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The Colorado General Assembly
The Colorado General Assembly consists of 100 members - 35 Senators and 65 Representatives. Senators serve four-year terms, while Representatives serve two-year terms. All members are limited to serving for eight consecutive years in their chamber - four terms for Representatives and two terms for Senators. As of the 2010 census, State Senators serve an average of 143,691 residents and State Representatives serve an average of 77,372 residents.
The President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of each chamber serve as the primary leadership for the legislature. These six members are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the House and Senate as well as serving as the oversight authority for the legislative service agencies. Each house elects additional leadership positions as well.
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Senate Executive Leadership
The Executive Leadership of the Senate includes the Senate President, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader. They are also ex officio members of the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council along with the Executive Leadership of the House of Representatives. The President is elected by a majority vote of the Senate, while the Majority Leader and Minority Leader are chosen by their respective caucuses. >>>>>
Stephen Fenberg CAPITOL PHONE: 303-866-4872
President of the Senate
COLORADO SPRINGS GOVERNMENT:
Dominick Moreno Senate District 21 CAPITOL PHONE: 303-866-4857
John Cooke Senate District 13 CAPITOL PHONE: 303-866-4451
Minority Leader Majority Leader
John Suthers was re-elected to a second term as mayor by an overwhelming majority in April of 2019. The 41st mayor of Colorado Springs.
Colo. Springs Mayor John Suthers
District 1: Dave Donelson (elected in 2021)
District 2: Randy Helms (elected in 2021)
District 3: Stephannie Fortune(appointed 2022)
District 4: Yolanda Avila (re-elected 2021)
District 5: Nancy Henjum (elected in 2021)
District 6: Mike O’Malley (elected 2021)
At-large: Bill Murray (re-elected in 2019)
At-large: Tom Strand, President (re-elected in 2019)
At-large: Wayne Williams (elected in 2019)
Senators
Each state in the United States elects two senators, regardless of the state’s population. Senators serve six-year terms with staggered elections. Americans in the United States’s six territories do not have senators.
Representatives
The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts, each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen. Americans in the United States’s six territories are represented in the House of Representatives by an additional six non-voting delegates.
All of the representatives from the top of this page serve until the end of the current Congress on Jan 3, 2023.
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