Diana Louise DeGette is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party,her district is based in Denver. DeGette was a Chief Deputy Whip from 2005 to 2019 and is the dean of Colorado's congressional delegation;she served as the Colorado State Representative for the 6th district from 1993 until her election to the U.S. House.
The Colorado State Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly,the state legislature of the US state of Colorado. It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts,with each district having a population of about 123,000 as of the 2000 census. Senators are elected to four-year terms,and are limited to two consecutive terms in office. Senators who are term-limited become eligible to run again after a one-term respite.
Morgan Lenore Carroll is an American politician from Colorado and was the Chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party. A Democrat,Carroll represented Colorado House District 36 in the city of Aurora from 2004 to 2008,and she represented the state's 29th Senate district from 2009 to 2017. Carroll served as President of the Colorado State Senate from 2013 to 2014 and as minority leader in 2015. Carroll stepped down as minority leader in July 2015 to unsuccessfully run against incumbent Republican Mike Coffman for Colorado's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to her legislative work,Carroll works for the law firm of Bachus &Schanker.
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.
Bob Hagedorn is an American politician and journalist who served in the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1993 to 2001. After serving eight years in the state house,Hagedorn was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004,representing Senate District 29,which includes central Aurora,Colorado.
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.
Dianne I. Primavera is an American politician who is the 50th lieutenant governor of Colorado. A Democrat,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.
Susan "Su" Ryden is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008,Ryden represented House District 36,which encompasses eastern Aurora,Colorado. Term limited,she did not run for re-election to the State House in the 2016 election. However,she ran for State Senate in District 29 but lost in the Democratic primary to Rhonda Fields. Her term in the State House ended in January,2017. She currently serves as Public Trustee of Arapahoe County,Colorado,having been appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2017 and re-appointed by Gov. Jared Polis in 2019.
Lois Court is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Initially elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008,Court represented House District 6 from 2009 through 2016,and was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2016. Court represented State Senate District 31,which encompasses portions of central and southeast Denver,Colorado. Court resigned from the senate on January 16,2020,after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barrésyndrome in early 2020. She served as the President Pro Tempore of the Colorado State Senate from January 2019 until her resignation from the senate in 2020.
Linda Newell is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Democrat in 2008,Newell represented Senate District 26,which encompasses southern suburbs of Denver,including Littleton,Colorado. She did not seek re-election in 2016,and her term ended in January,2017.
Andrew Steven Kerr is an American teacher and politician who serves on the county commission in Jefferson County,Colorado. Prior to his tenure on the county commission he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 26th district from 2006 to 2013,and in the Colorado Senate from the 22nd district from 2013 to 2019,as a member of the Democratic Party.
Angela Williams is an American politician from Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2010,Williams represented House District 7,which encompasses the northeast part of Denver,including the neighborhoods of Montbello and Green Valley Ranch,and the Denver International Airport.
John William Buckner was an American educator and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 40th district from 2013 to 2015,as a member of the Democratic Party. He was the first black person to represent the 40th district in the state house.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 8,2016,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 2016 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 primaries were held on June 28.
Jessie Danielson is an American politician from the State of Colorado. She is an elected member of the Colorado State Senate representing District 22 after being redistricted from District 20. Previously,she served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 24 in Jefferson County. A Democrat,Danielson was first elected in the November 4,2014 general election.
Kerry Elizabeth Donovan is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate from the 5th district. She also served as president pro tempore of the Colorado Senate from 2021-2023. Prior to entering the state legislature,she was active in local politics in Vail,Colorado.
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.
Kathleen Curry is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 61st district from 2005 to 2011,as a member of the Democratic and independent. She was appointed to serve as Speaker Pro-tempore by Speaker Terrance Carroll before leaving the Democratic Party in 2009.
Agnes Ludwig Riddle was an American politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1911 to 1914 and in the Colorado Senate from 1917 to 1920. She was the first woman to serve in both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly.
The 2023 Denver mayoral election was held on April 4,2023 to elect the mayor of Denver,Colorado,with a runoff held on June 6. The election was officially nonpartisan and was held concurrently with elections for the Denver City Council,as well as city auditor and city clerk and recorder. Incumbent Democratic mayor Michael Hancock was term-limited and could not seek a fourth term in office. A historic field of seventeen candidates filed to run in the race to succeed Hancock.
