an American politician serving as the mayor of Fort Collins,Colorado. She assumed office on April 27,2021.
Lindsey LaPointe is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 19th district. The district,located in the Chicago area,includes parts of Elmwood Park,Harwood Heights,Norridge,and River Grove and includes parts of the Chicago neighborhoods of Dunning,Forest Glen,Jefferson Park,Norwood Park,O'Hare,and Portage Park.
Lakesia Collins is an American union organizer and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for the 5th district,located on the West Side of Chicago. She previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 9th district from 2020 to 2023. Collins won the Democratic primary election for the 5th district in the House in 2020,and was appointed to the seat shortly afterwards to replace retiring incumbent Art Turner. She won election to full terms in 2020 and 2022,and served as the Treasurer for the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. On August 16,2023,she was appointed to the 5th district seat in the Senate to replace retiring incumbent Patricia Van Pelt.
The 2024 Colorado House of Representatives elections took place on November 5,2024,with the primaries being held on June 25,2024.
