Colorado State Capitol Building
The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of
the State of Colorado.
Constitutional definition and requirements
The Colorado Constitution establishes a system of government based on
the separation of powers doctrine with power divided among three "departments":
executive, legislative and judicial. Article V vests the legislative power of the state in the General Assembly, while reserving to the
people the power to propose, approve, and reject both laws and amendments to the state Constitution by initiative or referendum. The General Assembly is bicameral, composed of the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate. The House has 65 members and the Senate 35. Members of the House
are elected to 2-year terms, and members of the Senate are elected to 4-year terms. House members are limited to 4 consecutive terms in office, and Senators are limited to 2 consecutive terms. General
legislative elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each
even-numbered year. The entire House is elected in each general election. Senators are elected in two classes such that, as
nearly as possible, one-half of the senators are elected in each general election. Regular sessions are held annually and begin
no later than the second Wednesday in January. Regular sessions last no more than 120 days. Special sessions may be called at any
time by the Governor or upon written request of two-thirds of the members
of each house.
Current makeup
Based on 2005 population estimates [1], each House member represents about 71,772 constituents and each Senator 133,291. Both houses of the Colorado General Assembly are, as of
January 2007, controlled by the Democratic Party.
Joan Fitz-Gerald is the President of the
Senate and Andrew Romanoff is the Speaker of
the House.
See also
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Current members of the Colorado General Assembly |
- Colorado State Senate (35
members)
President of the Senate: Fitz-Gerald
(D)
Majority Leader: Gordon (D)
Minority Leader: Andy McElhany (R)
1st District: Brophy (R) • 2nd District: Kester (R) • 3rd District: Tapia (D) • 4th District: Wiens (R) • 5th District: Schwartz (D) • 6th District: Isgar (D) • 7th District: Penry (R) • 8th District:
Taylor (R) •
9th District: Schultheis (R) • 10th District:
May (R) • 11th District: Morse (D) • 12th District:
McElhany (R) • 13th District: Renfroe (R) • 14th District:
Bacon (D) • 15th District: Johnson (R) • 16th District:
Fitz-Gerald (D) •
17th District: Shaffer (D) • 18th District:
Tupa (D) • 19th District: Windels (D) • 20th District:
Keller (D) • 21st District: Boyd (D) • 22nd District:
Kopp (R) • 23rd District: Mitchell (R) • 24th District:
Tochtrop (D) • 25th District: Takis (D) • 26th District:
Dyer (R) • 27th District: Spence (R) • 28th District:
Williams (D) • 29th District: Hagedorn (D) • 30th District:
Cain (R) •
31st District: Viega (R) • 32nd District:
Romer (D) • 33rd District: Groff (R) • 34th District:
Sandoval (D) • 35th District: Gordon (D)
- Colorado State
House (65 members)
Speaker of the House: Romanoff (D)
Majority Leader: Madden (D)
Minority Leader: May (R)
1st District: Labuda (D) • 2nd District:
Ferrandino (D) •
3rd District: McGihon (D) • 4th District: Frangas (D) • 5th District: Judd (D) • 6th District:
Romanoff (D) •
7th District: Carroll (D) • 8th District: Marshall (D) • 9th District: Borodkin (D) • 10th District:
Alice Madden (D) •
11th District: Pommer (D) • 12th District:
Weissmann (D) •
13th District: Levy (D) • 14th District:
Lambert (R) • 15th District: Cadman (R) • 16th District:
Liston (R) • 17th District: Hicks (R) • 18th District:
Michael Merrifield (D) •
19th District: Looper (R) • 20th District:
Stephens (R) • 21st District: Gardner (R) • 22nd District:
Summers (R) • 23rd District: Green (D) • 24th District:
Jahn (D) • 25th District: Witwer (R) • 26th District:
Kerr (D) • 27th District: Gagliardi (D) • 28th District:
Kerrr (R) •
29th District: Benefield (D) • 30th District:
Hodge (D) • 31st District: Solano (D) • 32nd District: Casso (D) • 33rd District: Primavera (D) • 34th District:
Soper (D) • 35th District: Peniston (D) • 36th District:
Carroll (D) •
37th District: Swalm (R) • 38th District:
Rice (D) • 39th District: Balmer (R) • 40th District:
Stafford (D) • 41st District: Todd (D) • 42nd District:
Garcia (D) • 43rd District: McNulty (R) • 44th District:
May (R) • 45th District: Mitchell (R) • 46th District:
Butcher (D) • 47th District: McFayden (D) • 48th District:
Vaad (R) • 49th District: Lundberg (R) • 50th District:
Riesberg (D) • 51st District: Marostica (R) • 52nd District:
Kefalas (D) •
53rd District: Fischer (D) • 54th District:
King (R) • 55th District: Buescher (D) • 56th District:
Gibbs (D) • 57th District: White (R) • 58th District:
Rose (R) • 59th District: Roberts (R) • 60th District:
Massey (R) •
61st District: Curry (D) • 62nd District:
Gallegos (D) • 63rd District: Gardner (R) • 64th District:
McKinley (D) • 65th District: Sonnenberg (R)
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