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Senate Members Senate Members First Name Last Name Email Work Phone Committee Membership Party Dist Counties Health & Human Services -- Member Denver Irene Aguilar [email protected] 303-866-4852 Judiciary -- Member Democrat 32 Capital Development -- Chair Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Moffat Transportation -- Chair Rio Blanco, Routt, Summit Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Randy Baumgardner [email protected] 303-866-5292 Republican 8 - Member Business, Labor, & Technology -- Member Executive Committee of the Legislative El Paso Council -- Chair Bill L. Cadman [email protected] 303-866-4880 Republican 12 Legislative Council -- Chair Senate Services -- Chair Legislative Audit -- Member Arapahoe Morgan Carroll [email protected] 303-866-4879 Democrat 29 Senate Services -- Member Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Weld - Member John Cooke [email protected] 303-866-4451 Republican 13 Judiciary -- Member Transportation -- Member Health & Human Services -- Vice-Chair Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Local Government -- Vice-Chair Costilla, Crowley Local Government -- Member Custer, Huerfano, Kiowa Larry Crowder [email protected] 303-866-4875 Republican 35 Local Government -- Member Las Animas, Mineral, Otero Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Gunnison Kerry Donovan [email protected] 303-866-4871 - Member Democrat 5 Hinsdale, Lake, Pitkin Local Government -- Member Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Pueblo - Member Leroy Garcia [email protected] 303-866-4878 Democrat 3 Appropriations -- Member Transportation -- Member Appropriations -- Chair Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Kevin Grantham [email protected] 303-866-4877 Republican 2 Joint Budget Committee -- Member Park, Teller Executive Committee of the Legislative Denver Council -- Member Lucia Guzman [email protected] 303-866-4862 Democrat 34 Legislative Council -- Member Senate Services -- Member March 2016 Compiled by CCI from the General Assembly Home Page Page 1 Senate Members First Name Last Name Email Work Phone Committee Membership Party Dist Counties Business, Labor, & Technology -- Boulder Rollie Heath [email protected] 303-866-4872 Member Democrat 18 Legislative Council -- Member Education -- Chair El Paso Finance -- Vice-Chair Owen Hill [email protected] 303-866-2737 Republican 10 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs -- Member Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Adams - Member Mary Hodge [email protected] 303-866-4855 Appropriations -- Member Democrat 25 Business, Labor, & Technology -- Member Business, Labor, & Technology -- Chair Douglas Education -- Member Chris Holbert [email protected] 303-866-4881 Finance -- Member Republican 30 Legislative Audit -- Member Business, Labor, & Technology -- Jefferson Cheri Jahn [email protected] 303-866-4856 Member Democrat 20 Legislative Audit -- Member Education -- Member Denver Michael Johnston [email protected] 303-866-4864 Finance -- Member Democrat 33 Legal Services -- Member Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Boulder - Member Matt Jones [email protected] 303-866-5291 Legislative Council -- Member Democrat 17 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs -- Member Capital Development -- Member Larimer John Kefalas [email protected] 303-866-4841 Democrat 14 Local Government -- Member Education -- Member Jefferson Andy Kerr [email protected] 303-866-4859 Democrat 22 Finance -- Member Legislative Emergency Preparedness, El Paso Response, and Recovery Committee -- Kent Lambert [email protected] 303-866-4835 Chair Republican 9 Appropriations -- Vice-Chair Joint Budget Committee -- Vice-Chair Health & Human Services -- Chair Larimer Kevin Lundberg [email protected] 303-866-4853 Judiciary -- Vice-Chair Republican 15 Legislative Council -- Member March 2016 Compiled by CCI from the General Assembly Home Page Page 2 Senate Members First Name Last Name Email Work Phone Committee Membership Party Dist Counties Local Government -- Chair Broomfield, Larimer, Weld Vicki Marble [email protected] 303-866-4876 Education -- Vice-Chair Republican 23 Legislative Council -- Member Health & Human Services -- Member Adams Joint Technology Committee -- Member Beth Martinez Humenik beth.martinezhumenik.senate@state. 303-866-4863 Republican 24 Local Government -- Member Education -- Member El Paso Michael Merrifield [email protected] Democrat 11 Judiciary -- Member Finance -- Chair Boulder, Denver, Gilpin, Business, Labor, & Technology -- Jefferson Tim Neville [email protected] 303-866-4873 Member Republican 16 Education -- Member Legislative Audit -- Member Business, Labor, & Technology -- Arapahoe Member Linda Newell [email protected] 303-866-4846 Health & Human Services -- Member Democrat 26 Joint Technology Committee -- Member Judiciary -- Chair Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray Ellen S. Roberts [email protected] 303-866-4884 - Vice-Chair Republican 6 San Juan, San Miguel Legal Services -- Member Legislative Council -- Member Legal Services -- Vice-Chair Douglas Senate Services -- Vice-Chair Mark Scheffel [email protected] 303-866-4869 Executive Committee of the Legislative Republican 4 Council -- Member Legislative Council -- Member State, Veterans, & Military Affairs -- Chair Mesa Transportation -- Vice-Chair Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Ray Scott [email protected] 303-866-3077 Republican 7 - Member Legal Services -- Member Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy - Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, - Chair Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips Jerry Sonnenberg [email protected] 303-866-6360 Capital Development -- Vice-Chair Republican 1 Sedgwick. Washington, Weld, State, Veterans, & Military Affairs -- Vice- Yuma Chair March 2016 Compiled by CCI from the General Assembly Home Page Page 3 Senate Members First Name Last Name Email Work Phone Committee Membership Party Dist Counties Appropriations -- Member Arapahoe, Denver Pat Steadman [email protected] 303-866-4861 Joint Budget Committee -- Member Democrat 31 Legal Services -- Member Business, Labor, & Technology -- Arapahoe Member Jack Tate [email protected] 303-866-4883 Joint Technology Committee -- Member Republican 27 Local Government -- Member Education -- Member Arapahoe Nancy Todd [email protected] 303-866-3432 Democrat 28 Transportation -- Member Legislative Council -- Member Adams Local Government -- Member Jessie Ulibarri [email protected] 303-866-4857 Democrat 21 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs -- Member Business, Labor, & Technology -- Vice- Jefferson Chair Laura Woods [email protected] 303-866-4840 Republican 19 Appropriations -- Member Education -- Member March 2016 Compiled by CCI from the General Assembly Home Page Page 4.
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