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He served one term on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007, and five terms as the United States representative from Colorado's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2019. He was the only Democratic member of the libertarian conservative Liberty Caucus , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was the third-wealthiest member of Congress , with an ...
Mark Baisley, state senator for the 4th district (2023–present) [10] [3] Greg Lopez, former U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district (2024–2025) and candidate for governor in 2018 and 2022 [11] [2] Paul Lundeen, Minority Leader of the Colorado Senate (2023–present) from the 9th district (2019–present) [11]
Polis's 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re-elected as the governor of a state. [3] Polis had the best performance for a re-elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002, the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990, and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) announced Thursday he’s running for governor in 2026 to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis (D). “There are many reasons why I’m running to lead ...
(The Center Square) – A majority of Colorado's Democratic primary voters are undecided on who should be the state's next governor, but U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse led among names listed in a new poll ...
[2] [3] This was the first Colorado gubernatorial election in which both major party candidates received over one million votes. Polis's victory marked the fourth straight election in which Colorado elected a Democratic governor and the first time in American electoral history that an openly gay politician was elected governor of a state.
Learn more about the 15 people running for a seat on the Cumberland County Board of Education.
The party easily maintained control of the state's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat and all state executive offices, including the governorship. Democrats expanded their majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly and won five of eight U.S. House districts, including winning the newly drawn 8th district in an upset and nearly flipping the ...