# Colorado House of Representatives

The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each district having roughly 80 thousand people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms, and are limited to four consecutive terms in office, but can run again after a four-year respite.
The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Denver.

## Committees

The House have 11 current committees of reference:
* House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee
* House Appropriations Committee
* House Business Affairs and Labor
* House Education
* House Energy and Environment Committee
* House Finance Committee
* House Health and Insurance Committee
* House Judiciary Committee
* House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee
* House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee
* House Transportation and Local Government Committee Committee

## Current composition

| 43 | 22 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| 68th General Assembly | 32 | 33 | 65 | 0 |
| 69th General Assembly | 37 | 28 | 65 | 0 |
| 70th General Assembly | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0 |
| Begin 71st Assembly | 37 | 28 | 65 | 0 |
| March 2, 2018 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 0 |
| 72nd General Assembly | 41 | 24 | 65 | 0 |
| 73rd General Assembly | 41 | 24 | 65 | 0 |
| 74th General Assembly | 46 | 19 | 65 | 0 |
| Begin 75th Assembly | 43 | 22 | 65 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 66.2% | 33.8% | | |

## Leaders

| Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
| Speaker of the House | Julie McCluskie | Democratic | Dillon | 13 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Andrew Boesenecker | Democratic | Fort Collins | 53 |
| Majority Leader | Monica Duran | Democratic | Wheat Ridge | 23 |
| Assistant Majority Leader | Jennifer Bacon | Democratic | Denver | 7 |
| Majority Caucus Co-chair | Mandy Lindsay | Democratic | Aurora | 42 |
| Majority Caucus Co-Chair | Junie Joseph | Democratic | Boulder | 10 |
| Majority Co-Whip | Matthew Martinez | Democratic | Alamosa | 62 |
| Majority Co-Whip | Elizabeth Velasco | Democratic | Glenwood Springs | 57 |
| Minority Leader | Rose Pugliese | Republican | Colorado Springs | 14 |
| Assistant Minority Leader | Ty Winter | Republican | Trinidad | 47 |
| Minority Caucus Chair | Anthony Hartsook | Republican | Parker | 44 |
| Minority Whip | Ryan Armagost | Republican | Berthoud | 64 |

## Members

| District | Representative | Party | Residence | First elected |
| 1 | Javier Mabrey | Democratic | Denver | 2022 |
| 2 | Steven Woodrow | Democratic | Denver | 2020* |
| 3 | Meg Froelich | Democratic | Greenwood Village | 2019* |
| 4 | Cecelia Espenoza | Democratic | Denver | 2024 |
| 5 | Alex Valdez | Democratic | Denver | 2018 |
| 6 | Sean Camacho | Democratic | Denver | 2024 |
| 7 | Jennifer Bacon | Democratic | Denver | 2020 |
| 8 | Lindsay Gilchrist | Democratic | Denver | 2024 |
| 9 | Emily Sirota | Democratic | Denver | 2018 |
| 10 | Junie Joseph | Democratic | Boulder | 2022 |
| 11 | Karen McCormick | Democratic | Hygiene | 2020 |
| 12 | Kyle Brown | Democratic | Louisville | 2023* |
| 13 | Julie McCluskie | Democratic | Boulder | 2018 |
| 14 | Rose Pugliese | Republican | Colorado Springs | 2022 |
| 15 | Scott Bottoms | Republican | Colorado Springs | 2022 |
| 16 | Rebecca Keltie | Republican | Colorado Springs | 2024 |
| 17 | Regina English | Democratic | Colorado Springs | 2022 |
| 18 | Amy Paschal | Democratic | Colorado Springs | 2024 |
| 19 | Dan Woog | Republican | Frederick | 2022 |
| 20 | Jarvis Caldwell | Republican | El Paso County | 2024 |
| 21 | Mary Bradfield | Republican | Colorado Springs | 2020 |
| 22 | Ken DeGraaf | Republican | Colorado Springs | 2022 |
| 23 | Monica Duran | Democratic | Wheat Ridge | 2018 |
| 24 | Lisa Feret | Democratic | Arvada | 2024 |
| 25 | Tammy Story | Democratic | Evergreen | 2018 |
| 26 | Meghan Lukens | Democratic | Eagle | 2022 |
| 27 | Brianna Titone | Democratic | Golden | 2018 |
| 28 | Sheila Lieder | Democratic | Littleton | 2022 |
| 29 | Shannon Bird | Democratic | Northglenn | 2018 |
| 30 | Rebekah Stewart | Democratic | Lakewood | 2024 |
| 31 | Jacqueline Phillips | Democratic | Thornton | 2024 |
| 32 | Manny Rutinel | Democratic | Commerce City | 2023* |
| 33 | William Lindstedt | Democratic | Broomfield | 2022 |
| 34 | Jenny Willford | Democratic | Northglenn | 2022 |
| 35 | Lorena Garcia | Democratic | Westminster | 2023* |
| 36 | Michael Carter | Democratic | Aurora | 2024 |
| 37 | Chad Clifford | Democratic | Centennial | 2024* |
| 38 | Gretchen Rydin | Democratic | Littleton | 2024 |
| 39 | Brandi Bradley | Republican | Larkspur | 2022 |
| 40 | Naquetta Ricks | Democratic | Aurora | 2020 |
| 41 | Jamie Jackson | Democratic | Aurora | 2025* |
| 42 | Mandy Lindsay | Democratic | Aurora | 2022* |
| 43 | Bob Marshall | Democratic | Highlands Ranch | 2022 |
| 44 | Anthony Hartsook | Republican | Parker | 2022 |
| 45 | Max Brooks | Republican | Castle Rock | 2024 |
| 46 | Tisha Mauro | Democratic | Pueblo | 2022 |
| 47 | Ty Winter | Republican | Trinidad | 2022 |
| 48 | Carlos Barron | Republican | Fort Lupton | 2024 |
| 49 | Lesley Smith | Democratic | Boulder | 2024 |
| 50 | Ryan Gonzalez | Republican | Greeley | 2024 |
| 51 | Ron Weinberg | Republican | Loveland | 2023* |
| 52 | Yara Zokaie | Democratic | Windsor | 2024 |
| 53 | Andrew Boesenecker | Democratic | Fort Collins | 2021* |
| 54 | Matt Soper | Republican | Delta | 2018 |
| 55 | Rick Taggart | Republican | Grand Junction | 2022 |
| 56 | Chris Richardson | Republican | Elbert County | 2024 |
| 57 | Elizabeth Velasco | Democratic | Glenwood Springs | 2022 |
| 58 | Larry Don Suckla | Republican | Montezuma County | 2024 |
| 59 | Katie Stewart | Democratic | Durango | 2024 |
| 60 | Stephanie Luck | Republican | Penrose | 2020 |
| 61 | Eliza Hamrick | Democratic | Centennial | 2022 |
| 62 | Matthew Martinez | Democratic | Alamosa | 2022 |
| 63 | Dusty A. Johnson | Republican | Fort Morgan | 2024 |
| 64 | Ryan Armagost | Republican | Berthoud | 2022 |
| 65 | Lori Garcia Sander | Republican | Eaton | 2024 |
    *Representative was originally appointed

## Women who served in the House of Representatives

The first women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives were Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly and Frances Klock. All three were elected to serve in 1895-1896. Carrie Holly introduced and passed a Bill that raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 and another that gave mothers the same rights to their children as fathers.
A total of 10 women served in the period up to 1904, the last of them being Alice Ruble, after which the party leaders declared that 'no woman will ever again be elected to the (Colorado) legislature'
Their prediction proved wrong, as demonstrated by the list of subsequent women members of the House.