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Colorado House of Representatives

Lower house of the state legislature of Colorado, US

Lower house of the state legislature of Colorado, US

FieldValue
background_color
nameColorado House of Representatives
legislature75th Colorado General Assembly
coa_picSeal_of_Colorado.svg
house_typeLower house
term_limits4 terms (8 years)
new_sessionJanuary 8, 2025
leader1_typeSpeaker
leader1Julie McCluskie (D)
election1January 9, 2023
leader2_typeSpeaker pro tempore
leader2Andrew Boesenecker (D)
election2January 8, 2025
leader3_typeMajority Leader
leader3Monica Duran (D)
election3January 9, 2023
leader7_typeMinority Leader
leader7Jarvis Caldwell (R)
election7September 20, 2025
term_length2 years
authorityArticle V, Colorado Constitution
salary$43,977/year + per diem
members65
structure1
voting_system1First-past-the-post
last_election1November 5, 2024
next_election1November 3, 2026
redistrictingColorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission
session_roomColoradoStateCapitolHouseOfRepresentatives_gobeirne.jpg
meeting_placeHouse of Representatives Chamber
Colorado State Capitol, Denver
United States of America
websiteColorado General Assembly
rulesColorado Legislative Rules

Majority

Minority

Colorado State Capitol, Denver United States of America

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 roughly 80,000 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.

The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Denver.

Committees

The House has 11 current committees of reference:

  • House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee
  • House Appropriations Committee
  • House Business Affairs and Labor
  • House Education
  • House Energy and Environment Committee
  • House Finance Committee
  • House Health and Insurance Committee
  • House Judiciary Committee
  • House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee
  • House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee
  • House Transportation and Local Government Committee Committee

Current composition

DemocraticRepublican
AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublicanVacant68th General Assembly6569th General Assembly6570th General Assembly65Begin 71st Assembly65March 2, 201872nd General Assembly6573rd General Assembly6574th General Assembly65Begin 75th Assembly65Latest voting share
Democratic Party (United States)}}"Republican Party (United States)}}"
32330
37280
34310
37280
3629
41240
41240
46190
43220

Leaders

PositionNamePartyResidenceDistrict
Speaker of the HouseJulie McCluskieDemocraticDillon13
Speaker Pro TemporeAndrew BoeseneckerDemocraticFort Collins53
Majority LeaderMonica DuranDemocraticWheat Ridge23
Assistant Majority LeaderJennifer BaconDemocraticDenver7
Majority Caucus Co-chairMandy LindsayDemocraticAurora42
Majority Caucus Co-ChairJunie JosephDemocraticBoulder10
Majority Co-WhipMatthew MartinezDemocraticAlamosa62
Majority Co-WhipElizabeth VelascoDemocraticGlenwood Springs57
Minority LeaderJarvis CaldwellRepublicanColorado Springs20
Assistant Minority LeaderTy WinterRepublicanTrinidad47
Minority Caucus ChairAnthony HartsookRepublicanParker44
Minority WhipCarlos BarronRepublicanFort Lupton48

Members

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidenceFirst elected
1Javier MabreyDemocraticDenver2022
2Steven WoodrowDemocraticDenver2020*
3Meg FroelichDemocraticGreenwood Village2019*
4Cecelia EspenozaDemocraticDenver2024
5Alex ValdezDemocraticDenver2018
6Sean CamachoDemocraticDenver2024
7Jennifer BaconDemocraticDenver2020
8Lindsay GilchristDemocraticDenver2024
9Emily SirotaDemocraticDenver2018
10Junie JosephDemocraticBoulder2022
11Karen McCormickDemocraticHygiene2020
12Kyle BrownDemocraticLouisville2023*
13Julie McCluskieDemocraticBoulder2018
14Ava FlanellRepublicanColorado Springs2025*
15Scott BottomsRepublicanColorado Springs2022
16Rebecca KeltieRepublicanColorado Springs2024
17Regina EnglishDemocraticColorado Springs2022
18Amy PaschalDemocraticColorado Springs2024
19Dan WoogRepublicanFrederick2024
20Jarvis CaldwellRepublicanColorado Springs2024
21Mary BradfieldRepublicanColorado Springs2020
22Ken DeGraafRepublicanColorado Springs2022
23Monica DuranDemocraticWheat Ridge2018
24Lisa FeretDemocraticArvada2024
25Tammy StoryDemocraticEvergreen2018
26Meghan LukensDemocraticEagle2022
27Brianna TitoneDemocraticGolden2018
28Sheila LiederDemocraticLittleton2022
29Lori GoldsteinDemocraticWestminster2026*
30Rebekah StewartDemocraticLakewood2024
31Jacqueline PhillipsDemocraticThornton2024
32Manny RutinelDemocraticCommerce City2023*
33Kenny NguyenDemocraticBroomfield2026*
34Jenny WillfordDemocraticNorthglenn2022
35Lorena GarciaDemocraticWestminster2023*
36Michael CarterDemocraticAurora2024
37Chad CliffordDemocraticCentennial2024*
38Gretchen RydinDemocraticLittleton2024
39Brandi BradleyRepublicanLarkspur2022
40Naquetta RicksDemocraticAurora2020
41Jamie JacksonDemocraticAurora2025*
42Mandy LindsayDemocraticAurora2022*
43Bob MarshallDemocraticHighlands Ranch2022
44Anthony HartsookRepublicanParker2022
45Max BrooksRepublicanCastle Rock2024
46Tisha MauroDemocraticPueblo2022
47Ty WinterRepublicanTrinidad2022
48Carlos BarronRepublicanFort Lupton2024
49Lesley SmithDemocraticBoulder2024
50Ryan GonzalezRepublicanGreeley2024
51Ron WeinbergRepublicanLoveland2023*
52Yara ZokaieDemocraticWindsor2024
53Andrew BoeseneckerDemocraticFort Collins2021*
54Matt SoperRepublicanDelta2018
55Rick TaggartRepublicanGrand Junction2022
56Chris RichardsonRepublicanElbert County2024
57Elizabeth VelascoDemocraticGlenwood Springs2022
58Larry Don SucklaRepublicanMontezuma County2024
59Katie StewartDemocraticDurango2024
60Stephanie LuckRepublicanPenrose2020
61Eliza HamrickDemocraticCentennial2022
62Matthew MartinezDemocraticAlamosa2022
63Dusty A. JohnsonRepublicanFort Morgan2024
64Scott SlaughRepublicanBerthoud2025*
65Lori Garcia SanderRepublicanEaton2024

: *Representative was originally appointed

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Main article: Political party strength in Colorado

Women who served in the House of Representatives

The first women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives were Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly and Frances Klock. All three were elected to serve in 1895-1896.{{Cite web | access-date = February 2, 2024 | author-link = Carrie Holly introduced and passed a Bill that raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 and another that gave mothers the same rights to their children as fathers.{{Cite web | access-date = February 2, 2024 | author-link =

A total of 10 women served in the period up to 1904, the last of them being Alice Ruble. In 1906, party leaders declared that "no woman will ever again be elected to the [Colorado] legislature".{{Cite news| last = | access-date = February 2, 2024

Notes

References

References

  1. "Salaries for Legislators, Statewide Elected Officials, and County Officers".
  2. . (2021). ["Committees"](https://leg.colorado.gov/content/committees). *State of Colorado*.
  3. "Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources | Colorado General Assembly".
  4. "Appropriations | Colorado General Assembly".
  5. "Business Affairs & Labor | Colorado General Assembly".
  6. "Education | Colorado General Assembly".
  7. "Energy & Environment | Colorado General Assembly".
  8. "Finance | Colorado General Assembly".
  9. "Health & Insurance | Colorado General Assembly".
  10. "Judiciary | Colorado General Assembly".
  11. "Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services | Colorado General Assembly".
  12. "State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs | Colorado General Assembly".
  13. "Transportation, Housing & Local Government | Colorado General Assembly".
  14. (March 9, 2018). "Colorado GOP To Appoint Lebsock Replacement". [[KCNC-TV]].
  15. . ["Legislators"](https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators).
  16. James Alexander Semple, [https://archive.org/stream/representativewo00semprich#page/56/mode/2up/search/Lafferty ''Representative women of Colorado''] (Alexander Art Publishing Co. 1911): 57.
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