Candidate · U.S. Senate
John Hickenlooper
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Senator from Colorado (since 2021)
- Occupation
- U.S. Senator
- Lives in
- Denver
What this job does
One of Colorado's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years. source: usa.gov
Background
- B.A. in English (1974) and M.S. in geology (1980), Wesleyan University source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a petroleum geologist, then co-founded Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver in 1988 source: en.wikipedia.org
- Mayor of Denver, 2003-2011 source: en.wikipedia.org
- Governor of Colorado, 2011-2019; chair of the National Governors Association, 2014-2015 source: en.wikipedia.org
- U.S. Senator from Colorado since January 3, 2021; won the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary source: summitdaily.com
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