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 75,000 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.
Jennifer L. Veiga is a former American attorney and politician from Colorado. Veiga is a former Democrat member of Colorado House of Representatives and member of Colorado's 31st Senate district,covering downtown and north-central Denver.
Mark Steven Ferrandino is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Appointed to the legislature in 2007,Ferrandino represented House District 2,encompassing south central Denver from 2012 to 2014. He is the first openly gay male legislator in Colorado history. He did not seek re-election in 2014,and was the chief financial officer of Denver Public Schools. On November 19,2020,Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed Ferrandino to serve as executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue. He served in the position until July 2023,when the governor named him director of the Office of State Planning and Budgeting.
Edward Casso is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006,Casso represented House District 32,which encompasses suburbs of Denver,Colorado in northwestern Adams County,from 2006 to 2012.
The politics of Colorado,United States,are that of a blue state. Once considered a swing state that used to be Republican-leaning,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.
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.
The U.S. state of Colorado has provided limited recognition of same-sex unions in the form of designated beneficiary agreements since July 1,2009,and as civil unions since May 1,2013. Same-sex marriage was legalized on October 7,2014.
Patrick "Pat" Steadman is an attorney,former legislator,and former lobbyist from the U.S. state of Colorado. Steadman,a Democrat,was appointed to the Colorado Senate in May 2009 following the resignation of Jennifer Veiga. He represented the 31st Senate district,which covered downtown and north-central Denver and portions of Adams County. He did not seek re-election in 2016,and his term ended in January,2017.
Max Tyler is a small business owner and former legislator from Lakewood,Colorado. A Democrat,he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in 2010 after being appointed in May 2009 following the resignation of Gwyn Green and subsequently elected to the post. Term-limited,he completed his final term in January 2017. He represented the 23rd district,which covers half of Golden,Applewood,and Lakewood within Jefferson County. The district boundaries changed with the decennial reapportionment in 2011,and the new House District 23 includes north and west Lakewood.
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.
Rhonda Marshall Fields is a Democratic politician from Colorado. She represents District 28 in the Colorado Senate. During the 2020 reapportionment process,Buckner's residence moved from senate district 29 to senate district 28. Earlier,she represented District 29 from January 2017 to January 2023. Previously,she served as member of the Colorado State House of Representatives representing District 42 from Aurora,Colorado. She was the first African American woman elected in State House District 42,as well as the first Speaker pro Tempore.
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.
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.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 6,2018,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The Republican and Democratic Party primaries in Colorado were held on June 26,2018. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
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.
Dafna Michaelson Jenet is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate representing Senate District 21. She previously served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing 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 that seat in 2016,unseating Republican incumbent JoAnn Windholz.
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.
Bill Thiebaut is an American attorney and politician from Pueblo,Colorado. He was elected to four two-year terms in the Colorado House of Representatives,serving from 1987 to 1993,when he was appointed to the Colorado Senate to fill a vacancy following the resignation of Larry E. Trujillo. Following his appointment to the senate,he was elected and re-elected to the senate in 1994 and 1998. In the senate,he served as majority leader in the 2001-2002 session.
