The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts,with each district having roughly 80 thousand people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms,and are limited to four consecutive terms in office,but can run again after a four-year respite.
Debbie Stafford is a Colorado legislator. First appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2000,Stafford was elected four times to represent House District 40,which encompasses Elbert County and rural Arapahoe County east of Aurora,Colorado. Noted for her work on animal welfare and children's issues,Stafford left the Republican caucus and joined the Democratic Party in October 2007.
Amy Stephens is a Principal in Public Policy and Regulation Practice at Dentons,a multinational law firm;previously,she served as Colorado House Majority Leader and House Minority Caucus Chairman in the Colorado House of Representatives.
Jeanne Labuda was a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006,Labuda represented House District 1.
Ellen Stuart Roberts is an attorney and former Republican legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. From 2006 to 2010,Roberts served as the State Representative for House District 59. In 2010,she was elected to Senate District 6 and served until her resignation,saying that she wanted to spend more time in her home region,at the end of 2016. In 2015,she was elected to serve as the President Pro-Tem for the Colorado State Senate,a position she held until her resignation.
Cherylin Naylor Peniston is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. A career public school teacher,Peniston was first elected as a Democrat in 2006 to the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented House District 35,which encompasses most of Westminster,Colorado and portions of Arvada. Term limited,she did not seek re-election in 2014.
Dianne I. Primavera is an American politician who has been the 50th lieutenant governor of Colorado since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as the Colorado State Representative for the 33rd district from 2007 to 2011,and again from 2013 to 2017. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis selected Primavera as his running mate,in the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election.
Dickey Lee Hullinghorst is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and a former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. She was elected as a Democrat in 2008. Hullinghorst represented House District 10,which encompasses central eastern Boulder and northeastern Boulder County,Colorado.
Shavonda E. Sumter is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 35th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office in January 2012.
Dominick Moreno is an American politician who served as a state legislator in Colorado. A Democrat,Moreno represented the 21st district of the Colorado Senate from January 11,2017 until he resigned on September 1,2023 to serve as deputy chief of staff to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston. Before his election to the senate,he represented the 32nd district in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016.
JoAnn Windholz was an American politician from the state of Colorado. A Republican,Windholz served one term in the Colorado House of Representatives,representing District 30.
Stephen Fenberg is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 18th district,since 2017,as a member of the Democratic Party. He serves as President of the Senate and served as Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022.
Christopher Joshi Hansen is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 31st as a member of the Democratic Party since 2020. Prior to his service in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th district from 2017 to 2020.
Janet Buckner is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate who represents District 29,which includes a part of Aurora in Arapahoe County. During the 2020 reapportionment process,Buckner's residence moved from senate district 28 to senate district 29. Earlier,she represented District 28 from January 2021 to January 2023. Before her state senate tenure,she was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 40,which covered a portion of Arapahoe County,from July 15,2015,to January 13,2021.
Leo Thomas Sullivan III is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 27,which includes all or parts of Aurora,Centennial,Dove Valley,Inverness and Foxfield in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.
Yehiel Mark Kalish is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 16th district. The 16th district,located in the Chicago area,consists of the West Ridge neighborhood in the City of Chicago and parts of the nearby suburbs of Morton Grove,Niles,Lincolnwood and Skokie. He was appointed to succeed Lou Lang who had resigned earlier in January. Kalish is an ordained Orthodox rabbi. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Hebrew Theological College and a Master of Public Administration from Walden University.
Dana Celeste Jones is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 30A.
Colorado's 21st Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It is represented by represented by Democrat Dafna Michaelson Jenet who was selected by a vacancy committee in August 2023 to succeed Democrat Dominick Moreno.
Dylan Outerbridge Roberts is an American politician and attorney who is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 8,which includes all or part of Clear Creek,Eagle,Garfield,Gilpin,Grand,Jackson,Moffat,Rio Blanco,Routt,and Summit counties,including the communities of Steamboat Springs,Edwards,Craig,Gypsum and Eagle. Previously,from 2017 to 2023,Roberts served in the Colorado House of Representatives and represented the 26th District,which included Eagle and Routt counties. In 2022,Roberts ran for the State Senate and won the race.
Mary Young is an American politician,psychologist,and special education teacher from the state of Colorado. A Democrat,Young has represented the 50th district of the Colorado House of Representatives,based in Greeley,since 2019.
