Dan Grossman is an attorney and a former member of the Colorado General Assembly. Grossman was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1996. He defeated Democrat Chuck Michaels in the Democratic primary election and Republican Ron Kipp in the general election. Grossman represented House District 6 in East/Central Denver. After winning a second term, [1] Grossman was elected by his House Democratic colleagues to serve as Minority Caucus Chairman. [2] He also served as the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. [2] After the 2000 election, Grossman became the youngest person in Colorado history to serve as Minority Leader. [3]
In 2002, Grossman was elected to the Colorado Senate, [4] representing District 32. Grossman succeeded Senator Pat Pascoe who could not seek re-election because of term limits. In the Senate, Grossman served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, chairman of the Joint Committee on Legal Services and vice-chairman of the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee. [5] He also served as chairman of the Select Committee on Homeland Security. [6]
After serving one term in the Senate and considering and declining a run for attorney general after the birth of his second child, Grossman chose not to seek re-election. [7]