United States congressional delegations from Colorado

[2] Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.

Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Colorado General Assembly.

[3] Each state elects a varying number of, but at least one,[4] member of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms.

[8] The current dean, or longest-serving member, of the Colorado delegation is Representative Diana DeGette of the 1st district, who has served in the House since 1997.

[16] The current dean of the Colorado delegation is Representative Diana DeGette of the 1st district, who has served in the House since 1997.

[17] It measures the party leaning (Democratic or Republican) and the number of percentage points more partisan than the national average.

[27][28] Salazar is currently serving as the United States ambassador to Mexico under the Biden administration.

[30][31] Some have also been at the forefront of national politics during their careers, including Eugene Millikin, who served as the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference,[32] and Gary Hart, who finished second in the 1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries and was considered a frontrunner in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

[8] Each district uses a popular vote to elect a member of Colorado's delegation in the House of Representatives.

[2] Populist (Pop) Silver Party (Sv) Republican (R) Following the 1900 census, Colorado was apportioned three seats.

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Map of Colorado's eight congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives since 2022.
Map of Colorado's 1st congressional district
Map of Colorado's 2nd congressional district
Map of Colorado's 3rd congressional district
Map of Colorado's 4th congressional district
Map of Colorado's 5th congressional district
Map of Colorado's 6th congressional district
Map of Colorado's 7th congressional district
Map of Colorado's 8th congressional district
Black-and-white photograph of the Colorado senator Henry M. Teller sitting in a chair
Henry M. Teller , Colorado senator who drafted the Teller Amendment and served as the United States Secretary of the Interior during the Arthur administration . [ 27 ]
Black-and-white photograph of the Colorado senator Gary Hart speaking at a lectern
Gary Hart , who finished second in the 1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries and was considered a frontrunner in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries . [ 33 ]
Photograph of Colorado senator Ken Salazar in front of an American flag
Ken Salazar , Colorado senator who served as the United States Secretary of the Interior during the Obama administration and the United States ambassador to Mexico during the Biden administration . [ 37 ]
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Edward T. Taylor , who chaired the United States House Committee on Appropriations [ 11 ] and advocated for the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 . [ 54 ]
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Pat Schroeder , the first woman to serve Colorado in the House, [ 7 ] fought for the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act . [ 56 ]
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Jared Polis , who served as a representative from Colorado, became the first openly gay man elected both to Congress and, later, as a governor in the United States . [ 57 ]