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The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon Colorado's admission to the Union in 1876, the state was assigned a Class 2 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1876 .
Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876 and elects U.S. senators to Senate class 2 and class 3. Both of Colorado's current U.S. senators are Democrats Michael Bennet (serving since 2009) and John Hickenlooper (serving since 2021).
Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2025: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner ...
Class 1 senators faced election in 2024. [9] Republicans flipped four Democratic-held seats, regaining a Senate majority for the first time in four years. [10] Twenty-six U.S. senators (15 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 2 independents) sought re-election in 2024, [11] while seven senators declined to seek re-election. [12]
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On November 13, 2024, Republican members of the United States Senate held an election to determine the next leader of the Senate Republican Conference, who is poised to become the next majority leader of the United States Senate at the start of the 119th U.S. Congress.
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]
Following the 2024 elections, the Republican Party retained its slim majority in the House, won the majority in the Senate, and with Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025, have an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 115th Congress in 2017, which was in session during Trump's first term.