Please answer the following question: Information: - Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States. Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the 50 United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,456,574 on July 1, 2015, an increase of 8.50% since the 2010 United States Census. - Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (born March 2, 1955), served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977; they were joined by Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) in January 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999 to 2005. - The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, the Far West, or simply the West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because European settlement in the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time. Prior to about 1800, the crest of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier. - John Wright Hickenlooper, Jr. (born February 7, 1952) is an American politician, and the 42nd and current Governor of Colorado, in office since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. - In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (sometimes abbreviated as AG) or attorney-general (pluralized as attorneys general or attorneys-general, as "general" is a postpositive adjective) is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions they may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally. In practice, the extent to which the attorney-general personally provides legal advice to the government varies between jurisdictions, and even between individual office-holders within the same jurisdiction, often depending on the level and nature of the office-holder's prior legal experience. - The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior. - Robert "Bob" Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is the senior United States Senator from the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States. First appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006, he was later elected Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013. - Michael Farrand Bennet ( born November 28 , 1964 ) is an American businessman , lawyer , and Democratic politician . He is the senior senator from Colorado . He became a senator when Ken Salazar was appointed Secretary of the Interior . Bennet previously worked as managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company , chief of staff to then - Denver mayor ( and current Colorado Governor ) John Hickenlooper , and the superintendent of Denver Public Schools . Born in New Delhi , India , he is the son of Douglas J. Bennet , a former State Department official and college president . In high school Bennet worked as a Senate page on Capitol Hill . After graduating from Wesleyan University he worked for Ohio Governor Richard Celeste . He went on to receive his law degree from Yale Law School , where he was the Editor - in - Chief of the Yale Law Journal . He worked as a law clerk and later as Counsel to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration . Bennet worked for six years with the Anschutz Investment Company in Denver . As Managing Director he led the reorganizations of four distressed companies , requiring the restructuring of over $ 3 billion in debt . As chief of staff to Mayor Hickenlooper , he worked on balancing budgets and negotiating collective - bargaining agreements . He became superintendent of the Denver public school system in July 2005 , where he revised a merit pay proposal with the support of local teachers . As one of President Barack Obama 's early advisers on education issues , Bennet was speculated in late 2008 as a frontrunner for Obama 's United States Secretary of Education . He was instead appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazar became Secretary of the Interior in January 2009 . Bennet was elected in the 2010 Senate election where he defeated Republican Ken Buck . Now serving his first full term , he served as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ( DSCC ) for the 2014 elections . - The 2010 United States Census, (known as "Census 2010"), is the twenty-third and currently most recent United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. As part of a drive to increase the count's accuracy, 635,000 temporary enumerators were hired. The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538, a 9.7% increase from the 2000 Census. - The Governor of the State of Colorado is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment. - New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern United States and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third-wealthiest U.S. state by per capita income as of 2014. - Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed the "Mile-High City" because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level, making it one of the highest major cities in the United States. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station. Denver is ranked as a Beta- world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. With a 2015 estimated population of 682,545, Denver ranks as the 19th-most populous U.S. city, and with a 2.8% increase in 2015, the city is also the fastest growing major city in the United States. The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 2,814,330 and ranked as the 19th most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area. The 12-city Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 3,418,876, which ranks as the 16th most populous U.S. metropolitan area. Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county Front Range Urban Corridor, an oblong urban region stretching across two states with an estimated 2015 population of 4,757,713. Denver is the most populous city within a radius and the second-most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix, Arizona. In 2016, Denver was named the best place to live in the USA by U.S. News & World Report. - Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African American to serve as president, as well as the first born outside the contiguous United States. He previously served in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008, and in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'position held' with the subject 'michael bennet'. Choices: - 12 - 4 - advisor - attorney general - count - executive branch - governor - governor of colorado - politician - prior - united states secretary of the interior - united states senator - york
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united states senator