The Colorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of the
Democratic Party in the
U.S. state of
Colorado
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. Shad Murib serves as its chair.
The governing body of the party is the State Central Committee, which consists of the chair and vice chair of the county Democratic Party in each of Colorado's 64 counties and "bonus" members for larger counties. In each odd-numbered year, county parties elect officers in February followed by the state party which elects its officers in March.
The party once held weak power in the state, but growing support increased its popularity. Currently, It is the dominant party in the state, controlling both of the state's
U.S. Senate seats and all statewide executive offices, including
the governorship. The Democrats also have a supermajority in the
Colorado House of Representatives, and hold half of its
U.S. House districts.
Responsibilities
The Colorado Democratic Party manages and oversees statewide coordinated campaigns and is responsible for arranging and staging the state convention in Presidential years and the state assembly every two years. The state convention selects delegates to the
Democratic National Convention and Colorado's
Presidential electors. The state's assemblies designate candidates for statewide, congressional, district attorneys, state legislative and county offices, including the offices of
Governor
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,
Attorney-General,
Secretary of State,
Treasurer
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Government
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, C.U. Regent At-Large, Board of Education Director At Large, and
United States Senator
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Party affiliation
Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...
. The party also adopts its
platform at the state convention.
Current elected officials
Democrats hold all of the state's five statewide offices, a majority in the Colorado House of Representatives and a majority in the Colorado Senate. The party also holds both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and four of its eight U.S. House of Representatives seats.
Members of Congress
U.S. Senate
File:John Hickenlooper, official portrait, 117th Congress (cropped).jpeg, Junior U.S. Senator
File:Senator Mike Bennett 2022 (cropped).jpg , Senior U.S. Senator
U.S. House of Representatives
Statewide offices
File:Jared Polis official photo (cropped).jpg, Governor
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File:2010 Official Picture of Representative Dianne Primavera (cropped).jpg, Lieutenant Governor
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File:AG Phil Weiser.jpg, Attorney General
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File:Jena Griswold (cropped).JPG, Secretary of State
File:Dave Young (Colorado politician) (cropped).JPG, Treasurer
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Government
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Legislative leadership
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President of the Senate
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:
James Coleman
* Senate Majority Leader:
Robert Rodriguez
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*
Speaker of the House:
Julie McCluskie
* House Majority Leader:
Monica Duran
Municipal
The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Colorado:
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Denver
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:
Mike Johnston (1)
*
Fort Collins:
Jennifer Arndt (4)
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Boulder
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: Aaron Brockett
Election results
Presidential
Gubernatorial
See also
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Buie Seawell, former CDP chair
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Colorado Republican Party
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Political party strength in Colorado
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Politics of Colorado
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Elections in Colorado
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Government of Colorado
References
Further reading
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External links
Colorado Democratic Party
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Democratic Party (United States) by state
Politics of Colorado
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