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Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876 and elects U.S. senators to Senate class 2 and class 3.. Both of Colorados current U.S. senators are Democrats Michael Bennet (serving since 2009) and John Hickenlooper (serving since 2021).
Michael Farrand Bennet (born November 28, 1964) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the seat when Senator Ken Salazar became Secretary of the Interior.
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.
Colorado has sent eight members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 2020 United States Census. [6] A total of 80 people have served Colorado in the House and 37 have served Colorado in the Senate. The first of seven women to serve Colorado in Congress was Pat Schroeder, who served in the House from 1973 to 1996. [7]
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
John Wright Hickenlooper, Jr. [1] (/ ˈ h ɪ k ən l uː p ər / HIK-ən-loop-ər; born February 7, 1952) is an American politician, geologist, and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Colorado since 2021.
Four people have submitted their names for consideration to replace outgoing Sen. Leroy Garcia as Pueblo's representative in the State Senate.
While in the Colorado Senate, Johnston cast a vote for Senate Bill 10–191, which was enacted in 2010. Senate Bill 10-191 changed the way that teachers are evaluated in Colorado to based on their students' performance. [55] He also supported the READ Act, which requires annual literary evaluations of children in grades K-3 in Colorado. [56]