Colorado Democratic Party

Colorado Democratic Party
Colorado Democratic Party
Chairperson	Morgan Carroll
Governor of Colorado	Jared Polis
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado	Dianne Primavera
Speaker of the House	KC Becker
Senate President	Leroy Garcia
House Majority Leader	Alec Garnett
Headquarters	Denver, CO
Ideology	Centrism; Conservatism; Modern liberalism; Progressivism
Political position	Center to center-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
U.S. House	4 / 7
Statewide offices	5 / 5
Colorado Senate	20 / 35
Colorado House of Representatives	41 / 65
Website
	www.coloradodems.org

The Colorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. Its chair is Morgan Carroll. Howard Chou serves as first vice chair, Bob Seay serves as secretary, and Rita Simas serves as treasurer.

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, with "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.

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, Attorney-General, Colorado, Treasurer, C.U. Regent At-Large, and United States Senator. The party also adopts its platform at the state convention.

Principles

Based on their 2010 party platform, it is Democratic Party of Colorado's goal to respect all people, no matter of race, religion, sex, or ethnicity and pledge to them that they will build and maintain a nation that is secure and respected worldwide. With that in mind, the Colorado Democratic party promises to maintain the same, high standards for all international relations by supporting the equal right of all people to have freedom of expression, religion and the pursuit of happiness. Additionally, they promise a quality public education, a clean and safe environment, a healthy future, and a fair living wage. It is their goal to create an ethical government and society that is fair, open and accountable to all people. They vow to accept fundamental responsibility to all future generations and to pursue only policies that are sustainable and maintain or improve global well-being.

Current elected officials

Junior Senator Hickenlooper

Senior Senator Bennet

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 seven U.S. House of Representatives seats.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

Class II: John Hickenlooper (Junior Senator)
Class III: Michael Bennet (Senior Senator)

U.S. House of Representatives

Statewide offices

Governor: Jared Polis
Lieutenant Governor: Dianne Primavera
Attorney General: Phil Weiser
Secretary of State: Jena Griswold
Treasurer: Dave Young

Legislative leadership

President of the Senate: Leroy Garcia
Speaker of the House: KC Becker
House Majority Leader: Alec Garnett

References

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