Colorado became the 38th state on August 1, 1876.

Public life here often turns on the meeting point between growth and landscape: Front Range cities, mountain towns, farming regions, public lands, water rights, energy development, tourism, military installations, and outdoor recreation all compete for attention. A decision about housing, wildfire mitigation, transportation, or water can look very different from Denver, Pueblo, Grand Junction, or the San Luis Valley. Readers looking for Colorado’s current representatives, state leadership, or official government resources will find direct links below.

Nothing without providence

State Motto
U.S. Representatives8Population-based districts
U.S. Senators2Same for every state
StatehoodAugust 1, 187638th state admitted
Federal Delegation

Colorado's voice in Congress.

Every state has two senators. Its number of representatives is set by population and can change after each census.

10Members total
8Districts
119thCurrent Congress
About Congress About the Senate About the House State Election Office

Colorado's Delegation

Choose a member to see their contact information, congressional work, and committee assignments.

Senator

John Hickenlooper (Democrat)

Senator

Michael Bennet (Democrat)

District 1

Diana DeGette (Democrat)

District 2

Joe Neguse (Democrat)

District 3

Jeff Hurd (Republican)

District 4

Lauren Boebert (Republican)

District 5

Jeff Crank (Republican)

District 6

Jason Crow (Democrat)

District 7

Brittany Pettersen (Democrat)

District 8

Gabe Evans (Republican)

The states are the laboratories of democracy.

Justice Louis Brandeis

State Leadership

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Governor

Jared Polis (Democratic)

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Lieutenant Governor

Dianne Primavera (Democratic)

Quick Facts

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Capital

Denver

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Population

Approximately 6.01 million

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Electoral votes

10

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Congressional districts

8

Official Links

Use these sources to check current state records, filings, elections, and public notices.

CO.gov

Official Colorado state government portal.

Colorado Legislature

State bill text, committee schedules, and session information.

Elections Office

Elections, voter registration, and official filings.

Congress.gov

Federal bill text, actions, sponsors, and public laws.

How Colorado government works

Colorado government works through executive agencies, the state legislature, and state courts. Use this tab to choose the right path: agencies for services, the legislature for bills and hearings, and courts for cases, records, forms, and legal-help resources.

Executive Branch

Governor, agencies, and public services

Colorado’s executive branch is led by the governor and supported by statewide offices, departments, boards, and agencies. This is usually the best starting point for public services, licenses, benefits, public safety, transportation, revenue, employment, education, and other state-administered programs.

Legislative Branch

Colorado General Assembly

Colorado’s legislature introduces bills, holds committee hearings, debates policy, approves state budgets, conducts oversight, and represents districts across Colorado.

Judicial Branch

Courts, records, and legal help

Colorado’s judicial branch handles trial-court cases, appeals, court administration, records, forms, and legal-help resources. Visitors dealing with a court date, filing, case search, legal form, or self-help question should start with the official state judiciary resources.

Colorado voting guide

This state-page tab brings together practical voting resources for Colorado voters. You can register or update your registration, check registration status, find where to vote, review ballot resources, learn about mail or absentee voting, and use official election-calendar links for final deadlines and dates.

Voting Tools

Plain-language tools that open inside this state voting tab.

CO Links

Official Colorado election-office links for deadlines, registration, polling places, ballots, accessibility, rights, and state election calendars.

Official election officeRegister to vote or update registrationCheck registration statusAbsentee, mail, and early voting informationFind your polling placeFind ballot and election informationVoting accessibility resourcesVoting rights resourcesElection calendar and dates

While we do our best to provide accurate information, be sure to use your official state election calendar for final details.