Meet the 2019 General Assembly: Colorado State Senate
Email addresses: All Senate members’ email addresses are: firstname.lastname.senate@state.co.us
Jeff Bridges
- Democrat
- District 26
- Hometown: Greenwood Village
- Work phone: 303-866-4846
- Committee assignments: Education; Local Government
- New member: Appointed to replace Sen. Daniel Kagan
John Cooke, assistant minority leader
- Republican
- District 13
- Hometown: Windsor
- Work phone: 303-866-4451
- Committee assignments: Judiciary; Transportation and Energy
- Second term
Don Coram
- Republican
- District 6
- Hometown: Montrose
- Work phone: 303-866-4884
- Committee assignments: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Local Government
- First term
Lois Court President pro tempore
- Democrat
- District 31
- Hometown: Denver
- Work phone: 303-866-4861
- Committee assignments: Finance – chair; State Affairs
- First term
Larry Crowder
- Republican
- District 35
- Hometown: Alamosa
- Work phone: 303-866-4875
- Committee assignments: Health and Human Services; Local Government
- Second term
Jessie Danielson
- Democrat
- District 20
- Hometown: Wheat Ridge
- Work phone: 303-866-4856
- Committee assignments: Agriculture and Natural Resources – vice chair; Business, Labor and Technology – vice chair
- First term
Kerry Donovan, majority whip
- Democrat
- District 5
- Hometown: Vail
- Work phone: 303-866-4871
- Committee assignments: Agriculture and Natural Resources – chair; Transportation and Energy
- Second term
Stephen Fenberg, majority leader
- Democrat
- District 18
- Hometown: Boulder
- Work phone: 303-866-4872
- Committee assignments: Agriculture and Natural Resources; State, Veterans and Military Affairs
- First term
Rhonda Fields, assistant majority leader
- Democrat
- District 29
- Hometown: Aurora
- Work phone: 303-866-4879
- Committee assignments: Health and Human Services – chair; Joint Budget Committee; State Affairs
- First term
Mike Foote
- Democrat
- District 17
- Hometown: Lafayette
- Work phone: 303-866-5291
- Committee assignments: State, Veterans and Military Affairs – chair; Appropriations; Committee on Legal Services; Transportation and Energy
- New member: Appointed to replace Sen. Matt Jones
Leroy Garcia, president of the Senate
- Democrat
- District 3
- Hometown: Pueblo
- Work phone: 303-866-4878
- Committee assignments: Executive Committee of the Legislative Council; Legislative Council
- Second term
Bob Gardner
- Republican
- District 12
- Hometown: Colorado Springs
- Work phone: 303-866-4880
- Committee assignments: Appropriations and Judiciary; Committee on Legal Services
- First term
Joann Ginal
- Democrat
- District 14
- Hometown: Fort Collins
- Work phone: 303-866-4841
- Committee assignments: Local government; Agriculture and Natural Resources
- New member: Appointed to replace Sen. John Kefalas
Julie Gonzales
- Democrat
- District 34
- Hometown: Denver
- Work phone: 303-866-4862
- Committee assignments: Appropriations; Finance; Judiciary – vice-chair
- First term
Owen Hill
- Republican
- District 10
- Hometown: Colorado Springs
- Work phone: 303-866-2737
- Committee assignments: Education
- Second term
Dennis Hisey
- Republican
- District 2
- Hometown: Fountain
- Work phone: 303-866-4877
- Committee assignments: Appropriations; Joint Budget Committee
- First term
Chris Holbert, minority leader
- Republican
- District 30
- Hometown: Parker
- Work phone: 303-866-4881
- Committee assignments: Executive Committee of the Legislative Council; Legislative Council
- Second term
Pete Lee
- Democrat
- District 11
- Hometown: Colorado Springs
- Work phone: 303-866-6364
- Committee assignments: Finance – vice chair; Judiciary – chair
- First term
Paul Lundeen
- Republican
- District 9
- Hometown: Monument
- Work phone: 303-866-4835
- Committee assignments: Education; Finance
- First term
Vicki Marble, minority caucus chair
- Republican
- District 23
- Hometown: Fort Collins
- Work phone: 303-866-4876
- Committee assignments: State, Veterans and Military Affairs
- Second term
Dominick Moreno
- Democrat
- District 21
- Hometown: Commerce City
- Work phone: 303-866-4857
- Committee assignments: Appropriations – vice chair; Joint Budget Committee – chair
- First term
Brittany Pettersen
- Democrat
- District 22
- Hometown: Lakewood
- Work phone: 303-866-4859
- Committee assignments: Health and Human Services – vice chair; Transportation and Energy – vice chair
- First term
Kevin Priola
- Republican
- District 25
- Hometown: Henderson
- Work phone: 303-866-4855
- Committee assignments: Business, Labor and Technology; Transportation and Energy
- First term
Bob Rankin
- Republican
- District 8
- Hometown: Carbondale
- Work phone: 303-866-5292
- Committee assignments: To be determined
- New member: Appointed to replace Sen. Randy Baumgardner
Robert Rodriguez
- Democrat
- District 32
- Hometown: Denver
- Work phone: 303-866-4852
- Committee assignments: Appropriations; Judiciary
- First term
Ray Scott, minority whip
- Republican
- District 7
- Hometown: Mesa
- Work phone: 303-866-3077
- Committee assignments: Transportation and Energy
- Second term
Jim Smallwood
- Republican
- District 4
- Hometown: Parker
- Work phone: 303-866-4869
- Committee assignments: Health and Human Services
- First term
Jerry Sonnenberg
- Republican
- District 1
- Hometown: Sterling
- Work phone: 303-866-6360
- Committee assignments: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Appropriations
- Second term
Tammy Story
- Democrat
- District 16
- Hometown: Conifer
- Work phone: 303-866-4873
- Committee assignments: Business, Labor and Technology; Education – vice chair
- First term
Jack Tate
- Republican
- District 27
- Hometown: Centennial
- Work phone: 303-866-4883
- Committee assignments: Business, Labor and Technology; Finance
- First term
Nancy Todd
- Democrat
- District 28
- Hometown: Aurora
- Work phone: 303-866-3432
- Committee assignments: Appropriations; Education – chair; Finance
- Second term
Angela Williams
- Democrat
- District 33
- Hometown: Denver
- Work phone: 303-866-4864
- Committee assignments: Business, Labor and Technology – chair; Local Government
- First term
Faith Winter
- Democrat
- District 24
- Hometown: Westminster
- Work phone: 303-866-4863
- Committee assignments: Health and Human Services; Transportation and Energy – chair
- First term
Rob Woodward
- Republican
- District 15
- Hometown: Loveland
- Work phone: 303-866-4853
- Committee assignments: Appropriations; Finance
- First term
Rachel Zenzinger
- Democrat
- District 19
- Hometown: Jefferson
- Work phone: 303-866-4840
- Committee assignments: Appropriations – chair; Joint Budget Committee
- First term
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This page was updated at 6:48 p.m. Jan. 16 to correct Gardner’s committee assignments.
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